Eastern and Big Sky links

So far, the ups and downs of the Eastern Washington football schedule haven’t transferred to the players , who have kept an even keel. We can discuss that and other topics during our Live Chat at noon Thursday. Just go to spokesman.com/blogs/sportslink. …The Eagles are getting a lot of respect from the Toledo players, judging from this story in the Toledo Blade …Here’s a link to the official Toledo school site , and to the unofficial fan site . … Sam Houston State opens a four-game home stand this weekend. Southern is up first…. Montana should be heavily favorited to beat North Dakota this week in Grand Forks in a non-conference game. …Montana State has lost another player to injury.