For EWU Football, the Best Choice has Always Been In-House
On Feb. 13, EWU’s new head football coach, Aaron Best, officially signed his new contract, which pays a base salary of $180,000 in 2017 and increases by $5,000 each year through 2021. Before the...
View ArticleEWU Football Springs Into Action as Practices for 2017 Season Begin
Spring is in the air, and now, so are footballs as they fly across The Inferno at Roos Field. EWU spring football practices began on April 4, and there is a lot of excitement surrounding the team. Much...
View ArticleSblendorio Ready to Step Into New Role as Dean of Wide Recievers
Nic Sblendorio, a name not many EWU football fans may know. Nonetheless, he’s out to prove he has what it takes to lead the Eagles offense and the EWU program to a place they haven’t been since 2010 —...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Action
With the 2017 NFL Draft set to happen next week, teams are visiting with prospects everyday as they prepare for the seven-round, three-day affair. This year’s draft just may see history be made for the...
View ArticleEWU Football Shows Off its Depth in Red-White Spring Game
Team Red defeated Team White 24-17 in the annual EWU football Red-White game, concluding spring practice before preseason practice begins in August. All-American quarterback Gage Gubrud and his white...
View ArticleEWU head football coach Beau Baldwin negotiates new five-year contract
Eastern Washington University announced on Dec. 9 that the school and head football coach Beau Baldwin were in the process of finalizing a new five-year contract that will keep the offensive guru in...
View ArticleSoarin’ Into the New Season
EWU football’s quest to return to the FCS postseason will begin with a showdown in the Lone Star State, battling against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Sept. 2 to open the season. It’s one of the many...
View Article2017 EWU Football Preview
CHENEY, WA. — Coming off a devastating loss in the 2016 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Playoff semifinals versus Youngstown State – with a berth in the national championship game...
View ArticleNo. 12 EWU Football Takes Down Fordham, 56-21
The Eastern Washington University football team marched into New York on Saturday afternoon and flattened the Fordham University Rams, 56-21. After dropping their first two games to open the 2017...
View ArticleNo. 11 EWU Football Outlasts Rival Montana, 48-41
MISSOULA, MT. — It was a tale of two halves for the EWU football team on Saturday evening against the University of Montana. After trailing 24-6 at halftime of the rivalry game in Missoula, the Eagles...
View ArticleNo. 8 EWU Football Thumps Sacramento State, 52-31
As EWU football’s sophomore running back Antoine Custer Jr. stood in the makeshift postgame interview area at Roos Field on Saturday, he uttered a simple yet irrefutable statement. “[It] always feels...
View ArticleNo. 10 EWU Football Stages Late Comeback to Beat UC Davis, 41-38
A couple weeks ago, after the EWU football team came back from a 24-6 halftime deficit to beat Montana 48-41, head coach Aaron Best marveled at his team’s resiliency. “It’s unconventional sometimes...
View ArticleNo. 11 EWU football stumbles again, falls to Weber State on Homecoming night
Snow—as well as the EWU football team—fell in Cheney on Saturday afternoon. On a brisk 33-degree afternoon at Roos Field, the Eagles lost to Weber State 28-20 as sizable snowflakes sprinkled the field...
View ArticleNo. 19 EWU football keeps playoff hopes alive with road win over North Dakota
There is an old saying in competitive sports: “A win is a win.” No matter how the team gets the job done, as long as they end up in the left side of the win-loss column the game can be deemed a...
View ArticleNo. 18 EWU football flattens Portland State on Senior Night
On Senior Night at Roos Field, the No. 18 ranked EWU football team demolished Portland State University 59-33. The Eagles outscored the Vikings 28-0 in the third quarter, and senior wide receiver Nic...
View ArticleEWU football misses out on FCS playoffs
The EWU football season is over. On Sunday morning, the FCS committee announced the 24-team playoff bracket on ESPNU, and the Eagles were left out. Head coach Aaron Best was in disbelief following the...
View ArticleFrom EWU to the NFL: Kendrick was Bourne for this
Back in September 2014, then-sophomore wide receiver Kendrick Bourne was relatively unknown to most people. The 19-year-old Bourne barely saw the field in his first season at EWU, as he recorded only...
View ArticleEWU football player faces charges of hit-and-run to unattended property
EWU football player Keenan Williams has been suspended indefinitely following an incident that occurred in the late hours of March 9. According to witnesses cited in report from the Cheney Police...
View ArticleEWU football opens spring drills with familiar feel
As second-year EWU head football coach Aaron Best likes to say: “Practice makes permanent.” Fortunately for Best, his 2018-19 team has a haul of players with plenty of it. The Eagles began spring...
View ArticleRain dampens EWU football’s first full scrimmage
After two weeks of drills, which included a handful of practices and a short 30-play scrimmage, the EWU football team went through its first full scrimmage of the spring on April 13. The 70-play...
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