The Aggies are No. 10 in the FCS Coaches poll and No. 10 in the Stats FCS poll as they look forward to a Saturday evening Big Sky date at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.
“I thought our defense played really, really well,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins at his weekly press conference Tuesday. “Our guys came up with big plays on defense and got a lot of stops when we needed them. Coming off that loss to Idaho State, it was important to put our boots back on and our hard hats on and not let a loss drag us down.”
Hawkins also had high praise for all those behind-the-scenes folks who helped to produce another sellout crowd.
“It makes it fun for our guys to play in that environment,” he noted. “It’s just a great atmosphere for college football.”
Speaking of Eastern Washington, the Eagles are flying higher than ever before, reaching No. 2 in both polls with their 7-0 mark after pummeling Idaho, 71-21, last Saturday on the famous red turf in Cheney. EWU senior quarterback Eric Barriere is now the runaway favorite for the Walter Payton Award as the top offensive player in the FCS after passing for 600 yards and seven scores against the Vandals and adding an eighth touchdown with a 12-yard run.
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