Fresh off a victory against Cal Poly, the Aggies now have to head up to the Inferno to take on the Eagles of Eastern Washington. The Eagles have had a little bit of an up and down season so far, but this will be a considerable challenge for the Ags especially since we have quite literally never beaten them. Yep, we're 0-11 against the Eagles with our last match up being a 24-27 loss. EWU's season so far has looked as such:

vs Monmouth - W 42-27
vs Drake - L 32-35
@ Southeastern Louisiana - L 24-28
@ Nevada - L 16-49
vs Montana - L 49-52
@ Sacramento State - W 35-28

So while they currently have a losing schedule, they are also a handful of plays away from being 5-1. The outlier here is the loss to non-scholarship, Drake.

The Eagles have always been known for their high flying offense, but they are actually running a quite balanced offense this season. They are currently averaging 220.83 passing yards per game and 213.3 rushing yards per game. They, however, are also giving up 281.17 passing yards per game and 192.2 rushing yards per game.

The offense is led by Kekoa Visperas who has completed 119/159 passing attempts (74.84%) for 1217 yards and 11 TDs with 0 INTs. Visperas has also gained 241 rushing yards with 3 rushing touchdowns. 2 additional QBs have taken snaps this season, but have primarily been used as runners. Jared Taylor has completed 7/11 passing attempts (63.64%) for 64 yards with 1 INT, but has rushed for 293 yards with 4 TDs. Michael Wortham has completed 4/6 passing attempts for 2 TDs and has added 113 rushing yards and 2 TDs. I'm always worried when the Ags go against mobile QBs as we always seem to struggle.

The Eagles feature 2 different RBs in their offense. The first is Tuna Altahir who has 68 rushing attempts for 408 yards with 2 TDs. The second is Malik Dotson who has 59 rushing attempts for 318 yards and 3 TDs. What is notable about their run game is that so far this season they have only 3 yards of loss between these 2 guys. They just don't get brought down in the backfield. In terms of receivers, the main target is Efton Chism III who has 54 receptions for 580 yards and 7 TDs. There is a sharp drop off in terms of production after that.

The Eagle defense is led in tackles by DB Derek Ganter Jr with 41 total tackles. DB Cage Schenck leads the team in TFLs with 3.5 while LB Ahmani Williams leads the team in sacks with 1.5. Probably the most notable defense stat is DB DaJean Williams with 10 PBUs on the season. The Eagles have only forced 3 turnovers this season, but at the same time they very rarely turn the ball over themselves.

All in all, this will be a tough challenge for the Ags. They are a far better team than Cal Poly or Portland State despite what their record says. Maybe this will be the season that the Aggies get the monkey off their back against EWU, but I'm not going to hold my breath. This is one of those games that I'm predicting a loss until I'm proven otherwise.

GO AGS! BEAT THE EAGLES!