EWU is not on our schedule next year per FBSschedules.com

I don't think the 4th qtr. of today's game will be forgotten anytime soon.

Can’t wait.

Today:

• Idaho State lost to Cal Poly
• Weber State is leading SUU 31-18
• EWU defeats UCD

Playoff outlook:

• Weber St defeated EWU
• EWU defeated UCD
• UCD defeated Idaho St.(lost to Cal Poly)

The Big Sky Conference ranking will probably look like:

Weber St 7-1
EWU 7-1
UCD 7-1
Assuming these teams win their final game.

I can see why EWU wanted to pound UCD to improve their position in they eyes of those that are setting the playoff schedules.

This was a successful season and the program has come a long way. This wupping showed there is much work to be done if we want to be conference champs.

If this scenario proves to be accurate I don't see how we could have a home game.

I imagine we’ll have a better feel on the possibility of a home game when the rankings come out on Monday.

Yep I Agree

We should be big Griz fans next week. Them beating Montana State would put them at worst on the bubble and help our resume.

Our third BSC playoff team the past two seasons opened at home vs San Diego (they don’t draw flies). Be nice for ISU to rise up and beat Weber next week. 9-2 and 2nd place should get a seed

this was a completely different EWU team from even last week. They were out to make a statement and did. With 20 year olds and the big Sky things are going to happen. I was shocked to see Poly beat ISU. Losses will occur. Just have too put this behind them and take care of Sac next week.

yeah, EW is graduating like 24 seniors, many of which are 6 year guys. They arereally good amd physical. Without taking anything away from them, the shear cold had to affect our guys. There were a lot of near misses, ball handling issues, that must of been a factor for a bunch of CA guys.

BTW, this score spread could have been worse if it wasnt for our punter. He was a real bright spot today for the Aggies. The EW fans sitting around me were very impressed with him. Too bad we needed him so many times.

If I find out, I’ll let you know. After I buy one, of course. That jacket is NICE.

Well this hasn't been a good week for the Aggies. The Men's Soccer Team just lost the Big West Tournament to UC Riverside on penalty kicks 4-2 in the 3rd OT.

EWU Coach Best:

EWU coach Aaron Best’s voice was hoarse after the decisive win, which came in foggy, 30-degree conditions.

“You want to play the best to see if you can become the best, and we did that today,” Best said. “Everybody outside of Eagle Nation didn’t give us a chance, and we love it.

“We are a complete team and we’ve showed that for 10 weeks. I’m going to continue to beat our drum – this team is selfless and they showed today how well they can execute.”

Hawk:

“They outcoached us, they outplayed us, and they really took it to us,” Hawkins said. “Give them credit, they were better in all phases of the game.”

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/nov/10/eastern-washington-thumps-uc-davis-59-20-in-big-sk/

"Instead of UC Davis driving and scoring a go-ahead touchdown, Nzuzi Webster made a game-changing play.

"Webster jumped a underneath route while covering Doss, intercepted Maier and bolted 45 yards for the first touchdown of his college career."

" “That was a great play and a real back-breaker,” UC Davis coach Dan Hawkins said. “And things really snowballed from there.” "

Hawkins

https://youtu.be/tMvC6j_oGZs

Seems a bit trivial now, but I thought a big play was the early defensive holding against us in the first quarter. Instead of their second 3 and out inside their 20, they converted a third and short, and continued a TD drive. Who knows, short field -> 17-0 and the game takes on a WHOLE different field. That was about where I lost radio broadcast up here in the State of Jefferson. I told my wife at the time ‘that’s a BIG play’. Would have ended differently, probably not but that was at least a harbinger of what came later.

Let’s hope the smoke clears and we finished strong next week.

Anybody else miss having final stats pdf on the web site? With what’s up there now with a mobile device I can’t even find out who fumbled in the fourth quarter. Also ESPN is without stats.

Modise fumbled twice. Great kid, great story, but he had a few earlier in the year. Baffled our bull of a RB only saw 2 running plays in 2nd half.

Have we recently lost someone on the offensive line? Surprised we didn't bring in a fullback, run some bubble screens, something.

QB Rodriquez looked quite mobile, really nimble.

8-2 still amazing! Go Ags!

How about we get 7 on our 1st drive, not 3, and we hit Doss on just one long pass / lead him.

Thirty degrees plus wind chill was a factor.

Is EWU that much better than Montana?

EWU far ahead of Montana

I really believe the single most decisive element in this game was their D line. They made Maier rush his passes, they were tough against the run, got the 3 and outs, resulting in our D being on the field a long time.

+1. And we didn't counter it.

Thomas brought us back w his big run b4 half, but then the avalanche. ... then add in an uncharacteristic 5 TOs (one a throw away) by our offense in ONE half.

1. EWU D Line (our Offense)
2. 4 TOs

... which led to our D living on the red turf.

Their pattern this year is to be really tough to run on,
The real surprise was we couldn’t get anything going through the air. Multiple passes into double and triple covered receivers. I watched the first 3 and a half quarters and there were few plays to an open receiver.
Our defense also disrupted their offense but when their plays broke down they were able to improvise something. We need more speed on defense. We had guys chasing a QBs they couldn’t catch up to.

I don't know if we are thinking of the same play but the critical one I remember was in the first quarter also where we had them stopped for another 3 and out and then there was a holding call on one of our corners. Then, next play IIRC, Barriere threw a bomb down to the one yard line on a busted coverage. They scored and the momentum changed quickly.

An early decision by Hawk that left me scratching my was the choice to punt on the 4th and inches at midfield early in the game instead of going for it. They had picked up momentum and were beginning to roll and we needed a make a play to to give us some life.

Hawk normally takes risks to win and I think that conservative call sent the wrong message. The game was still within striking distance. Punting in that situation sent a message to them and to our team that we didn't think we could pick up a few inches. They got the ball back a moved down the field.

Three biggest factors that turned the game into a blowout to me were:

1) The dominance of their D line and the constant pressure on Jake plus the outstanding coverage of their DB's blanketing our receivers and then Jake desperately throwing into double and triple coverage. We were lucky that they only picked him twice.

2) The athleticism of Barriere. He made us miss all day long and ran us ragged. Our D was gassed just chasing him around all afternoon and being on the field so long. When things began to snowball we were missing tackles and they were still gaining more yards with several Ags hanging onto the ball carrier. I think the D was just worn down and Barriere was the main man who wore them out.

3) 5 turnovers that led to 21 points.

The call by their coach to have Barriere throw for another TD on 3rd and goal with 41 seconds left in the game with the score 52-20 was as poor sportsmanship as I have seen in a long time. 32 points ahead with 41 seconds to go wasn't enough...bull crap...that was just rubbing it in...

There's a lot on the line next Saturday. Time to lick our wounds, learn what we can, heal up and take our frustrations out on the Hornets!

that’s the call. I think he had them stopped inside their 20 do we should have gotten good position on the punt. Oh well

I'm not focused as key one 4th and short call.

Interesting that by my unofficial count (from pbp notes), 44% (11) of our first quarter offensive plays (25) went to Gilliam, 20% (5) to Harrell.

I'm befuddled why we didn't go back to our one RB who is a proven downhill runner who breaks tackles (w solid handles). There was one missed reception, and he prevented an INT on another pass.

I'd prefer not to see their 24 / 27 seniors again, and hope they come back to the pack next year.

Davis Enterprise: Eagles fly high in second-half rout of Aggies, 59-20

“Mama told me there would be days like this, but she didn’t tell me it would be today,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins.

“We just couldn’t find a rhythm out there, but you have to give them a lot of credit. Their defense gave us problems all afternoon and when their offense got rolling they really poured on the coals. That’s a very good football team.”

https://www.davisenterprise.com/sports/eagles-fly-high-in-second-half-rout-of-aggies-59-20/

We were outclassed this weekend by a home team on Senior Day. This game was the third in a row of tough games, and while I hate to make excuses, this one stacked up against us in every way. We come out and destroy Suck State, win a playoff game, and that will be a hell of a season.