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#6 EWU vs. Weber State Game Thread

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Weber State Wildcats (1-4, 0-1 BSC) vs. #6 Eastern Washington Eagles (2-2, 0-0 BSC)

Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013 • 4:05 p.m. Pacific
Roos Field (8,600) • Cheney, Wash.

TV: Televised in Eastern Washington by SWX - SWX Digital 6.2 in Spokane, 25.3 in the Tri-Cities & 23.3 in the Yakima area; Comcast 115; Davis Cable 514/81.2/12; Time Warner 306; Charter 287, Cable One 466; Northland Cable 115 (Greg Heister, Bill Ames)
Radio: 700 ESPN Spokane
Webcast: Big Sky TV (Free)

Series: EWU leads 17-14
Last Meeting: EWU won 32-26 in at Weber in 2012

The slate is wiped clean this week for the sixth-ranked Eastern Washington University football team on Hall of Fame Day at Roos Field in Cheney, Wash.

Coming off the school’s biggest non-conference NCAA Football Championship Subdivision game in school history, the Eagles begin defense of their Big Sky Conference title when Weber State visits Saturday (Oct. 5). Kickoff is 4:05 p.m. Pacific time in a game televised live regionally by SWX.

Weber State, which had been outscored by an average score of 50-14 this season, is coming off a 31-3 home loss to Sacramento State in its league opener. The Wildcats are now 1-4 overall and won’t get a bye in their schedule until Oct. 26. Their head coach is Jody Sears, who spent five seasons (2003-07) as the defensive coordinator at Eastern Washington under Paul Wulff.

After a 50-40 season-opening home win against Stephen F. Austin, WSU went on the road for three-straight games and were out-scored 183-19 in three lopsided setbacks. The Wildcats lost 70-7 at Utah and 70-6 at Utah State in a pair of games against in-state FBS foes, and then lost 43-6 at 12th-ranked FCS foe McNeese State.

Last season, in the first start in the career of Eagle quarterback Vernon Adams, Eastern eked out a 32-26 victory in Ogden.

“They were really impressive against Stephen F. Austin, and you can’t get caught up in their record and a lot of stats,” warned Baldwin. “They have played some incredible teams already. They are well-coached and they have a good scheme – we saw that last year. We were in a dogfight with them a year ago that came down to the wire, and I would expect the same this year from them.”
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marceagfan5 said:
Prediction

48 - 17 EWU
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Honestly, if they put 17 on our defense, that's a failure. They've compiled 22 points in their last four games, combined. Sac State is in a down year, and they held Weber to a single field goal--- in Ogden, no less. Quite frankly, this is a game where we should be unleashing some serious confidence-boosting whoop-ass. If this game isn't a runaway by the second quarter, then it is a really bad indication of where we're at.

Weber State is probably not even as good as Western Oregon.

:twocents:
 
LDopaPDX said:
marceagfan5 said:
Prediction

48 - 17 EWU
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Honestly, if they put 17 on our defense, that's a failure. They've compiled 22 points in their last four games, combined. Sac State is in a down year, and they held Weber to a single field goal--- in Ogden, no less. Quite frankly, this is a game where we should be unleashing some serious confidence-boosting whoop-ass. If this game isn't a runaway by the second quarter, then it is a really bad indication of where we're at.

Weber State is probably not even as good as Western Oregon.

:twocents:
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34-17
 
This would be a good chance to break the 70 mark but it is not Baldwins nature plus he is too respectful of Sears to do that. I would expect lots of kids to get playing time so Wildcats may break the 20 mark.
55-21
 
EWURanger said:
31-24, Eags. They always play us tough.
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With all do respect Ranger, that score is not acceptable. I don't care that Weber plays us tough, we need to make a statement and if we don't win by at least 3 touchdowns, I will continue to have doubts. I think EWU can and will win fairly easily.

Go Eags!
 
Interesting note, one of Weber's QB's has left the team for health/academic reasons. There's a link to the article in post #2. I guess they've had two QBs splitting time. Addition by subtraction... he's been pretty bad in the the two starts he's had this year.
 
ewueagle2010 said:
EWURanger said:
31-24, Eags. They always play us tough.
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With all do respect Ranger, that score is not acceptable. I don't care that Weber plays us tough, we need to make a statement and if we don't win by at least 3 touchdowns, I will continue to have doubts. I think EWU can and will win fairly easily.

Go Eags!
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If Eastern is legit, this is a game that should have at least a 6 TD spread. Weber has been getting annihilated week in and week out. Sac State squeaked by Southern Oregon at home, yet demolished Weber State in Ogden. They are totally incoherent on offense, and haven't found anything that works. In fact, they are getting worse from week to week. If this game is even remotely close at halftime, it would be a huge downer. Weber is likely the worst team we'll play all season.
 
ewueagle2010 said:
EWURanger said:
31-24, Eags. They always play us tough.
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With all do respect Ranger, that score is not acceptable. I don't care that Weber plays us tough, we need to make a statement and if we don't win by at least 3 touchdowns, I will continue to have doubts. I think EWU can and will win fairly easily.

Go Eags!
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Not to keep beating a dead horse, but I'd be surprised to see us hold anyone to 17 points in the Big Sky.
 
I'll take Eastern 55-13. Weber only keep it within 42 as Eastern calls off the dogs. I still have faith that this Eastern team is pretty good, and any pretty good team destroys a team as bad as Weber.
 
DefendtheRed said:
Hoping for a great crowd today! I am going with 42 - 27 Eagles!
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Damn, either some of you are dramatically overrating Weber or really don't think much of Eastern. Weber's closest game of their last 4 was 28, and that was at home to a down Sac State team. Even playing poorly, this should be a wipeout in favor of Eastern. This team has scored 3 TDs in their last 4 games combined.
 
I don't think Weber is anything special. I think our defense has been playing that bad. Hope I'm wrong, but we haven't been able to stop anyone in our three Division I games. Yes, I know two of them were FBS opponents, but still...I thought we'd be better on defense.

Injury report:

RT Rodgers - Out (Knee)
RB Wilson - Out (Shoulder)
Safety Brown - Questionable :shock:
 
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