#5 EWU at PSU "The Dam Cup" Game Thread

Post by **Screamin_Eagle174** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:58 am

#5 Eastern Washington Eagles (9-2, 6-1 BSC) at Portland State Vikings (3-8, 2-5 BSC)

Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 • 7:10 p.m. Pacific
Providence Park (18,627) • Portland, Ore.

TV: Televised live regionally by ROOT Sports & DirectTV Audience Network 101.
Radio: http://www.700espn.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Webcast: None.

Athletics: GoEags.com | GoViks.com
Twitter: @ewuathletics | @PSU_VIKINGS
Fan Forums: EWU Redzone | Big Sky Fans - PSU

Series: PSU leads 19-16-1.
Last Meeting: 2013 - [url=hhttp://goeags.com/sports/m-footbl/2013-14/Statistics/11-23-13.htm]EWU won 42-41[/url] in Cheney, WA.

The Eagles enter the game 8-2 on the season and are fifth in The Sports Network NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 Poll after a bye week. In their most recent action, the Eagles held off No. 11 Montana 36-26 on Nov. 8 in Cheney, Wash.

After coming ominously close to getting upended by PSU the last two seasons, the Eagles are hoping the upset bug doesn't infect them this week. Entering this week's game that counts toward the "Dam Cup" rivalry, PSU is 3-8 overall and 2-5 in the league. The Vikings are coming off a 48-41 loss at Sacramento State.

Portland State knocked off EWU 43-26 in Cheney in the 2011 season, then the Eagles had to squeak by the Vikings 41-34 in Portland in 2012 and 42-41 last year in Cheney. Records can be thrown out the window in this one -- Eastern was a collective 29-11 overall and 20-4 in the Big Sky in those three seasons, while PSU was just 16-18 and 10-14.

In last year's game, Eastern scored with 31 seconds left on a 74-yard drive that started with a minute to play and preserve EWU's first-ever perfect 8-0 finish in the Big Sky standings. Two years ago, the Eagles scored the winning points with 1:24 left on a 94-yard drive.

"They are a very talented team," said Eastern head coach Beau Baldwin, whose team has had more rushes (71) than rushing yards (70) in the last three meetings versus the Vikings. "Their coaching staff has done a very good job schematically every time we've played them, and what they've done against us offensively and defensively has been challenging. You can't predict any kind of score based on records – it just doesn't work that way. And it definitely doesn't work that way in this conference and against Portland State."

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JALMOND · Post by **JALMOND** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:15 am

Dam(n) Cup.

Interesting fact: Jerry Glanville had a better record against EWU (2-1) than he did against Idaho State (1-2), and during that short tenure, ISU was not very good.

Post by **Screamin_Eagle174** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 8:19 pm

The epitome of PSU's season captured in their first drive, ending in a missed 32 yard fg attempt.

Post by **EWURanger** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:07 pm

Sloppy game in the rain. Lots of dropped balls.

Post by **dbackjon** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:47 pm

Tied at Halftime

Mvemjsunpx · Post by **Mvemjsunpx** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:49 pm

Apparently ROOT here in Missoula thinks we'd rather watch the Utah Jazz.

Post by **Screamin_Eagle174** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:51 pm

Mvemjsunpx wrote:Apparently ROOT here in Missoula thinks we'd rather watch the Utah Jazz.

Apparently ROOT here in WA think's we need to hear about Montana's Meth problem among teens.

Mvemjsunpx · Post by **Mvemjsunpx** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:55 pm

Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:
Mvemjsunpx wrote:Apparently ROOT here in Missoula thinks we'd rather watch the Utah Jazz.
Apparently ROOT here in WA think's we need to hear about Montana's Meth problem among teens.

Apparently people in Cheney aren't ready to admit they have a problem yet.

Post by **Screamin_Eagle174** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:12 pm

Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Screamin_Eagle174 wrote: Apparently ROOT here in WA think's we need to hear about Montana's Meth problem among teens.
Apparently people in Cheney aren't ready to admit they have a problem yet.

If we did, there would be "Washington Meth Project" commercials, but alas, it's clearly Montana with the problem.

Mvemjsunpx · Post by **Mvemjsunpx** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:01 pm

42-34 Eagles with 6:36 left.

Kieran McDonagh has 4 TD passes since replacing Josh Kraght in the second quarter.

Mvemjsunpx · Post by **Mvemjsunpx** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:03 pm

Shaq Hill returns the kickoff 90 yards for a TD. 49-34.

Fun Fact! Both teams have prominent offensive players named Shaq.

Post by **Screamin_Eagle174** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:04 pm

Add on 7 for the Eagles after a Shaq Hill KOR TD.

Mvemjsunpx · Post by **Mvemjsunpx** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:17 pm

Tevin McDonald gets a pick-six to ice it with with 1:56 left.

Mvemjsunpx · Post by **Mvemjsunpx** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:29 pm

Eagles win 56-34 to clinch the auto-bid. Were these the final moments of the Nigel Burton era?

Post by **Screamin_Eagle174** » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:43 pm

Mvemjsunpx wrote:Eagles win 56-34 to clinch the auto-bid. Were these the final moments of the Nigel Burton era?

Or PSU football?

Post by **EWURanger** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:15 am

Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:
Mvemjsunpx wrote:Eagles win 56-34 to clinch the auto-bid. Were these the final moments of the Nigel Burton era?
Or PSU football?

I do think Burton's done. but I don't think PSU will drop football.

Post by **EWURanger** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:26 am

Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Screamin_Eagle174 wrote: Apparently ROOT here in WA think's we need to hear about Montana's Meth problem among teens.
Apparently people in Cheney aren't ready to admit they have a problem yet.

What's funny is that you actually think that Cheney, WA, has a Meth problem, and that the entire state of Montana (especially Missoula County) doesn't.

Mvemjsunpx · Post by **Mvemjsunpx** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:30 am

EWURanger wrote:
Mvemjsunpx wrote:
Apparently people in Cheney aren't ready to admit they have a problem yet.
What's funny is that you actually think that Cheney, WA, has a Meth problem, and that the entire state of Montana (especially Missoula County) doesn't.

Where did I say that?

Were you actually taking an exchange involving SE seriously? Tsk, tsk…

I've seen the stats. Montana & Washington are virtually identical on meth use.

JALMOND · Post by **JALMOND** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:08 am

EWURanger wrote:
Screamin_Eagle174 wrote:
Or PSU football?
I do think Burton's done. but I don't think PSU will drop football.

Burton will be back as he is still under contract through 2015 and PSU really can't afford to buy the contract out. That is, if he wants to come back...

As far as football in general, everything is set for a return in 2015. The lease on the stadium is set to expire in 2015, Burton's contract is set to expire in 2015, the radio deal is set to expire in 2015, and David Hersh's marketing contract expires in 2015. Makes me pretty confident that PSU will have a football team in 2015. After that, however, who knows.

If Burton leaves, some names being thrown about as possibilities are PSU alums including June Jones and Robin Pflugrad. But someone will need to come in with a bunch of money to buy out Burton's contract.

Post by **EWURanger** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 6:07 am

JALMOND wrote:
EWURanger wrote:
I do think Burton's done. but I don't think PSU will drop football.
Burton will be back as he is still under contract through 2015 and PSU really can't afford to buy the contract out. That is, if he wants to come back...

As far as football in general, everything is set for a return in 2015. The lease on the stadium is set to expire in 2015, Burton's contract is set to expire in 2015, the radio deal is set to expire in 2015, and David Hersh's marketing contract expires in 2015. Makes me pretty confident that PSU will have a football team in 2015. After that, however, who knows.

If Burton leaves, some names being thrown about as possibilities are PSU alums including June Jones and Robin Pflugrad. But someone will need to come in with a bunch of money to buy out Burton's contract.

Not sure how realistic June Jones would be, but I'd like to see Pflugrad get another shot.

Overall, I'd like to see PSU's football program get out of the funk it's been in. What that program needs is some new leadership.

PSU needs to get rid of that hack David Hersh as well.

Bronco · Post by **Bronco** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:32 am

Got home last night and this thread said root TV
Nope... not on my Root TV
Checked Big Sky TV
Nope
Checked 1st Row
Nope

Post by **kalm** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 8:40 am

Bronco wrote:Got home last night and this thread said root TV
Nope... not on my Root TV
Checked Big Sky TV
Nope
Checked 1st Row
Nope

It was on Root here. Perhaps Cable Montana forgot to pay their Root subscription?

catbooster · Post by **catbooster** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:35 am

I think we must be Rocky Mountain root and it was NW root or pacific or something

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