Eastern Washington launches into Big Sky schedule with opening game at Northern Arizona
What happened
Aug. 25—Eastern Washington joined the Big Sky in 1987, and in nearly every football season since, the Eagles' schedule has been set up following the same general format: Play three, sometimes four nonconference games and then get to the real meat of the schedule with eight straight conference opponents. Only twice before have the Eagles started with a conference game, something they're about ...
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