Eastern once again needs to fill holes

(This is the first in a series of preseason previews on 2013 EWU football.)

In the Eastern Washington University football program, players wait their turn – and there is no such thing as a panic button.

Thus, despite the annual ritual of filling holes – with some of them more gaping than others at the conclusion of the 2012 season – the Eagles see it as an opportunity for others to fill new roles.

Head coach Beau Baldwin, who enters his sixth season at the helm, has 48 returning letterwinners back for the 2013 season, including 25 on offense and 21 on defense, plus a punter and a kicker. There...