Eagles respond well as two-a-day's begin

Eastern Washington head football coach Beau Baldwin had a smile on his face through much of the second half of this past Monday’s practice.

Of course it is football season and that in itself generally makes Baldwin happy.

However, Monday was the first of a series of two-a-day practices that will take place each of the next two weeks at least as he and his coaches prepare the Eagles for their season opening game, Saturday, Aug. 31 at Pac-12 Oregon State in Corvallis.

“We had a few mental lapses in the morning coming off a Sunday day off,” Baldwin said Monday at the conclusion of the second sess...