Eastern, North Dakota State renew rivalry

Eagles vs. Bison - FCS No. 8 Eastern Washington versus No. 1 North Dakota State University, Saturday, Sept. 10, 12:30 p.m. Fargodome (18,700), Fargo, North Dakota. Television: SWX via Feed from the NBC North Dakota statewide network and ESPN3. Radio: 700-AM ESPN in Spokane. Larry Weir returns for his 26th season calling the play-by-play, with analysis handled by Paul Sorensen. Broadcasts begin one hour prior to kickoff and include an expanded post-game show. Cheney Watch Parties: Wild Bill’s Longbar.

There’s plenty of mystique surrounding Saturday’s nonconference football game between Eastern Washington and North Dakota State in Fargo at the raucous Fargodome.

But revenge for the Bison is not one of the elements in the second-ever meeting between the two schools for a couple of reasons, following their 38-31 overtime loss to Eastern in a blinding snowstorm.

First, as EWU head coach Beau Baldwin pointed out this past Monday at the weekly coach’s show, the players who will face each other were 14, 15 or 16 years-old and all either in high school or middle school when the teams met in a secon...

 

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