High expectations can have their downside with Eastern football

A Google search for quotes pertaining to “expectations” will deliver many thousands from which to pick.

The one attributed to Bill Watterson, the mind and hand behind the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes,” seemed to hit home.

“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations,” Watterson said.

But for years, perhaps decades now, the expectations for Eastern Washington University football would never have been a good thing for Watterson.

Just when did that occur? It could be argued at any number of junctures. Pick one, any one.

Arguably, the target date of the bar being set at its h...