It's 'Homecoming' in more ways than one for EWU-Idaho

With a week’s rest behind them, Eastern Washington University’s football team returns to Roos Field for the first time in three weeks for the 92nd annual Homecoming game.

Kickoff is set for Saturday at 12:05 p.m. for the game that is sold out, even with the addition of 600 additional bleacher seats. This will be the 29th consecutive sellout at Roos Field.

But the opponents, the University of Idaho, have been away from Cheney for an even longer period of time, last playing in what was then Woodward Field in 1994 when the Vandals were members of the Big Sky Conference.

“This will be a first for...