College football is more than Xs and Os these days

After nearly 30 years in a job, one might think things would be pretty cut and dried.

Open the office door, turn on the lights and automatically do whatever you’ve done for decades.

But that’s not the case if you’re a Division I head football coach like Aaron Best is at Eastern Washington University.

Best is busily preparing for his eighth season as the Eagles’ big boss, the team opening at Roos Field in a non-conference game, Thursday, Aug. 29 against the Monmouth Hawks from New Jersey.

Fresh from another letter of intent day back in February Best spoke on a variety of fronts about the progra...