Eastern Washington

[mango4]

Re: Eastern Washington

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[Roy]

Re: Eastern Washington

We've played SHSU, we've lost to SHSU we can say we KNOW SHSU,
SDSU, you're no SHSU

Is that you, Lakes!

[clawman]

Re: Eastern Washington

This week is gonna be fun, kind of like Old Home for me. I was born in Watertown and grew up in Aberdeen attending at Roncalli HS before moving west. My wife and I get back to Aberdeen a couple of times each year and really enjoy the people.
Hope this games meets everyone's expectations and all players come away injury free.
Go Eagles!

[RabbitObsessed]

Re: Eastern Washington

Is that you, Lakes!

Not enough grammatical errors.

[WestSideRabbit]

Re: Eastern Washington

Not enough grammatical errors.

Must spread rep... ++++++

[EWURanger]

Re: Eastern Washington

Will/can the crowd be a factor for them? EWU consistently seems to draw around 9,000 or 10,000 an average of 1,600 per game fewer than the Jacks did at home this year. Their biggest home crowd was smaller than three of our six home games, and over 6,200 fans smaller than the NDSU game. What does their stadium hold? Do they have a history of drawing bigger crowds in the playoffs?

EWU's stadium technically only holds around 9k. They usually have temp seating in the north end zone which will bring that up to somewhere around 10,500, with the biggest crowd ever there being around 12k. So all things considered, our stadium is quite small. Anything over 10k is above official capacity and considered a good crowd. We don't usually draw as well during the playoffs as we would during the regular season, especially in the opening rounds. I suppose the biggest reasons are the adverse weather, and the fact that classes aren't usually in session. We draw the best crowds from September through November. My expectation is that we'll draw somewhere around 9k for our game with SDSU, and that'd be a "decent" crowd for us.

On the stadium, EWU is currently in the governance (silent) phase of a stadium expansion called the Gateway Project. It includes the construction of a massive complex on the west side of the stadium which would increase capacity to 18,000+, and would include new locker rooms, athletic offices, commercial space, hall of fame, etc.

[NoVaJack]

Re: Eastern Washington

Where did this "one-dimensional" bunk originate? Do people ever check facts any more? Some lazy pundit or fan-forum expert watches one game where the Jackrabbits' runnng backs are running roughshod over another team and all of a sudden the Jacks can't pass?
Facts.
Sumner has thrown for 2,684 yards. The team has rushed for 2,266 yards (and against MVC defenses). That is called balance.
The Jacks have had 107 first downs by the run, 124 by the pass. Sumner has averaged 16 completions a game, for crying out loud.
Now, get off my lawn.

[NoVaJack]

Re: Eastern Washington

EWU's stadium technically only holds around 9k. They usually have temp seating in the north end zone which will bring that up to somewhere around 10,500, with the biggest crowd ever there being around 12k. So all things considered, our stadium is quite small. Anything over 10k is above official capacity and considered a good crowd. We don't usually draw as well during the playoffs as we would during the regular season, especially in the opening rounds. I suppose the biggest reasons are the adverse weather, and the fact that classes aren't usually in session. We draw the best crowds from September through November. My expectation is that we'll draw somewhere around 9k for our game with SDSU, and that'd be a "decent" crowd for us.

On the stadium, EWU is currently in the governance (silent) phase of a stadium expansion called the Gateway Project. It includes the construction of a massive complex on the west side of the stadium which would increase capacity to 18,000+, and would include new locker rooms, athletic offices, commercial space, hall of fame, etc.

Thanks, and welcome to the board. Looks a lot like the Jackrabbits' stadium plans, except smaller and SDSU won't have the red shag rug.

[Kemo]

Re: Eastern Washington

EWU's stadium technically only holds around 9k. They usually have temp seating in the north end zone which will bring that up to somewhere around 10,500, with the biggest crowd ever there being around 12k. So all things considered, our stadium is quite small. Anything over 10k is above official capacity and considered a good crowd. We don't usually draw as well during the playoffs as we would during the regular season, especially in the opening rounds. I suppose the biggest reasons are the adverse weather, and the fact that classes aren't usually in session. We draw the best crowds from September through November. My expectation is that we'll draw somewhere around 9k for our game with SDSU, and that'd be a "decent" crowd for us.

On the stadium, EWU is currently in the governance (silent) phase of a stadium expansion called the Gateway Project. It includes the construction of a massive complex on the west side of the stadium which would increase capacity to 18,000+, and would include new locker rooms, athletic offices, commercial space, hall of fame, etc.

How is the fundraising coming along for the project? I've seen these designs a while back and was hoping to hear some news of shovels in the ground. It's good for the division to have legitimate venues to watch games.

[NoVaJack]

Re: Eastern Washington

Might as well ask this question here. Is Cheney, Wash., named for Dick Cheney's family, and if so, should our fans be concerned about wayward shotgun blasts on Saturday?

[Nidaros]

Re: Eastern Washington

Is Oregan State that bad, or is Vernon Adams and EWU that good? I not much of x and o guy but Vernon does look like something that will be hard to contain this Saturday. We definitely need to keep EWU off the field, and control the ball.

[ndsubison1]

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go get em jacks. i have a lot of confidence you guys will be in it to the end. i think your O can a lot of success for their D. hopefully you guys pull it out

[clawman]

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This will be the 4th consecutive away game, 3 of which have been rather long trips. Do you feel that will adversely affect the Jacks performance?

[West-River_Jack]

Re: Eastern Washington

This will be the 4th consecutive away game, 3 of which have been rather long trips. Do you feel that will adversely affect the Jacks performance?

Considering our geography, almost all away games are long trips. Is an airplane trip of 1800 miles really longer than an airplane trip of 800 miles? I doubt that distance will be much of a factor. I dare not address the fact that this is four in a row. I don't know enough to speculate about that one.

[SE174]

Re: Eastern Washington

Where did this "one-dimensional" bunk originate? Do people ever check facts any more? Some lazy pundit or fan-forum expert watches one game where the Jackrabbits' runnng backs are running roughshod over another team and all of a sudden the Jacks can't pass?
Facts.
Sumner has thrown for 2,684 yards. The team has rushed for 2,266 yards (and against MVC defenses). That is called balance.
The Jacks have had 107 first downs by the run, 124 by the pass. Sumner has averaged 16 completions a game, for crying out loud.
Now, get off my lawn.

The same people that say that EWU only passes. Our run/pass ratio was very close to 50/50 this year, and we averaged 5.0 yards per carry.