All day long today everybody I've talked with in spokane, the first topic of discussion has been last nights game and stunning comeback by the Eastern Washington University football team and league championship win against Delaware. Everyone has a story to tell and for me I was working out at the gym watching the game on the screen and noticed that by half time we were behind 12-0. Well I am a Chief's Hockey fan, and not as big into football, so I thought "...and they were doing so good"...so by the end of the fourth quarter, I was at the arena with friends watching hockey (Spokane vs Lethbridge) and in front of 5,423 hockey fans the final score of the game was announced (20 - 19) the arena burst out into a roar of cheers. Spokane did it! Congratulations Eastern!!! Go Eags!
It's funny, because this picture is from a Wall St. Journal article that ran last September when Eastern installed this red turf, and the article went on to say that they were no football powerhouse like Boise State University's Broncos are. Nobody could imagine they would go on to finish undefeated all the way to the top of their league! Not that the Wall St. Journal has ever been wrong before, but wow, did they ever underestimate Eastern!
Pretty cool. The Vice President was there at the game and congratulated us. The governor of Delaware is sending our Governor food products from his state, having lost the bet with our governor. It's been all over the news as well.
I transferred to Eastern from University of Idaho back in the 1990's, where I completed a BA in Business Administration, Marketing, then went back to study Psychology at the post-baccalaureate level and finally completed a Master of Science in Psychology a few years ago. My master's thesis is on file at JFK library at the central campus, Cheney Washington. It's a proud day to be Eastern Washington University Alumni! Go Eags!
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