Sports editor and Missouri State University athletics beat writer for the Springfield Daily Citizen | Pragmatic millennial | '90s country music enthusiast.
"Gonzaga is in the middle of nowhere...."
Isn't there about 725,000 people in the Spokane-CdA metro area, which is also one of the most scenic areas in the country?
Not one of the major cities, obviously, but let's quit pretending this is Mayberry.
All four Washington college football teams east of the Cascades - WSU, EWU, CWU and Whitworth - are ranked in the top 25 of their respective divisions.
The western programs - Washington, Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound - are not ranked.
There are nine starting quarterbacks in the @CFL.
Four of them - Mike Reilly, Matt Nichols, Bo Levi Mitchell and Vernon Adams - were coached by @CoachBBaldwin.
Quite the stat.
Fourteen years. Five states.
In all of my professional journalism experience, this was the funnest and kindest team I ever covered.
Thanks for letting me tell your stories, @EWUMBB. You made it easy.