at #25 Oregon State
Saturday, Aug. 30, 3:05 p.m.
Corvallis, Ore.
Reser Stadium
(45,674, FieldTurf)
TV: Pac-12 Network
The Series: OSU lead 2-0.
Last Meeting: Oregon State beat Eastern Washington 56-17 in 2006.
The Coaches: Eastern Washington’s Beau Baldwin is 44-19 entering his sixth season. He is 54-22 entering his seventh season as a head coach…Oregon State’s Mike Riley is 81-67 entering his 13th season. Riley was OSU’s coach in 1997-98 and returned in 2003. He went 14-34 as the San Diego Chargers head coach from 1999-2001. He was 40-32 at the head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL from 1987-1990.
Notes: The teams first met in 2000, a 21-19 Oregon State win…Oregon State lost to Sacramento State of the Big Sky in 2011…Eastern Washington notched a win over FBS Idaho last season…EWU finished 11-3 in 2012, falling to Sam Houston State in the national semifinals…Oregon State finished 9-4 last season, losing in the Alamo Bowl to Texas…Oregon State is picked to finish third in the Pac-12 North Division, behind Oregon and Stanford…Oregon State is ranked 25th in the USA Today/ESPN Preseason Coaches’ Poll and 25th in the AP Preseason Poll...EWU LB Ronnie Hamlin is a candidate for the Buck Buchanan Award.