McMinnville’s Gage Gubrud (McMinnville High Class of 2014) might be Eastern
Washington University’s starting QB for the EWU Eagles' opening season game 5
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, in Pullman, Wash., versus Washington State
University.
Roster bio for Gage (jersey #8) from EWU
Sports Info:
http://goeags.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4565&path=football
http://goeags.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4565&path=football
Game advance info from EWU Sports Info:
Spokane
Spokesman-Review 8/29/2016 story:
To see story, scroll to end of this
posting. Story says either Gage will start at quarterback "or."
Watch
game on TV:
Pac-12 Network
Listen
to game on radio:
EWU football play-by-play of the game on
Spokane’s 700-AM ESPN radio. Broadcast pre-game starts an hour before kickoff:
www.700espn.com
www.700espn.com
Live
game stats from WSU:
Video
and photos by Mac News 7/5/2016
unless indicated:
•Video (no audio) Gage with Dave Cook, EWU sports info director, on EWU campus in Cheney, Wash.
•Gage with football and EWU Eagles logo signage.
•EWU Athletics photo shows Eagle cheer staff with rally flags at EWU’s famous home football venue, red turf Roos Field (also known as “The Inferno.”)
•Roos Field sign and farmland near EWU campus.
By Jim Allen, Spokane
Spokesman-Review
3:58 p.m. Monday 8/29/2016
3:58 p.m. Monday 8/29/2016
Eastern Washington has released its depth
chart for Saturday’s football opener, and for the most part it’s what you’d
expect.
However, coach Beau Baldwin has thrown in a
few surprises, while trying to prolong the mystery on who will start at
quarterback this weekend at Martin Stadium.
At least four, and possibly five or six,
are expected to make their first starts this week. Most of those are on the offensive
line, where all five starters and the top two backups have departed.
Freshman redshirts Tristen Taylor (left
tackle) and Chris Schlichting (left guard) make their debuts on the left side
of Eastern’s line, and sophomore Matt Meyer makes his debut at right guard.
Right tackle Nick Ellison (four career starts) and senior center Jerrod Jones
(two) are the only O-linemen
Sophomore Gage Gubrud is expected to start
at quarterback, but the depth chart follows his name with the word “or” – as in
or sophomore Reilly Hennessey, “or” senior Jordan West.
Gubrud, a third-stringer last year,
attempted just 13 passes in 2015, while West started 10 games and Hennessey
two.
Likewise, three players are also listed as
possible starters at running back, including true freshman Antoine Custer Jr.
and sophomore Sam McPherson. They would be making their first starts, while the
third, senior Jabari Wilson, has 10 starts in his career.
The lone starting debut expected to be made
on defense is sophomore cornerback Josh Lewis, but Eastern has plenty more
experience at that position. Nzuzi Webster (10 career starts), Victor Gamboa
(21) and D’londo Tucker (one) have a collective 32 starts between them. Webster
is listed as the other starter at cornerback.
The biggest surprise could be junior
defensive lineman Albert Havili, a former middle linebacker who missed all of
the 2015 season with injury. He’s atop the depth chart at field end, ahead of
true sophomore Keenan Williams.
He set an Eastern true-freshman record with
61 tackles in 2013.
Placekicker. Roldan Alcobendas, who missed
most of the 2014 season and all of last year with an ACL injury, apparently has
beaten out 2015 starter Brandyn Bangsund. Alcobendas also is listed as the top
backup to Jordan Dascalo at punter and as a possible starter for kickoffs.
EWU depth chart has a few surprises; QB still
‘either, or’
By
Jim Allen Spokane Spokesman-Review 3:58 p.m. Monday 8/29/2016
Eastern
Washington has released its depth chart for Saturday’s football opener, and for
the most part it’s what you’d expect.
However,
coach Beau Baldwin has thrown in a few surprises, while trying to prolong the
mystery on who will start at quarterback this weekend at Martin Stadium.
At
least four, and possibly five or six, are expected to make their first starts
this week. Most of those are on the offensive line, where all five starters and
the top two backups have departed.
Freshman
redshirts Tristen Taylor (left tackle) and Chris Schlichting (left guard) make
their debuts on the left side of Eastern’s line, and sophomore Matt Meyer makes
his debut at right guard. Right tackle Nick Ellison (four career starts) and
senior center Jerrod Jones (two) are the only O-linemen
Sophomore
Gage Gubrud is expected to start at quarterback, but the depth chart follows
his name with the word “or” – as in or sophomore Reilly Hennessey, “or” senior
Jordan West.
Gubrud,
a third-stringer last year, attempted just 13 passes in 2015, while West
started 10 games and Hennessey two.
Likewise,
three players are also listed as possible starters at running back, including
true freshman Antoine Custer Jr. and sophomore Sam McPherson. They would be
making their first starts, while the third, senior Jabari Wilson, has 10 starts
in his career.
The
lone starting debut expected to be made on defense is sophomore cornerback Josh
Lewis, but Eastern has plenty more experience at that position. Nzuzi Webster
(10 career starts), Victor Gamboa (21) and D’londo Tucker (one) have a
collective 32 starts between them. Webster is listed as the other starter at
cornerback.
The
biggest surprise could be junior defensive lineman Albert Havili, a former
middle linebacker who missed all of the 2015 season with injury. He’s atop the
depth chart at field end, ahead of true sophomore Keenan Williams.
He
set an Eastern true-freshman record with 61 tackles in 2013.
Placekicker.
Roldan Alcobendas, who missed most of the 2014 season and all of last year with
an ACL injury, apparently has beaten out 2015 starter Brandyn Bangsund.
Alcobendas also is listed as the top backup to Jordan Dascalo at punter and as
a possible starter for kickoffs.
