Eastern loses close game to Jacksonville State 28-20
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2019
The Eastern football team will have to digest what went wrong in the final moments of a loss for the second week in a row, falling to Jacksonville State 28-20 on Saturday. Eastern (0-7, 0-3 OVC) had the ball twice in the final four minutes of the game, trailing Jacksonville State by just eight points, and twice failed...
Eastern hosts loaded Jacksonville State Saturday
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
October 9, 2019
The mantra for the Eastern football team (0-6, 0-2 OVC) has been the same all season: Focus on themselves rather than the opponent, focus on the task in front of them and focus on having all 11 guys on the field be in the right place doing the right thing. This ideology has not changed based on how d...
Is the OVC more open than ever?
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
October 8, 2019
The Ohio Valley Conference hierarchy for football is not what it used to be. The halfway point for the 2019 football season has come and gone, and the OVC standings are ... interesting, to say the least. Perennial powerhouse Jacksonville State is just 3-2 this season, Tennessee-Martin is i...
Eastern football loses against Murray State, record is now 0-6
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
October 6, 2019
Murray State narrowly beat Eastern for the second year in a row Saturday when the Panthers came up just inches short of a score as time expired in a 24-17 loss. Eastern had first and goal at the Murray State five-yard line, trailing by seven points with the game clock ticking down its final seconds. Q...
Football still looking for 1st win, face Murray State on road Saturday
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
October 3, 2019
The Eastern football team is still without a win in 2019. A 40-29 home loss to Tennessee Tech; the team picked to finish last in the OVC, Sept. 28 dropped the Panthers to 0-5 and leaves the team still searching for its first win under head coach Adam Cushing. Eastern finally had a breakthrough...
Woodbery takes over starting role with Brantley gone
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2019
It began in April of 2018. Two transfer quarterbacks, one from the FBS level, one from a junior college, showed off their skills in a team scrimmage and thus set forth a quarterback battle that would wage over the course of the next 17 months. The participants in the battle: Tulane transfer Johnath...
Eastern’s mistakes sinks it in 40-29 loss
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
September 28, 2019
All that was missing was a bow and wrapping paper and Eastern's delivery of Saturday nights conference opener to Tennessee Tech would have been complete. Tennessee Tech capitalized of a handful of Eastern errors and handed the Panthers their fifth loss of the season 40-29 at O’Brien Field. Eastern turned the ball over three times, twice via a fumble and once...
Eastern vs Tennessee Tech: 3 things to watch for
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
September 26, 2019
It has been a rough first four games for the Eastern football team to start the season, specifically on offense. Eastern has scored just 19 points in four games this season, leading it to an 0-4 start to the season. Eastern began its season with four incredibly tough opponents (Eastern’s schedule is...
Eastern’s offense believes it can bounce back from rough start
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
September 25, 2019
The Eastern football team struggled on offense so far this season, and that may be putting it mildly. Nineteen points in four games, last in the conference in points and yards, just two touchdowns and two field goals; that is currently the resume of Eastern’s offense as it heads into conference ...
Eastern’s defense plays well in Eastern’s loss to Indiana State
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
September 22, 2019
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Eastern football team scored just 19 points in four games this season. It scored just six points in a 16-6 loss to Indiana State Saturday in yet another anemic showing by an offensive unit desperate for a fix. Eastern turned the ball over four times, three interceptions ...
Eastern struggles on offense again in loss to Sycamores
JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2019
TERRE HAUTE, Ind- The Eastern football team has scored just 19 points in four games this season. It scored just six points in a 16-6 loss to Indiana State on Saturday in yet another anemic showing by an offensive unit desperate for a fix. Eastern turned the ball over four times, three interceptions and one fumble, and mustered just 200 total yards of offense, averaging just 3.2 yards...
Column: Eastern’s offense needs to utilize more smaller, shorter routes
Dillan Schorfheide, Sports Editor
September 21, 2019
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.- Eastern’s offense and Indiana State’s offense both ran, literally, into the same problem in Eastern’s 16-6 loss to the Sycamores Saturday. The difference was that the Sycamores found ways to get around Eastern’s defense, while Eastern’s offense was stuck and could do hardly...
