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Harry Woodbery attempts a pass as two defenders rush him during the Eastern football team’s 48-10 road loss to Illinois State in September 2018.

3 questions about the Eastern football team before its first game

JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief August 22, 2019

In less than one week, new head coach Adam Cushing's football team will finally be seen in action when the Panthers travel to Chattanooga on Aug. 29. Some of the questions, from an offseason full of...

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Mark Williams (right) tackles an Indiana State ball carrier as Raymond Crittenden (left) gets ready to help out during Eastern’s 55-41 loss in September 2018 at O’Brien Field.

Mark Williams looks to bounce back for the Eastern football team this season

JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief August 21, 2019

Rock bottom came on Oct. 6. The Eastern football team had just lost at home to Murray State 48-41, and the defense had been embarrassed by the Racers’ offense for a total of 658 yards, the third-most...

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Eastern linebacker Joe Caputo (left) and defensive back Mark Williams team up to bring down a Tennessee Martin ballcarrier on Oct. 20 last season. The Panthers won the game 24-21 in overtime.

Column: New look offense needs to prove itself this season for Eastern football team

JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief August 19, 2019

Much of what went wrong for the Eastern football team in its 3-8 clunker of a season last year, which led to the removal of head coach Kim Dameron, could be traced directly back to the team’s inability...

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Adam Cushing is the new head coach of the Eastern football team, and the team has its first game Aug. 29 at Chattanooga.

Eastern football enters new season, new era

JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief August 14, 2019

New head coach A new era of Eastern football is here. After an uninspiring 3-8 finish to the football season last year, Eastern decided it was time to move on from head coach Kim Dameron and ultimately...

Eastern quarterback Johnathan Brantley throws a pass in a practice last season at OBrien Field. Eastern was predicted to finish 8th in the 2019 media poll

Column: New look Eastern picked 8th in preseaon poll

JJ Bullock, Editor-in-Chief July 19, 2019

Eastern’s first year head coach Adam Cushing made bold predictions in his introductory press conference last winter, declaring that during his tenure at Eastern the Panthers would win both an Ohio Valley...

Eastern adds Omar Young to coaching staff

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor March 7, 2019

Former Green Bay Packers offensive quality control coach Omar Young was hired Thursday to be the running backs coach at Eastern. Young is the 15th member that head coach Adam Cushing has added to his...

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Eastern head football coach Adam Cushing discussess the recruits who signed to play football at Eastern Wednesday, National Signing Day, at O’Brien Field.

Eastern signs 26 recruits, 18 from Illinois on signing day

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor February 6, 2019

Eastern football’s new head coach Adam Cushing made a lot of promises when he was announced in December. He promised the Panthers would win both a conference and national championship while he was coach...

Former Eastern running back runs witht he ball in a 41-40 loss to Tennessee State last season at O’Brien Field. Johnson is an NFL hopeful now and compete and won MVP awards in two bowl games this offseason.

Big offseason of bowl performances has Johnson NFL hopeful

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor January 14, 2019

Like many NFL draft and signing hopefuls who just finished their college football season, Eastern running back Isaiah Johnson is competing in bowl games to get his name and image out to the world and in...

Analicia Haynes | The Daily Eastern News Adam Cushing (left) accepts an Eastern football jersey from Athletic Director Tom Michael during a press conference in December 2018. Cushing added Chris Bowers and John Kuceyeski to be his defensive and offensive coordinators.

Bowers, longtime friend of Cushing, joins Eastern from Northwestern as new defensive coordinator

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor January 8, 2019

It was going to take a lot for Northwestern football’s Director of Player Personnel Chris Bowers to leave his job on Pat Fitzgerald’s notoriously tight-knit staff. And why should anyone leave? Northwestern...

Eastern offensive lineman Josh Doyle poses with his jersey at the FCS senior bowl in Myrtle Beach on Dec. 15.

Doyle competes in senior bowl just one year after double-knee surgery

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor December 19, 2018

Surgery.  It’s the word no athlete wants to hear in their offseason, but it’s the one that was uttered to Eastern offensive lineman Josh Doyle in the offseason of 2017 following his junior year....

Adam Cushing, the new head coach for the Eastern football team, held a press conference Tuesday to discuss his future at Eastern and the future of the football team.

Cushing asserts strong expectations for football program in first press conference

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor December 10, 2018

Eastern’s new head football coach Adam Cushing stamped his name on a declaration stating that not only was Eastern (3-8 last season) going to start winning games again, but that during his time as...

Eastern new head football coach Adam Cushing stands on the sideline during Northwestern’s win over Bowling Green in 2017. Cushing was announced as the 25th head coach in program history by the athletic department Sunday night.

Cushing to lead football program

JJ Bullock, Sports Editor December 9, 2018

Northwestern’s offensive line coach Adam Cushing will be the next head football coach at Eastern.  The athletic department made the announcement Sunday night that Cushing will be the program’s...

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