3 and a half hours to kickoff

Just a quick update... 3 and a half hours before kickoff. It's going to be cold day for football (25 degrees at kickoff) but at least the sun is shinning.  The game begins at 1:00 pm local (3:00 pm Central).

For what it's worth (some pocket lint maybe) my prediction:
SEMO 17
EWU 24

Redhawks land on red turf for practice

[written Friday night but forgot to actually post]

Just got back from shooting some of the SEMO practice at Roos Field. Some of the players and coaches I talked with thought the field would be much brighter.  The team was loose for the brief work out, some of the guys channeled their inner child and jumped into the huge mounds of snow.

It was brutally cold. Official temperature at practice was 26 with a NE wind at 10 mph making it feel like 17 degrees.  Perfect football weather... If you are a polar bear.

Playing on a red field makes the uniform choice of each team a bit more relevant.  I was told the Redhawks will wear white on black with red helmets and Eastern Washington will probably go with red on red.

I don't envy SEMO QB Matt Scheilble who will have to try and spot the Eagles defenders as they blend into the field.

Blogging from snowy Cheney, WA

Roos Field

I arrived in Cheney, WA early Thursday afternoon (local time) and was a bit shocked at all the snow.  I haven't seen this much snow on the ground in years.

The snow should not affect Saturdays game between the Redhawks and Eagles (unless it snows again). Roos Field is spotless, not a flake to be found.  The streets and parking lots are a different story.  It's so bad the area is under a snow emergency, schools are closed and snow plows are running 24/7.

Roos Field currently holds just under 12,000 but when upgrades are complete will seat 20,000.

The field turf project is completely funded by private support.

I wonder if Michael Roos and his Titans teammate (former SEMO Redhawk) Eugene Amano are trash-talking one another.