GAME PREVIEW: No. 9/9 Eastern Plays at No. 6/8 North Dakota State in FCS Playoffs

In a year of trials and tribulation, the trip and opponent seemed apropos. The Eastern Washington University football team will play a preliminary game in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoffs on the road for the first time in more than 10 years – and to add to the intrigue will be playing a team in which EWU head coach Aaron Best calls the "barometer of FCS Football."