Time for a needed break

Eastern Washington emerged from a pair of fights with relative football heavyweights cut, battered physically — and maybe bruised mentally?

Last Saturday, Montana survived a furious comeback to return to Missoula with the school’s first-ever win over seven tries on the red turf at Roos Field by a 52-49 score.

This comes on the heels of a thorough pummeling 49-16 at Nevada, Sept. 21.

“We bounced back from a game we didn’t play so well in last week,” Eastern head coach Aaron Best said in a post-game interview.

These two losses — one big, one excruciatingly close — both land largely in the laps o...