The Ritzville Adams County Journal - Eastern Adams County's Only Independent Voice Since 1887

For most college football teams the big rivalry game is the last scheduled game of the season. All of the team’s fans look forward to it because it is for bragging rights for the year. For EWU that game is against Portland State not because it is a real rivalry but because the Big Sky Conference thinks it should be.

If you ask any true Eagle fan they would most likely tell you that their biggest rival is the University of Montana Grizzlies. Now if you ask a UM fan they would most likely say the Montana State Bobcats because they’ve been playing their in state rival well before they use...