Barriere helps Eastern Washington thump Northern Colorado

CHENEY, Wash. -- Eric Barriere passed for 445 yards and five touchdowns, three of them to Talolo Limu-Jones , and Eastern Washington rolled to a 54-21 victory over Northern Colorado on Saturday. The Eagles (3-4, 2-1 Big Sky Conference) set a record with their 12th straight win at Roos Field and beat the visiting Bears for the 12th straight time. Eastern's last loss to Northern Colorado (1-6, 1-2) came in 1981, long before the Bears joined the Big Sky. This one was over by halftime. Barriere's 58-yard scoring strike to Limu-Jones and Seth Harrison 's 32-yard field goal gave the Eagles a 10-0 lead after one quarter. Eastern Washington used a 30-point second quarter to take a 40-0 lead into the half. In the quarter, Barriere had TD strikes of 19 yards to Jayce Gilder and 32 yards to Johnny Edwards IV . Harrison added three field goals and Joe Lang returned a fumble 34 yards for a score.