Gonzaga thumps Carroll to begin season

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      The tenor in Gonzaga Coach Randy Trivers’s steady voice picks up ever so slightly when he’s asked to characterize his team’s spirit. It’s an unselfish bunch, he says, and one that wants to honor the legacy of Gonzaga football.

      Saturday afternoon’s 35-7 road victory over Archbishop Carroll in Northeast Washington — which began with an interception on the Lions’ first pass attempt and included a 35-point margin in the second quarter that induced a running clock — was certainly one means to that end.

      “Everything clicked out there,” senior quarterback Aidan Conrath said after the season-opening win. “It’s a big win for us at the start of the season.”

      At face value, a team in the No. 13 Eagles’ position, having finished each of the past two seasons with a 5-6 record, might scoff when provided reminders of the past. Gonzaga has a different perspective. On Saturdays last fall, the Eagles watched graduate Caleb Williams play his way to winning the Heisman Trophy; in the spring, he came back and saw them in person. Next April, Williams and fellow graduate Olu Fashanu are projected to land in the first round of the NFL draft.

      Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/08/26/gonzaga-looking-rejoin-areas-elite-thumps-carroll-begin-season/

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