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East Carolina Pirates Football 2010
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Prologue
Thursday, July 1, 2010
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By Ron Cherubini
Staff Feature
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Offensive/Defensive
Analysis
So, here we
go� another Pirate football season around the corner and for the first time
in the past three seasons, there are as many unknowns as there are knowns
for the two-time defending Conference USA Champions.
East Carolina forged
its way to a pair of titles by way of a punishing defense and an
offense that could muster enough points to allow it to ball-control its way
to victory. So good was the defense that in two-straight C-USA title games,
the Pirates held the country�s top offense to all-time lows and forced
turnovers in bunches.
The Pirates,
this spring, look a whole lot different and the timing of changes may work
to the team�s advantage. Out has gone Skip Holtz�s highly successful
run-first offense and his aggressive, disciplined defense. In has come
Ruffin McNeill�s high-flying offense and attacking defense.
With a
defense looking to replace nine starters, the onus of success will likely
fall on the offense, at least early in the season, if East Carolina is to
make a run at a C-USA three-peat. Fortunately for the Pirates, they possess a
ton of talent at receiver, running back, and along the offensive line. If
they can find a trigger man, they could be dangerous offensively.
With this in
mind as the summer grind sets in, let�s take a close look at
those players who are back in the fold for 2010.
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