The virtually-empty stands at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium at the end of a 55-31 loss to Southern Methodist on Saturday were testimony to the general dissatisfaction with the football program's performance as the Pirates fell to 3-7 overall and 1-5 in the American Athletic Conference with their seventh loss in eight games. Five turnovers helped assure that ECU fell short of the six … [Read more...]
View from the EastPirates have something to prove
East Carolina has traditionally been at its best when the program felt like it had something to prove. The perception of an insult toward the university or a chance to knock off a big-name opponent could unite the team and Pirate Nation. The Pirates host Navy at 4 p.m. Saturday and the cause will be raising the ECU program in its own eyes. After a 2-0 start that was … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayTurnovers sink Pirates
GREENVILLE — There was a question as to which Southern Methodist team would show up at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday, the one that stunned then-No. 11 Houston 38-16 on Oct. 22 or the one that was dismantled 51-7 by Memphis at home last week. The Mustangs got things turned around with turnovers, returning two interceptions for touchdowns in momentum swings the size of … [Read more...]
Pirates Are State Champs
East Carolina can lay claim to the mythical state championship in college football with Duke's 28-27 win over No. 15 North Carolina at Wallace Wade Stadium on Thursday night. ECU beat N.C. State, which beat Wake Forest, which beat Duke, which beat UNC, making NCSU's upcoming game in Chapel Hill irrelevant in the determining process. Appalachian State might dispute the … [Read more...]
View from the EastNelson could get another year
In the short term, it appears that senior Philip Nelson will be healthy enough to start for East Carolina against visiting Southern Methodist on Saturday at noon. In the long term, Nelson may be playing at ECU next year. Story continues after the following picture... Nelson has taken his normal snaps as the No. 1 quarterback this week in practice, according to Pirates … [Read more...]