GREENVILLE — Considering some of the Peach Bowl heroes from the 1991 East Carolina team were back in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday, a comeback win over N.C. State was appropriate. The current Pirates didn't trail by as large a margin as the silver anniversary crew did in Atlanta when they rallied from a 34-17 deficit to win, 37-34, on a 22-yard scoring pass to Luke … [Read more...]

Vince Lombardi knew something about achieving success as legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers. "The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win," Lombardi said. East Carolina's football team went to work getting ready for N.C. State's visit at noon Saturday following a 52-7 win over Western Carolina in week one. Tuesday and Wednesday are … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Scottie Montgomery came through the pre-game smoke at the Murphy Center end of East Carolina's Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, with fist pumps, a momentary prayer and the undaunted crossing of his forearms that has become a symbol of the Pirates. The crowd of 44,161 quickly fed off his emotion. … [Read more...]

Hurricane Hermine is projected to be a potent tropical storm when it passes through the Greenville area before East Carolina kicks off against Western Carolina on Saturday at 6 p.m. Gusts and downpours are expected to build into Saturday before conditions gradually improve in the hours approaching game time as the storm moves into the Atlantic. Still, there is the … [Read more...]