Bonesville’s Al Myatt roamed Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium with his camera during East Carolina’s dominating win over Central Florida on Saturday, Oct. 22, in Greenville, NC. Myatt captured this curated collection of candid photos and action shots. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTECU defense deceptively good
The numbers tend to indicate otherwise, but East Carolina's defense played well in a 47-45 win in four overtimes against Memphis on Saturday night at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The Pirates yielded a season high in points and the Tigers had 491 total yards, but a pair of interceptions were pivotal in erasing a 17-0 deficit and there was no celebration until a final 2-point … [Read more...]
Inside Game Day‘Five shots’ drill leads to four-overtime win
GREENVILLE — East Carolina works on 2-point conversions at the start of practice on Tuesdays in a drill called "Five Shots." "It's good on good, offense and defense," said Pirates coach Mike Houston after a 47-45 American Athletic Conference win over Memphis in four overtimes. "We started doing that because of the new overtime rules." As the combatants progressed through … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates look to move on from miscues
East Carolina coach Mike Houston would prefer not to rehash the mistakes that resulted in a 24-9 loss at Tulane on Saturday, but he took time on Tuesday to review the bumps in the road that dropped the Pirates to 3-3 overall and 1-2 in the American Athletic Conference going into a Homecoming game with Memphis (4-2, 2-1 AAC) on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU). "Obviously … [Read more...]
Inside Game DayToo many mistakes undo Pirates at Tulane
East Carolina was scoreless for the final 43 minutes in a 24-9 American Athletic Conference loss at Tulane on Saturday. The Green Wave (5-1, 2-0 AAC) is yielding just 13.3 points per game. ECU (3-3, 1-2) outscored Tulane, 52-29, in Greenville last season but couldn't produce an offensive encore at Yulman Stadium. "They did a great job defensively of showing us a lot of … [Read more...]