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...]

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...]

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...]

East Carolina got a much-needed American Athletic Conference win, 48-28, over South Florida on Saturday to stay in contention for the league championship. With the game moving from Tampa to Boca Raton because of Hurricane Ian, there had to be some quick adjustments in preparation for the site change. "What a great job Jake Kirkendall, my Chief of Staff, and Ryan McManus, my … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — Holton Ahlers threw for six touchdowns and 465 yards as East Carolina evened its American Athletic Conference record at 1-1 with a 48-28 win over South Florida at Florida Atlantic on Saturday. The game was moved from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, where USF normally plays its home games, because of Hurricane Ian, which ravaged the west coast of Florida on … [Read more...]