Re'quan Boyette remembers his first college football game. It also will be the site of his next football game as the new outside receivers coach at East Carolina. Boyette came to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadum as a freshman at Duke on Sept. 3, 2005. That day also marked the first contest for Skip Holtz as coach of the Pirates. It wasn't Boyette's first trip to ECU by any means. He … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTECU dynamics improve, but still Miles to go
East Carolina's personnel was severely lacking in an 86-66 loss at Tulane that extended its American Athletic Conference losing streak to six games last Saturday. Missing in action were Brandon Suggs, who averages 9.8 points, J.J. Miles (7.6) and Tremont Robinson-White (7.0). The trio was in place for ECU's 88-80 overtime win over the Green Wave on Jan. 5. Pirates coach … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTRookie D’Ante Smith makes Pirates proud
Cincinnati left tackle D'Ante Smith is having a special rookie season. Smith, 21, is a second teamer on the depth chart as the Bengals take on the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Super Bowl LVI (56) in Los Angeles on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (NBC). Smith made 30 starts during his career at East Carolina. He played one game in 2020 — the season opener — a 51-28 loss to Central … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates deal with payback
East Carolina has little in the way of momentum going into tonight's 9 p.m. contest at Memphis (ESPN2). The hosts have some significant motivation in their favor. A matchup with the Tigers on Jan. 15 in Greenville provided the high point thus far of the 2021-22 season as Brandon Suggs scored at the buzzer for a 72-71 Pirates win. ECU trailed by as many as 19 points in the … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTECU arms have new guidance
Although the pending weather is not conducive to baseball, official practice starts Jan. 28 with East Carolina ranked No. 8 in a preseason poll by Collegiate Baseball and No. 12 by DI Baseball. The Pirates are coming off a 44-17 season that concluded with a Super Regional loss at Vanderbilt. ECU will start 2022 with a new pitching coach. "Coach (Jason) Dietrich got … [Read more...]