East Carolina will be playing in much drier conditions than in last week's 44-0 win over Gardner-Webb in Greenville as the Pirates visit Rice to start American Athletic Conference play tonight with a kickoff at 7 p.m. (Eastern time). The forecast is calling for a temperature of 90 degrees at the outset with a heat index of 92. The sun will be out with a zero percent chance of … [Read more...]
Football Feature
Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe
Bonesville Pregame Show
Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for the Bonesville Pregame Show as they preview East Carolina's Saturday, Sept. 30, clash in Houston with first-year league member Rice (7 p.m., ESPN+). Myatt and Monroe analyze the Pirates and their opponent ahead of kickoff each week. With decades of experience as a sports journalist, Myatt has been an anchor columnist for Bonesville since … [Read more...]
THE SPORTS OBJECTIVE
Opponent Preview: Rice
Watch this episode of the The Sports Objective's series of podcasts and YouTube clips about East Carolina football. In the last segment, Rice play by play announcer J.P. Heath joins The Sports Objective's Dave Richmond, Bubba Rosenbaum, Kyle Barber and Matt Semenza to discuss the Saturday, Sept. 30, American Athletic Conference clash in Houston between East Carolina and … [Read more...]
THE SPORTS OBJECTIVE
Pirate Football Playback
Watch this "Pirate Football Playback" episode of the The Sports Objective's series of podcasts and YouTube clips. The Sports Objective team of David Richmond, Bubba Rosenbaum, Kyle Barber and Matt Semenza break down East Carolina's Saturday night shutout of Gardner-Webb, touch on some other highlight games from around the country and glance ahead at the Pirates' Saturday night … [Read more...]
Football Feature
Game Day Weather
Tropical storm conditions during the morning should subside and transition to more favorable conditions before the 6 p.m. kickoff between East Carolina and Gardner-Webb at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. There will be a chance of rain before 8 p.m., then a chance of showers until midnight. It will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 60 as the night progresses. Prevailing southwest winds … [Read more...]