It’s beginning to look more and more likely that Scottie Montgomery will be back as the football coach at East Carolina again next season. This is neither an endorsement of the job Montgomery has done to date nor an opinion based on the team’s performance in Saturday’s 37-10 loss to undefeated Central Florida, though there… [ Continue Reading ]

The book is still out on whether Scottie Montgomery will continue to be the football coach at East Carolina beyond this season. That probably won’t be determined until the final game is played or a permanent athletic director is hired. But there is one thing that is certain about the Pirates when looking ahead to… [ Continue Reading ]

Just when it seemed as though the East Carolina football team had turned a corner and was finally starting to head in a better direction, the Pirates took a disappointing U-turn in Philadelphia on Saturday. It’s not just that they lost to Temple. That’s happened every year since ECU joined the American Athletic Conference in 2014.… [ Continue Reading ]

Time was running out on the East Carolina football team Saturday. With the most frustrating of losses staring his team squarely in the eyes, Coach Scottie Montgomery had a decision to make. Punt the ball away knowing you might not get it back for a chance at the winning score or go for it on… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina lost a football game Saturday. This should not come as a newsflash, considering that the Pirates are now just 7-20 during the Scottie Montgomery era. Yet, though the result was all too familiar, this one felt different from all those other defeats. Much different. For the first time in at least two years,… [ Continue Reading ]

Instead of traveling to Blacksburg for its scheduled game against Virginia Tech on Saturday, the East Carolina football team headed south to ride out Hurricane Florence in the safe harbor of Orlando, FL. It was a logical move given the severity of the storm and the experience school officials gained from previous natural disasters, including… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina was a 16½-point underdog against North Carolina on Saturday, so technically its 41-19 drubbing of the Tar Heels at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium was an upset. But anyone familiar with the dynamic of the rivalry between the Pirates and either of its UNC System cousins from the Triangle knows that the result was anything but… [ Continue Reading ]