East Carolina had hoped to travel up north and make some noise in the American Athletic Conference. The only noise was one loud thud. Temple put a choke hold on the ECU offense and cruised to a 49-6 win over the Pirates. In so many ways it resembled one of last year’s big losses in… [ Continue Reading ]
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Coach Mo Weekly Presser
East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery met with the news media on campus for his weekly press conference on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. He reviewed the Pirates’ 49-6 loss to American Athletic Conference East Division foe Temple and looked ahead to their Saturday home game with AAC West Division member Houston. (Audio via Brian Bailey courtesy… [ Continue Reading ]
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Momentum accompanies Pirates on AAC road trip
After a crazy month of weather it is on to October for the East Carolina football team. One game was moved by a day, while another was canceled and is still in limbo. Through it all, the Pirates are at .500 as the calendar flips over to the tenth month of the year. Saturday’s 37-35… [ Continue Reading ]
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Coach Mo Weekly Presser
East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery met with the news media on campus for his weekly press conference on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. He reviewed the Pirates’ 37-35 win over visiting Conference USA member Old Dominion and looked ahead to their Saturday road game with American Athletic Conference foe Temple. (Audio via Brian Bailey courtesy… [ Continue Reading ]
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ECU-ODU game suddenly gets more intriguing
The mission wasn’t quite accomplished; still this East Carolina football team was thrilled to get back home early Sunday morning. The Pirates fell to South Florida, 20-13, after that two-week odyssey in Orlando to flee Hurricane Florence. “It’s good to be back in Greenville,” said ECU coach Scottie Montgomery at his weekly news conference Monday… [ Continue Reading ]
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Pirates in tune with situation back home
Hurricane Florence put the brakes on the sports schedule in Eastern North Carolina in a big way. The southern counties in WNCT-TV’s viewing area were hit the hardest. There is no telling when some of those counties will get back in school and back to playing games. Greenville and East Carolina dodged a real bullet… [ Continue Reading ]
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Pirates bounced back in a big way
This just didn’t look like the same team on the field at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The same team that never got things cranked up against North Carolina A&T dominated play against North Carolina from the ACC in a 41-19 win. It was East Carolina’s third straight win over UNC-Chapel Hill. “I love beating the Tar Heels,”… [ Continue Reading ]