Score this one as another disappointing chapter in East Carolina’s football series with Navy. We analyzed it all week. The Navy numbers against the Pirates were astounding in the series. Everything pointed to another Midshipmen blowout. Most of the time in sports a preliminary look doesn’t always pan out. This time it did. Navy dominated… [ More… ]
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Pirates pivot to Navy after emotional week
I simply can’t imagine what life was like last week for East Carolina football coach Mike Houston. The excitement of preparing to lead your new team onto the field in your home stadium was subdued after Houston lost his father, Bill, earlier in the week. Houston made the announcement at his Tuesday press conference. “My… [ More… ]
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Pirates look for answers
East Carolina drove right down the field to open Saturday’s game with North Carolina State. The Pirates went 75 yards in 12 plays before disaster struck. Quarterback Holton Ahlers was 6-6 for 47 yards on that first drive. He called his own number on first down and powered toward the goal line. He was hit… [ More… ]
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Doeren facing QB he hotly pursued
Game week is finally here for East Carolina. The long, hot summer unofficially ends with the Labor Day weekend and the first week of the college football season. Pirate fans will head west to Raleigh early Saturday for the season-opening matchup with North Carolina State. Last year the Wolfpack manhandled a broken Pirate football team… [ More… ]
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Turnovers get Houston’s special attention
East Carolina wrapped up fall camp over the weekend with the team’s second scrimmage of the preseason. Both sides of the ball, the offense and the defense, had their moments to shine in the Saturday scrimmage. It was especially nice to see the defense play so well at times. When you’re playing one another sometimes… [ More… ]
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Pirates push towards Saturday scrimmage
It was the East Carolina offense that got all of the accolades on Wednesday, as Mike Houston’s Pirates pushed through their ‘hump day’ workout. The offense shined on a hot, humid morning of practice. “This was the second of four consecutive practices in full pads and it was a competitive one,” said Houston after the… [ More… ]
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Pirates pad up
Monday was another key step as the Pirates roll on toward opening day in Raleigh. The East Carolina football squad put the pads on for the first time. Those pads will stay on now for most of the rest of the month. Practice in pads is much different, especially in the heat. “I thought we… [ More… ]