East Carolina fans filtered into Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for Homecoming looking for their team to continue to build on the squad’s strong second half at Central Florida the week before. The day got off to the best of starts. Tyler Snead caught the opening kickoff on his goal line. He took his time to find a… [ More… ]
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A glimpse of the future
Pirate fans got a glimpse of the future in the second half of Saturday night’s 41-28 loss at Central Florida. The first half was all too familiar to the East Carolina faithful, as the Knights bolted out to a 35-6 lead. Absolutely nothing was going right. The Pirates could have easily folded their hand and… [ More… ]
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Dooley & Co. will be fighting for respect
East Carolina will open the basketball season in search of respect from the rest of the American Athletic Conference. Coach Joe Dooley’s Pirates were picked 11th of 12 teams in the American Preseason Coaches’ Poll on Monday. Dooley and sophomore forward Jayden Gardner represented ECU at the league’s annual Media Day in Philadelphia. Memphis and… [ More… ]
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Pirates not out of bowl picture yet
East Carolina enters the team’s bye week with a 3-3 record after six games. For a program that has only won three games in each of the last three seasons the improvement is most evident. Still, there is a long way to go. Thursday night’s loss to Temple was a great example of how far… [ More… ]
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Winning record on the line against Temple
I thoroughly enjoyed my own, personal homecoming this weekend as East Carolina knocked off Old Dominion, 24-21. I had a chance to tailgate with family and friends, and then cover my alma mater against the school I’ve covered for the past 35 years. The Pirates are now 3-0 all-time in the self-proclaimed ‘Bailey Bowl’. The… [ More… ]
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‘Brian Bailey Bowl’ another ‘must-win’
There are certain games on the schedule that are “must-win” games. William & Mary fit that bill on Saturday night. For East Carolina to have any hopes of a winning season and a possible bowl game, this ECU team had to find a way to get past a stubborn bunch from Williamsburg. It wasn’t pretty… [ More… ]
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‘Winnable’ games up next for humbled Pirates
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… ]