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...]
Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe
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...]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates feast, Rice next
East Carolina had its first victory dinner of the season on Sunday as a follow-up to a 44-0 win over visiting Gardner-Webb on Saturday. "It was good," said Pirates coach Mike Houston. "Kids came, families came, everybody was there. So, it was a pretty festive environment." The fare became familiar in the last two seasons as ECU had 15 wins. "Steak and shrimp," Houston … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting News
Edge rusher “Turbo” strives for early impact
East Carolina's second-year running backs coach Re'quan Boyette was roaming around his old stomping grounds in Durham late last year when he dropped into Hillside High School. Although a native of Wilson in Eastern NC, Boyette spent 14 years of his life in Durham as a player and then coach at Duke University. And Hillside has long been a developing ground for college … [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...]