GREENVILLE — Mike Houston had a tough decision Saturday after East Carolina's Purple-Gold spring football game. The winner of the scrimmage between the offense and defense was supposed to get a meal of steak as a reward. The loser would get lesser fare. The problem was that the offense rallied from a 25-12 deficit at halftime to tie the score at 40 before the clock on the … [Read more...]
INSIDE GAME DAY AUDIOCoaches & Players Postgame
East Carolina head coach Mike Houston, assistant coaches Blake Harrell and Donnie Kirkpatrick and players Rahjai Harris and Jireh Wilson spoke with the news media after the team's defense and offense battle to a tie in the Purple-Gold spring game on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, NC. Click media player below for each interview (AUDIO … [Read more...]
INSIDE GAME DAY PHOTOSGame Day Gallery
Bonesville’s Al Myatt roamed Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and vicinity with his camera before, during and after East Carolina’s Purple-Gold spring game on Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Greenville, NC. Myatt captured this curated collection of action shots and other candid photos. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]
ECU Recruiting NewsPirates cast wide net for wide receivers
East Carolina's wide receiver corps took some significant hits during the offseason with its second-leading pass catcher Audie Omotosho completing his eligibility and All-American Athletic Conference second-team pick Tyler Snead opting to forgo his final year to pursue a professional career. The Pirates then started spring practice in March minus the top returning receiver … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates spring forward
Mike Houston has had a variety of experiences in spring practice at East Carolina, ranging from a group that needed a talent upgrade and a culture change in 2019 to no spring ball at all in 2020 to last season's offseason session of promise. What Houston is seeing thus far this season is representative of ECU's improvement to 7-5 overall and 5-3 in the American Athletic … [Read more...]