The 2026 football season is underway at East Carolina, at least the procurement of talent that will represent the Pirates next season. The transfer portal opened Friday with Blake Harrell and staff looking to fill an extensive shopping list. Obviously, Katin Houser has exited at quarterback and will be taking his talents to Illinois, according to an ESPN report … [Read more...]

The value of a bowl triumph on the magnitude of East Carolina's 23-17 Military Bowl victory over Pittsburgh on Saturday at Navy-Marine Corps Field in Annapolis is not what it used to be. When the Pirates topped Ohio, 37-20, to win the Beef O'Brady's Bowl in St. Petersburg and complete a 10-3 season in 2013, Blake Harrell was finishing a stint on the staff at … [Read more...]

ANNAPOLIS, MD — The fired-up boys from Pitt County were too much for the Power Four team from Pitt on Saturday. East Carolina won its second straight Military Bowl over an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent with a 23-17 triumph over the Panthers at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. "It doesn't matter what conference you're in," said ECU defensive lineman Jasiyah Robinson, who … [Read more...]

East Carolina will meet Pittsburgh in the Military Bowl at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, MD, today at 11 a.m. (ESPN). The forecast is calling for a temperature of 39 degrees at kickoff, a contrast to the mid-70s when the Pirates closed the regular season at Florida Atlantic with a 42-3 win on Nov. 29. There is a zero percent chance of rain at the bowl matchup with a … [Read more...]