HOUSTON — East Carolina's last hope for a win in its American Athletic Conference opener at Rice ended with Alex Flinn being flushed out of the pocket and tackled for a loss at his own 39 with 24 seconds left on a 4th-and-14 from the ECU 46. A scan of the statistics would indicate a more favorable outcome than the actual 24-17 loss to the Owls. ECU led 391-277 in total yards … [Read more...]
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Football FeatureGame Day Weather
East Carolina will be playing in much drier conditions than in last week's 44-0 win over Gardner-Webb in Greenville as the Pirates visit Rice to start American Athletic Conference play tonight with a kickoff at 7 p.m. (Eastern time). The forecast is calling for a temperature of 90 degrees at the outset with a heat index of 92. The sun will be out with a zero percent chance of … [Read more...]
Al Myatt & Kevin MonroeBonesville Pregame Show
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...]
THE SPORTS OBJECTIVEOpponent 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 EASTPirates 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...]