Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for the Bonesville Pregame Show as they preview East Carolina's Saturday, Sept. 23, game with reigning Big South Conference champion Gardner-Webb at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville (6 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 … [Read more...]
News & Features
Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates need first ‘W’ vs. G-W once more
East Carolina and Gardner-Webb have one win between them this season and that lone victory is not on the Pirates' side of the ledger. After three matchups with favored teams, including road trips to No. 2 Michigan and Appalachian State, the schedule appears to give the Pirates a break with a contest at home against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent, Gardner-Webb, … [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. Pirate Sports Network color analyst and ECU Hall of Famer Andrew Bayes joins The Sports Objective team of David Richmond, Bubba Rosenbaum, Matt Semenza and Kyle Barber to break down East Carolina's 43-28 road loss to Appalachian State last Saturday and to glance … [Read more...]
Inside Game Day
Three comebacks lift App State over ECU
BOONE — Appalachian State overcame deficits of 7-0, 21-10 and 28-22 before a record tying crowd of 40,168 at Kidd Brewer Stadium for a 43-28 win over East Carolina on Saturday. The Pirates slipped to 0-3 for the first time since 2017 with losses from teams whose combined record is 7-1, including No. 2 Michigan (3-0). The Mountaineers (2-1) went ahead to stay at 29-28 with … [Read more...]
Football Feature
Game Day Weather
East Carolina visits Appalachian State today for a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. The temperature in Boone is expected to be 70 degrees at the start of the game with a 34 percent chance of rain and wind from the west at five miles per hour. By game's end the temperature will drop to 64 degrees, the chance of rain will increase to 55 percent and the wind will shift to southwest at four … [Read more...]