Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for the Bonesville Pregame Podcast as East Carolina prepares for a 6 p.m. kickoff against Old Dominion at S.B. Ballard Stadium. Myatt and Monroe analyze the Pirates and their opponent ahead of kickoff each week. Myatt has decades of experience as a sports journalist and has been an anchor columnist for Bonesville since the site's founding in … [Read more...]
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Special FeatureGame Day Weather
A mild evening appears to be in store as East Carolina visits Old Dominion tonight for a 6 p.m. kickoff. At the start of the nonconference contest, the temperature is expected to be 83 degrees with 72 percent humidity, a 20 percent chance of a shower and wind from the south at five miles per hour. By game's end, the temperature will drop to 77 degrees and the humidity will rise … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates seek end to two years of road losses
East Carolina last won a football game on the road on Sept. 24, 2017, at Connecticut. The Pirates topped the Huskies, 41-38. Since then, 10 games away from Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium have produced 10 losses. ECU visits Old Dominion on Saturday for a 6 p.m. kickoff with a reasonable chance to end the futility on the road. "That's always the challenge right there," said Pirates … [Read more...]
The Bradsher BeatQuestions that need answers
At the one-third mark of the season, a football team is finding its rhythm, clarifying the depth chart and getting used to practice and game day routines. But even as some aspects of the season become more comfortable for the East Carolina players and staff, they travel to Old Dominion this weekend with a handful of questions that need answers: How will the new quarterback … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingECU emerged from the pack to land McIver
East Carolina wasn't really a school on Xavier McIver's recruiting radar when he decided to accompany his Cheraw (SC) High wide receiver teammate Jalen Coit to Greenville for a Junior Day function last March. The Pirates had extended a scholarship offer in January to the 6-foot-1 1/2, 290-pound McIver, a defensive tackle starter for Cheraw since his freshman season. But it … [Read more...]