This has obviously been a difficult week for first-year East Carolina football coach Mike Houston with the passing of his dad, Bill, on Tuesday morning in Franklin, NC. A memorial service was held Thursday and Houston left preparations for the first home game of the season on Saturday at 6 p.m. against Gardner-Webb to his staff while he went back to his hometown. "One of … [Read more...]
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The Bradsher BeatECU’s post-Dorian plan: A positive fan experience
When my sister called from Texas this morning to check on my two kids who are home evacuated from UNC-Wilmington, she proposed, “Maybe that college should consider starting classes after hurricane season ends.” Some might say the same of the East Carolina football season, so prominently have names like Floyd, Florence and Matthew figured in the history of the … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingSkills, 50 extra pounds landed offer for Robinson
Chris Tolbert was working as defensive coordinator at Louisburg, a junior college north of Raleigh, back in the fall of 2015 when Larrell Murchison showed up for preseason practice. Murchison had been a two-way star at East Bladen High in Elizabethown, splitting time between fullback in a Delaware Wing-T offense and end on defense. Despite a successful prep career, … [Read more...]
From the Anchor DeskPirates look for answers
East Carolina drove right down the field to open Saturday’s game with North Carolina State. The Pirates went 75 yards in 12 plays before disaster struck. Quarterback Holton Ahlers was 6-6 for 47 yards on that first drive. He called his own number on first down and powered toward the goal line. He was hit at about the three and fumbled. That’s as close as ECU came to pay … [Read more...]
Insights from BrettMental side of ECU’s game still a big issue
RALEIGH — There’s no more fertile breeding ground for knee jerk reactions and hot takes — both positive and negative — than the first game of a new season. There were plenty of extreme conclusions to be made based on the result of East Carolina's 2019 opener at N.C. State on Saturday. But we’ll leave those for social media and the message boards. Except for this one … [Read more...]