Join Al Myatt and Kevin Monroe for the Bonesville Pregame Podcast as East Carolina prepares for a 6 p.m. kickoff at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium against North Carolina A&T. With decades of experience as a sports journalist, Myatt has been an anchor columnist for Bonesville since the site's founding in 2001. Monroe, color analyst for the Pirate IMG Sports Network and a former … [Read more...]
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FOOTBALL SCHEDULING NEWSCamels add ECU, UNC to future schedules
BUIES CREEK — Campbell has added four future football dates, including North Carolina and East Carolina, plus a home and home series with The Citadel. Campbell will travel to ECU's Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for the first time on September 22, 2022. UNC becomes Campbell’s first Atlantic Coast Conference opponent on the schedule, with the Tar Heels welcoming the Camels to … [Read more...]
Special FeatureGame Day Weather
East Carolina opens its 2018 football season at home on Saturday at 6 p.m. against North Carolina A&T. The temperature at kickoff is expected to be 85 degrees with 70 percent humidity and a 20 percent chance of a shower. Wind will be out of the southeast at five miles per hour. The temperature will drop to 79 degrees with humidity rising to 84 percent with the chance of a … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTECU’s revamped program about to be measured
For the third straight year, East Carolina will open its football season at home against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent when the Pirates take on North Carolina A&T on Saturday at 6 p.m. It's likely that the outcome will fall within the range of a 52-7 triumph over Western Carolina in Scottie Montgomery's debut as ECU coach in 2016 and the bitter … [Read more...]
The Bradsher BeatFootball season won’t halt tower project
EDITOR'S NOTE: Column has been updated to provide correct information about available donor opportunities for access to the three club levels of the south tower of Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. East Carolina athletic officials know that the Pirate Nation will have to exhibit extra patience since its team’s home stadium is also an active construction zone. But they also hope that … [Read more...]