It will be a warm day for college football in November as East Carolina visits Houston for a noon kickoff, Eastern time, today. The forecast is calling for a temperature of 82 degrees at the outset of the American Athletic Conference contest with 72 percent humidity, a zero percent chance of rain and wind from the south at seven miles per hour under mostly cloudy skies. … [Read more...]

Former East Carolina coach Steve Logan used to say that losses before open dates were especially excruciating because there was longer to dwell on them before the next game. The Pirates avoided that scenario with a 33-17 homecoming win over Brigham Young before their bye week, an outcome that got a thumbs-up in retrospect from ECU coach Scottie Montgomery. "I thought it … [Read more...]

While athletes on other fall sports teams like cross country and soccer have concluded their seasons, the East Carolina volleyball team is just a little more than halfway through its conference slate, with American Athletic Conference matches scheduled through Thanksgiving. And those remaining eight contests have plenty of history-making potential for the Pirates, especially … [Read more...]

East Carolina head football coach Scottie Montgomery said Monday at his weekly news conference that November football is different. At 2-6 on the season, Pirate fans hope it’s a complete 180-degree turnaround. Montgomery explained it this way. “We are getting ready for November football and there is a different element of November that is different than September and … [Read more...]