One of the nice things about a bye week is that it allows players and fans to waive the “24-hour rule” and enjoy victories such as East Carolina's 33-17 homecoming beatdown of Brigham Young just a little longer than usual. One of the bad things about a bye week is that is allows players and especially fans just a little extra time to overanalyze their team’s latest … [Read more...]
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Football RecruitingHS coach’s early appraisal of Moody ‘on the money’
Juwan Moody was displaying potential on the football field long before he became a star wide receiver at Conway High School in South Carolina. Juwan and his twin Jaylen were constantly present at Conway's varsity football practices as middle schoolers when older brother Mykal played quarterback for the Tigers. Carlton Terry, now Conway's varsity head coach, was offensive … [Read more...]
View from the EastLebo regains stride
Jeff Lebo never had a season like 2016-17 in his 18 years as a head coach. He took a leave of absence in January for a hip replacement, returning for practices but remaining out of action for games with assistant Michael Perry assuming the role of interim head coach. The surgery was successful and Lebo is back in an active role for his seventh season at ECU. "I was in … [Read more...]
The Bradsher BeatManiacs on a mission
Through Davis Searcy’s teen years growing up in Bethel, he was a regular at East Carolina basketball games. When he was in high school, he drove himself to nearly every home game, and he used to admire the spirit and the impact of the Minges Maniacs. Searcy remembers a time when the Maniacs created a stifling lower level presence. They were loud, obnoxious and organized – … [Read more...]
Football RecruitingPirates enlist impact DB from JC ranks
East Carolina recently landed a verbal commitment from a junior college cornerback who could start for any Football Bowl Subdivision team in the nation next year. So says Andrew Krause, who has been Michael Witherspoon's position coach the last two seasons at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas. “I don't think there's any program in the country he couldn't step in and … [Read more...]