Favorable weather is in the forecast as East Carolina hosts Brigham Young for homecoming at 7 p.m. tonight. Projected conditions at kickoff include 67-degree temperature and clear skies with 65 percent humidity, a zero chance of precipitation and winds from the East at two miles per hour. During the course of the nonconference contest, the temperature will dip into the upper … [Read more...]

One conclusion that emerged for East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery after reviewing film from a 63-21 American Athletic Conference loss at Central Florida was that the Pirates need to increase team speed. "The first thing that was decisive — we've got to put a faster team on the field and I think that we can,' Montgomery said. "Coach C (Jeff Connors, assistant athletic … [Read more...]

Anyone who characterizes cross country as an individual sport has never met the 2017 East Carolina squads. Bakri Abushouk had finished four years of school and three seasons of cross country at N.C. State, and he thought he was finished with his career as a student-athlete. But his mother and his younger brother Dean urged him to consider coming to ECU for his final year of … [Read more...]

I have joked at times this season that I not only don't have the answers, I'm beginning to wonder what the questions are. The search for answers continues at East Carolina after the Pirates fell 63-21 at the hands of Central Florida in Orlando on Saturday night. It's gotten so bad that second-year head coach Scottie Montgomery took time out of his weekly news conference … [Read more...]