East Carolina's trip through its non-conference slate to date couldn’t have gone any worse, so maybe this week's abrupt schedule change will pay dividends. The 0-3 Pirates were scheduled for an off-week leading up to the American Athletic Conference showdown at home with nationally-ranked South Florida. The American had to shuffle some games in light of the hurricanes … [Read more...]

East Carolina has no one to blame but itself for all the opposing receivers it has left wide open, its inability to run the ball and most of the other self-inflicted wounds it has suffered during the first three games of the 2017 football season. But in a statement of how bad things are going for the Pirates, they can’t even catch a break with the things that are out of … [Read more...]

Hokies are 60-minute men in 64-17 comeback victory GREENVILLE — As a matchup with an ACC opponent opened Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, it looked as though East Carolina might put a feather in the cap of the American Athletic Conference. A crowd of 43,776 was experiencing some deja vu dating back to the days when the Pirates were rolling off seven straight wins over ACC … [Read more...]

Schedule change swayed Montgomery's thinking GREENVILLE — Coach Scottie Montgomery said earlier in the week that Thomas Sirk would start at quarterback for East Carolina against Virginia Tech if the team’s doctors allowed it. Sirk, who was in the Pirates’ concussion protocol after taking a hard hit to the head in last week’s loss at West Virginia, was cleared to return to … [Read more...]