Kiante Anderson grew up in Pirate Country, so he is intimately acquainted with the passionate – and sometimes painful – existence of the most faithful East Carolina fans. The senior defensive end isn’t one to seek the spotlight, but he is still gratified when he is out in Greenville and people recognize him. “Almost everywhere I go, oh, I hear, ‘You’re 96!” said Anderson, … [Read more...]

With unrest brewing in Pirate Nation, it's as good a time as ever to launch "Quick Kicks," an occasional column that will make brief observations about topics ranging from the action on the field to the processes that take place behind closed doors. • Never had East Carolina had so much at stake against a Division I-AA/FCS opponent as was the case when the Pirates were … [Read more...]

College football fans tend to give up on their teams much too easily. A Pirate Nation panic attack began sometime in the third quarter of East Carolina’s opening game with James Madison. The Pirates fell in the opener, 34-14, to the defending FCS national champions. Coming off a 3-9 season there was new hope with several graduate transfers and an influx of talent from … [Read more...]

Coaches are always telling us that things are never as good or as bad as they seem to the naked eye once they’ve had a chance to go back and analyze the tape of their team’s performance in a particular game. And that was probably the case with Scottie Montgomery and his staff on Sunday after they relived all the gory details of East Carolina’s unsightly 34-14 pounding at the … [Read more...]