in two years, we will have a winning program ad Houston will be coaching in the SEC

Pirates gave it their all. No blowout here! Big needs remain: Upgrade in LB's, better run blocking by OL (but congrats on protecting Holton), more quality depth on D-line. Houston will get it done, I believe. C.J. Johnson is a beast. Other receivers are coming along. Hard to criticize Holton after this game... his stats were ridiculous. He's growing. SMU will either be in a funk after losing to Memphis, or fired up to take it out on ECU. We will have to score in bunches to keep up with them, unless our D shows vast improvement. A tough year for the team and new staff, but one can sniff change in the air. Go Pirates!

We are getting a toughness not seen in in many years. Bearcats came in to our house an attempted to bully us, we answered!! Freshman &sophmores learn how to close it out, but the didn’t take being pushed around ! They hit us in the face , we hit em back in the mouth!!!! Proud of my PIRATES!!

Great game with a not so great ending. But, if the effort shown in this game continues, the wins will come.

...very sorry to hear about Ramseur, a true bright spot over the past couple of seasons with way too few bright spots. I thought he was a little quiet in the earlier part of this season, but lately had been noticeably getting it done.

If we had not wait until garbage time to put a real QB in the result might have been better.

Had USF played all season as they did Saturday, they would have a much better record that 4-4. They played much better than their 3-4 record coming in to the game.

"USF overcomes ECU’s opening salvo" I hereby nominate the above headline for Most Charitable Take of the Year honors. Homecoming, vs. a team that at least Vegas had as an even match for the Pirates, and only one week after spending the latter half of a game schooling a very good UCF. Yikes.

Proud of the way the guys came back in the second half. Looked like old time.

"What makes the second half surge so promising is that all three sides of the ball played major roles in producing it." ...especially the OL, which until the 2nd half on Sat. night has been largely missing for 3 seasons now. ECU showed a lot of pride in the 2nd half, up and down the lineup, on both sides of the ball, with a lot of youth providing the juice. Maybe this Sat. vs. USF will finally be the day for ECU to be issuing the beating in a conference game; let's see.

Good article Al, slow turn around for the Pirates———-FYI is you don’t travel to Orlando on 10/19 try to attend 40 class reunion for WHS at Washington Civic Center - several coaches from WHS Cham teams attending, Coach Sipe, Bass and other attending - Brunch fro 9:30 - 2 pm, Doug McMillian is coming too, —— Larry “Moon” Woolard 919-673-6921 —— [email protected] Main event is Sat evening

I agree. Ahlers appears to be very limited in his ability as a passer. I saw both Minshew and Herring play in a scrimmage that Monty in his first year, arranged in Charlotte to help recruitment. Minshew really stood out that day, with quick decisions and accuracy. Traits I’m just not seeing in Ahlers.

Brian, thanks for the ever optimistic outlook. True the team is looking better each week. Looking at the schedule pre-season I was looking at the South Florida game as my best chance to get to Greenville for a game so I plan to be in the stands hopefully pulling the Pirates through. Thanks for all your good work over the years.

That's too bad because Reid Herring could be starting this week. Ahlers just produces bad game after bad game.

Agree with you. I don't care how they look, I am more concerned with how they play.