I don't care if we wear fuschia and pinstripes. Just beat Temple! Go Pirates!

The d the past two games is the most encouraging sign by far. Sacks and INTs! ...how 'bout that?! Temple has handed the Pirates their lunch since the birth of the AAC, and has two Power 5 wins to date, incl. vs. a then ranked opponent, so the Owls will be a very stern test on a national stage. The Pirates fans MUST be a 12th man for this one.

Suit him up!

This fans, is how you "build a roster". It's won and lost up front on both sides. A concept lost for years, but..... Houston knows how to do this. Love it!! Go Pirates!!

Awesome! AAARRRGGGHH!!!

Totally agree with Coach Houston on the critical importance of a balanced offense. BTW, that was my great Uncle Jim who made the infamous 12th-man-tackle against W&M's QB in the '77 Oyster Bowl. Never did a man bleed purple as deeply as Uncle Jim. A true legend.

Cannonball maybe?

Akron has a take away pencil. That seems very strange to me. We get so few turnovers that I can't remember what our turnover item is. What is it?

"Bigger is not better, better is better" -Jerry Moore

I thought it was just me that thought the offense was slow. During a few handoffs I thought I was watching slow-mo!

Fair enough. Really my comments were a reaction to the "taking a step backward" theme. There may be some value to having a Gardner-Webb or two on the slate (like everyone else), but if it's unhelpful to make judgements based on a sample size of two FBS games (which I more or less agree with), it's equally unhelpful to overstate a decisive win over a weak lower tier program.

Nice article after the beat down from Navy. Great perspective and 100% accurate. Long way to go, but we have the right man for the job. Go Pirates!!

What is delusional is trying to make an assessment on this team after three games! No one knows how good NC State and Navy are at this point of the season. As for me I will wait until the end of the season to make an assessment. My metrics for success this year....improved fundementals... tackling, blocking, turnovers, ball control, penalties, defensive stats, offensive stats etc. I think everyone knows that this programs was destroyed over the past 3 years. Let's wait and see where the program is at the end of the season before making premature assessments that have no positive influence on what this team has to overcome.

To say that ECU has taken a step back implies that last week’s victory over a very weak FCS team had meaning. Well, OK, I guess, if that’s the depth at which the program exists, so that’s the low bar you want to measure it against. As for yesterday, that Navy would rack up points with their difficult to defend option run by very good athletes was to be expected, but ECU’s inability to get untracked offensively against a smaller team is pretty bothersome, and any suggestion that Pinnix’s absence mattered is delusional; the OL continues to be the biggest problem, followed by overall team speed, on both sides of the ball. Truly, Rome wasn’t built in a day, but based on the two “legitimate” games they’ve played to date, there’s no evident difference between this year’s Pirates edition and last year’s.

On the bright side: It looks like UMDs offense got Scottie Montgomery'ed against Temple..,.