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ECU football experienced some unexpected turnover along its offensive line during the off-season. While center Branden Pena had exhausted his eligibility after 2019, the Pirates were in position to return […]
ECU football got in lucky practice No. 7 on Friday morning ahead of Saturday’s scheduled scrimmage in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. After a day off from practice and workouts on Thursday, Mike […]
Ever so slowly athletic departments across the country are gaining more clarity as to what their schedules could look like for the upcoming football season. For ECU specifically, an announcement […]
Mike Houston’s second recruiting class as ECU’s top man is signaling a shift in philosophy along the defensive line. Under Scottie Montgomery, the Pirates opted for smaller, quicker and more […]
Challenges face ECU football, and every team around the country, as the start date for the 2020 season draws closer. First through voluntary workouts and then progressing to mandatory ones, […]
As college football prepares to play in the midst of a global pandemic, players around the country are beginning to voice concerns for their health and safety. In recent days […]
Nearly eight months after suffering a torn ACL in his left knee against USF, ECU senior linebacker Aaron Ramseur is on the comeback trail ahead of the 2020 campaign. Just […]
Padded practices have returned to the fields around Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium as ECU’s football team continues preparing for the 2020 season. Tuesday and Wednesday represented the first and second days in […]
Today, the American Athletic Conference formally announced its scheduling model for the 2020 football season, as well as all other fall sports. For football, the AAC Board of Directors voted […]
Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated is reporting the American Athletic Conference has approved a scheduling model of eight conference games and up to four non-conference games for the 2020 season. […]
Full pads were donned for the first time this summer when ECU’s football team took the field for preseason practice No. 5 on Tuesday. Just 24 hours ago, it was […]
ECU has some retooling to do in its secondary after losing three starters following the 2019 season and over the off-season. Safety Daniel Charles and cornerback Colby Gore are no […]
Tropical Storm Isaias is churning off the coast of the Carolinas and could begin to impact Greenville in earnest this evening and into the night. Despite the storm and some […]
Mike Houston and ECU were active early and often on the transfer market this off-season, pulling in seven commits from high-profile schools. All but cornerback Isaiah Kemp from Duke figure […]
ECU is rolling into the 2020 season with six scholarship quarterbacks on its roster. While the starting job is locked up by junior Holton Ahlers, the Pirates are filling their […]
Spread out practices will likely become commonplace in college football this summer and fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For ECU’s football team, who became one of the first programs […]
