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To: Florida State, From: ECU (Update #3)
ECU’s Christmas gifts of 2009 include a 9-4 record, a C-USA championship, an invitation to the 2010 Liberty Bowl and Coach Holtz. Yes Pirate Nation there is a Santa Claus and I’d say Santa was pretty good despite those disappointing lumps of coal from West VA, Va. Tech, UNC and SMU. However, another lump of coal came in the form of one of our Pirate treasures getting pirated by a Seminole. Jimbo Fisher of FSU hired ECU’s defensive coordinator Greg Hudson. Hudson will take Chuck Amato’s old post at coaching linebackers. A lateral move at best in my humble opinion but I’m thinking Hudson is betting on moving up the ladder as FSU’s defensive coordinator in the coming years.
Continue reading...ECU Pirates – C-USA Champs 2009
25. December 2009
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Continue reading...200YTL’s Liberty Bowl/Memphis Road Trip Mix
22. December 2009
I know the budget may be tight but as my good friend, Big Erv, likes to say, "You can't put a price tag on memories" and there is no doubt in my mind that making the trip to the 2010 Autozone Liberty Bowl will be memorable to say the least. Just like barbecue, you can find good music about anywhere in Memphis. It is the home of Johnny Cash, Aretha Franklin, Issac Hayes, Howlin' Wolf and some guy named Elvis just to name a few. Most people think of Nashville is the mecca of music in Tennessee but let me quote a Texas singer-songwriter named Cory Morrow: "Nashville sucks."
Continue reading...UPDATE 12/22/09: Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium expansion is underway!!
22. December 2009
The expansion for the east endzone of Dowdy-Ficklen stadium began on December 14, 2009. Progress is well underway. If you would like to view a live shot of the endzone, check out WITN’s webcam. Also, bids were made on the removal of the scoreboard. They varied from $7,500 to $80,000. Of course ECU chose the $7,500 bid. That bid came with the stipulation that the removal company will get to keep the scoreboard once it is removed. The scoreboard is scheduled to be taken down beginning Thursday, December 17. We will continue to keep you up-to-date as we find out more info.
Continue reading...Back-to-Back C-USA Champions!
21. December 2009
For the first time in Conference USA history the ECU Pirates are back to back champions of the gridiron. After a Van Eskridge interception, the Pirate sealed the deal and booked their ticket to Memphis for the second consecutive year.
Continue reading...Holtz turns down more cash; Bleeds purple.
16. December 2009
According to ESPN, and many other local sources, Skip Holtz has turned down the head coaching job at Cincinnati. Butch Jones, the former head coach at Central Michigan, will be announced as the new Cincinnati head coach later today.
Continue reading...Watch fer rock slides, ye Memphis bound Pirates
14. December 2009
If you are planning on driving to Memphis to support the Pirates in the 2010 Autozone Liberty Bowl against the Arkansas Razorbacks, you had better pull out that road atlas that you got from AAA and start planning your route now. We have some insider directions from a Pirate fan who has made the trip multiple times since the rock slide on I-40. Check it out.
Continue reading...Pirates with a chance to host…
23. November 2009
After the Pirates' victory over UAB this past weekend and a loss by SMU, the Pirates now control their own destiny on the road to the C-USA Championship. If ECU is able to earn a W this weekend against Southern Miss, ECU would win their division of C-USA and host Houston in the conference championship game at Dowdy Ficklen on December 5th. However, Southern Miss is no easy test.
Continue reading...Bagwell Field looks bad ass right now…
5. November 2009
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium is going to be electric tonight. Not only are the stands going to be stuffed to the brim but we will be looking down onto a new logo on Bagwell Field. If you do not walk into Dowdy-Ficklen tonight around 7:00 p.m. and feel all of the energy inside of you, there must be something wrong with you.
Continue reading...Q&A with GobblerCountry.com
4. November 2009
Early last week, the editor over at GobblerCountry.com, furrer4heisman, sent me direct message on Twitter to see if we would be interested in doing an interview exchange between our two blogs. They have a great preview up for the ECU/Virginia Tech game on their site so go check it out. I just tossed together a five random questions that I thought people might want to know about the upcoming game on Thursday and the Virginia Tech football team.
Continue reading...- Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium expansion to begin in December 2009 (57)
- Skippin’ town… (23)
- Desi Brown verbally commits to ECU (15)
- Four thousand, one hundred and seventeen?!?!? (15)
- Argghh You Serious!? (14)
- Pirate Out and Black Out…two classic mistakes… (13)
- A Slap In The Face (9)
- The “Coach Mac” Attack (9)
- Pirate Faithful in Iraq…PURPLE!!! (8)
- Eight ECU football games on the slate with MASN (8)
- Pack. Pirates. Dowdy-Ficklen. Saturday, High Noon
- Wake Up And Tailgate!
- Winning catch – ECU vs Tulsa – 9/5/10
- Skip’s Yard Sale
- Choice, Destiny and East Carolina Head Football Coach Ruffin McNeill
- The “Coach Mac” Attack
- Pirates Hire Pirate
- Skippin’ town…
- A Slap In The Face
- Argghh You Serious!?
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28. December 2009
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