In theory, about a third of our play calls are zone read options. But for some reason our QB refuses to ever keep it, so in reality a third of our play calls end up being dives up the middle for 2 yards.

Please don't beat up our defense too much. The D we had that beat C-USA teams North Texas and Marshall is not the D we have now.

Welcome!

We don't run the option in the traditional Frank Solich style, but supposedly we are running a spread-option out of the pistol. I say supposedly because our QB rarely keeps the ball.

I look forward to learning more about ECU.

Good points, and we are excited to play you guys in Florida!

Im watching him play the Saints right now. As far as the game goes I wish I could make it but theres just no way I can make this game. Ill be watching it on TV and looking forward to a competitive fun injury free game. I was impressed with Ohio when I saw them beat Marshall which is something we couldnt take care of. I cant really explain what happened against them. We didnt play our game that we are capable of playing. Our two other losses were by a combined 8 points to VT and Tulane.  We run a fast paced spread air raid offense and like to utilize multiple receivers. Our running game has been getting better but sometimes it seems to get lost with all of the passing. V. Cooper is a solid running back but hes not big by any means. Hardy and Carden are our stars of the offense. Defense has been solid for a majority of the year minus the Marshall game. We got gashed all over. The rush defense was in the top 10 all year and even though the secondary gave up yards we still had a top 25 overall defense. Damon Magazu is our leader in the secondary and Adonis Armstrong is what we consider our shutdown corner. LBs are big fast and physical playing in a 3-4 defense. Kicker has been shaky all year so we go for it on 4th down a pretty good majority to avoid kicking fgs.

Welcome to the East Carolina visitors. I attended the game at ECU in 1996.

I've always had a small fandom towards ECU. Love the colors and the Pirate logo. Always thought they were kind of a sleeping giant. They sit in a recruiting hot bed, have a seating capacity of 40,000+ (actually an even 50,000 after expansion in 2010), and the other teams in the state have not performed so well. The real competition lies to the south (South Carolina, Clemson, Georgia) and the north (Va Tech). They kind of remind me of an east coast Louisville. Trouble is, Louisville only has/had to deal with UK in their own state. ECU has to deal with Wake, Duke, UNC, NC State and App State.

I was there as well.  If I remember correctly when the game started it was about 60 degrees. Around halftime it was below 40 and windy.  Somewhere around 100 points scored.  The Pirates had a second string freshman QB come in and light us up I think.

Yes, I remember it turning very cold and windy by the end of the game.  My Dad and I tailgated with the Grandfather of John Krauss who played for the Bobcats

As for the game, ECU jumped on us pretty quickly and I thought Steve Logan was running the score up a bit.  I think they kept passing when they finally brought in the second team quarterback.

Grobe put in Mike Orlando during the fourth quarter at quarterback and he led us to at least two if not three touchdowns late against their second team.  Final score was 45-55.

I imagine it was a sad for Grobe going to East Carolina as he had many friends including the team physician (Ray Hagley) who were killed in the Marshall plane crash after playing at ECU.

I was there too. I believe Scott Harley may have rushed for 5 TDs.

East Carolina has a beautiful stadium and has terrific fans. I honestly hope our football team could reach the potential of having a 40,000+ seat stadium. Best of luck to you Pirates!