Cincinnati basketball is one of the best programs in the AAC. ECU basketball is definitely among the worst. The Pirates joined the AAC ahead of the 2014-15 season, and have not gone better than 6-12 in league play in that time. ECU last made the NCAA Tournament in 1993. During that stretch, the Bearcats have […]
Read MoreGames In Long-Standing College Football Series Canceled With 2 Athletic Departments At Odds
ECU did not make its trip to Blacksburg to face Virginia Tech this fall, with Hurricane Florence hitting North Carolina ahead of the game. The canceled trip has fractured the relationship between the two schools, and a long-standing series in jeopardy. The two teams have played most years since 2007, and 21 of the 22 […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Conference Championship Week
The dust has settled on the college football regular season for most of the FBS. Conference championship week is here, with plenty on the line. Tonight, the MAC and Pac-12 will decide their champions. Tomorrow, there is a handful of regular season games that were bumped up from earlier in the year, and the other […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 8
Every year, one week of the college football season wrecks absolute mayhem on the landscape of the sport. Week 7 was that week. Four Top 10 teams fell last Saturday, with a few other Top 25 clubs going down, or at least looking very shaky in near-losses. With that, it was a tough week for […]
Read MoreMajor College Football Team Adds Another Game To 2018 Schedule
NC State football is among the various teams to lose a game due to weather issues this season. For the Wolfpack, it was a high-profile non-conference game against a very good West Virginia. Unfortunately for fans of the ‘Pack and the Mountaineers, they aren’t getting that game back. NC State will play a 12th game, […]
Read MoreHere Is Every College Football Game Affected By Hurricane Florence So Far
We’ve already seen one college football game played early this week, due to the impending Hurricane Florence. Others have been moved, rescheduled, postponed, and cancelled, as the huge storm approaches ACC and SEC country. Here is a list of every college football game impacted by Hurricane Florence so far. There are 19 games that have […]
Read MoreTop School’s AD Is Not Happy About Opponent’s Decision To Cancel Game
Hurricane Florence is set to hit later this week, and it has already wrecked havoc on the college football schedule. Virginia Tech-ECU is the latest game to be cancelled. ECU, located pretty close to the coast in Greenville, N.C., elected not to travel to the game, citing “significant imminent safety concerns.” The school is also closing […]
Read MoreThe Spun’s 2018 College Football Staff Picks: Week 2
The NFL starts up tonight with the league’s annual Thursday night kick-off game. We don’t need to wait much longer for the start of College Football Week 2, though. Friday night only has one game, but it features a ranked team. No. 16 TCU has a big road tune-up game ahead of next weekend’s highly […]
Read MoreThese Two College Football Coaches Are Likely To Be The First Fired This Year
The college football coaching carousel starts earlier and earlier each year. For Kansas head coach David Beaty and ECU’s Scottie Montgomery, the end could be very close. The failure of the Kansas football staff has been on front street this week. The Jayhawks fell in overtime to the FCS-level Nicholls Colonels on Saturday evening. The […]
Read MoreECU Loses Season Opener 28-23 To FCS North Carolina A&T
We have another FCS-over-FBS upset in the books. East Carolina has fallen at home to North Carolina A&T. The Pirates, coming off consecutive 3-9 seasons, lost 28-23 to the Aggies this afternoon. ECU led 17-14 at halftime, but A&T took the lead for good with just over seven minutes remaining. A loss like this won’t […]
Read MoreThere Is A Potential FCS-Over-FBS Upset Brewing
Nothing says chaos like an FCS team beating an FBS opponent. We’ve already seen a couple of those upsets so far this season and its only Week 1. Is another one brewing in North Carolina? It certainly seems that way. ECU is hosting North Carolina A&T this afternoon. Late in the fourth quarter, the Aggies […]
Read MoreCBS: 6 Coaches That Must ‘Win Or Be Fired’ This Season
Every college football coach faces pressure every single year. Some coaches enter the season on the hot seat though, and they have to win at all costs. Across the sport, windows for new coaches have gotten much smaller. It is relatively common to see guys gone after three years now, when the minimum used to […]
Read MoreTop Grad Transfer QB Spurns Alabama For Another Power Program
Gardner Minshew was set to head to Alabama, where he was probably going to provide quarterback depth. Instead, he is heading out West to play at Washington State. Minshew committed to Alabama back on February 28 after weeks of rumors that he would join the Crimson Tide. After starting for ECU, Minshew left the program […]
Read MoreThis College Football Coach’s Job Could Be In Trouble With Breaking News About His AD
ECU athletic director Jeff Compher has reportedly agreed to a buyout. He had just received a big-five year extension last June. The Pirates have struggled in recent seasons, especially in football, where ECU was once a strong small conference program that often took down regional Power Five programs. ECU is just 6-18 in the last […]
Read MoreECU Grad Transfer QB Gardner Minshew Commits To Alabama
Alabama will be getting the quarterback help it has looked for. Gardner Minshew, a graduate transfer from ECU, is heading to Tuscaloosa. Minshew has been connected to the Crimson Tide since announcing that he would leave the Pirates. He took over as the starter at ECU during the 2017 season, and was the clubhouse leader […]
Read MoreReport: ECU Grad Transfer QB Gardner Minshew Expected To Join Alabama Football
Things aren’t official yet. However, it appears that Gardner Minshew will be the graduate transfer quarterback that Alabama has been looking for. Minshew has elected to head closer to home for his final collegiate season. He was the starter at ECU by season’s end, and also played a decent amount for the Pirates in 2016 […]
Read MoreThe Halftime Score Of This College Basketball Game Is Absolutely Insane
There is an all-time beatdown going on in Houston today. The No. 23 Houston Cougars, who are likely headed to the NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection even if they don’t win the AAC Tournament, are beating the brakes off East Carolina. The Pirates are cellar-dwellars in the American Athletic Conference. The halftime score of […]
Read MoreReport: ECU Graduate Transfer QB Gardner Minshew To Visit Alabama
ECU transfer Gardner Minshew could be the experienced quarterback that Alabama football has been looking to add. The Mississippi native is a target of the Crimson Tide. Minshew saw time during the last two seasons for the Pirates. In 2017, he played in all but two games for the team. He threw for 2,140 yards, […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2017 College Football Staff Picks: Week 13
College Football Week 13 is upon us. Here are our staff picks for the biggest match-ups of this weekend’s Rivalry Week action. This is the last week with a full regular season slate, and it is a doozy. Matt Hladik continues to hold on to a one-game lead after being one of three staff members to go […]
Read MoreReport: 32 Programs Have Inquired About Coveted Clemson Grad Transfer Scott Pagano
Clemson defensive tackle Scott Pagano is one of the top available players on the graduate transfer market, and he’s receiving interest from dozens of schools. Pagano confirmed his transfer on Friday, hours after 247Sports broke the news. Less than a day later, and teams are lining up to woo the national championship winner. From 247: […]
Read MoreReport: There Are Discussions About A Potential Playoff For “Group Of Five” Schools
Officials from the Group of Five conferences—the AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Sun Belt, and Mountain West—are reportedly interested in starting their own playoff. We are only in the third year of the College Football Playoff at the FBS level, but so far it has only consisted of teams from the power conferences. The system isn’t […]
Read MoreVideo: Fans Boo After ECU Band Members Take Knee While Playing National Anthem
The East Carolina band showed that kneeling during the national anthem isn’t only for the players. Members of East Carolina’s band took a knee during the national anthem prior to the Pirates contest against Central Florida on Saturday. Several @ECUBand members kneel in protest during national anthem. pic.twitter.com/kXZHWafgKs — Jeff Gravley (@jgravleyWRAL) October 1, 2016 […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 4
College Football Week 4 picks by The Spun staff members. Through three weeks of the college football season, things are pretty tight here in our office-wide picks contest. Matt Hladik has jumped out to a two-pick lead after a monster Week 3, in which he only picked four losers of the 46 games we selected. Here […]
Read MoreThe Spun 2016 College Football Staff Picks: Week 3
The Spun staff makes its picks for College Football Week 3 games. Last weekend didn’t have a ton of hype heading into Saturday, but we still had some very fun games. Central Michigan pulled off an amazing Hail Mary lateral-spawned upset of Oklahoma State that, as it turns out, shouldn’t have happened. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t […]
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