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ECU’s Dooley focused on winning culture
GREENVILLE — The first step toward changing the culture of a team or athletic program is to establish a new one. That’s what Joe Dooley has been working on doing since being hired as East […]
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Gut-check time for ECU, Montgomery
GREENVILLE — Scottie Montgomery is a college coach, not a college professor. But it doesn’t take an advanced degree in mathematics to figure out what his East Carolina football team needs to do in order […]
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ECU hangs around but unravels in final quarter in 37-10 loss to UCF
GREENVILLE — Darriel Mack Jr. stepped in for Heisman Trophy hopeful McKenzie Milton and rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown, and No. 10 UCF forced five turnovers in beating East Carolina 37-10 for its […]
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College Football Previews: Important games across the board for NC schools
North Carolina at Syracuse Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. | Saturday, 12:20 p.m. | Raycom Preview: The Tar Heels (1-4, 1-2) played one of their best games in two years only to lose in the final […]
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Houston controls East Carolina, hands Pirates 42-20 loss
GREENVILLE — D’Eriq King threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and Houston’s defense mostly stifled East Carolina in a 42-20 win on Saturday night. King threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to Courtney Lark, […]
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College Football Previews: UNC kicks off Week 5 tonight at Miami
North Carolina at Miami Hard Rock Stadium | Thursday, 8 p.m. | ESPN Preview: The Tar Heels posted their long-awaited first win of the season last week, against Pitt. They get back seven previously suspended […]
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Games moved, postponed ahead of Florence
What promised to be one of the better college football weekends in North Carolina this season, with a battle between potential Heisman Trophy candidate quarterbacks scheduled for Raleigh and a visit to Chapel Hill by […]
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ECU gives Tar Heels a beatdown to ‘remember’
GREENVILLE — Earlier in the week, coach Larry Fedora stated that he couldn’t remember what happened the last time he brought his North Carolina football team to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium to play East Carolina. So the […]
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What we learned in college football’s first week
It’s almost impossible to predict what will happen during the first week of a college football season because of all the changes teams go through from one year to the next. But there’s thing that’s […]
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UNC-ECU clash pits desperate teams, coaches
When the Tar Heels visit Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium to play East Carolina on Saturday, it won’t just be a football game between in-state rivals looking to bounce back from disappointing opening-week losses. It could also turn […]