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Five questions to ponder before kickoff
The college football season got off to a winning start in the Old North State last week with six of the seven FBS teams picking up opening week victories. And the only team that didn’t […]
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New season, same result for State, ECU
RALEIGH — The names, the faces and many of the coaches on both sides have changed, but the result was a familiar one for the football rematch between NC State and East Carolina on Saturday. […]
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Houston hits reset button entering first season with ECU
GREENVILLE — Mike Houston had just coached what would be his final game at James Madison last December, a 23-20 loss to Colgate in the second round of the FCS playoffs. On the flight home, […]
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Expectations, new faces mark start of camps
Preseason football camps opened at most colleges around the state on Friday. But according to new/old North Carolina coach Mack Brown, who’s been around long enough to know about such things, the real preparations for […]
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New coaches at UNC, ECU use spring to examine rosters
The thing about spring football games is that regardless of the scoring system that’s used, nobody ever loses and everybody walks away saying that they accomplished everything they set out to do. The goals, of […]
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Spring football underway
If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]
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National signing day still important, especially for newly-hired coaches
National signing day isn’t the big deal it once was, thanks to the addition of a new early signing period in December. But it still holds plenty of importance to the young players making their […]
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ECU announces game against William & Mary to fill 2019 football schedule
East Carolina filled the opening on its 2019 football schedule Wednesday by announcing it will play William & Mary at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on September 21. The game replaces a previously scheduled date against Virginia Tech […]
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Look Ahead — 2019 Comeback of the Year: Stars aligned for an East Carolina football revival
There’s a reason East Carolina moved so quickly to fire football coach Scottie Montgomery once it was announced that Mike Houston was about to be hired at Charlotte. There’s also a reason why Houston decided […]
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New coaches scramble to assemble classes on early signing day
College football’s new early signing period, which was instituted last year, has increased the pressure on coaches — especially those like Wake Forest’s Dave Clawson, who is already in Birmingham preparing his team to play […]