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Audio: Brian Bailey
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 The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
guest this week was
ECU RBs coach &
recruiting
coordinator Kirk
Doll:
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Audio: Coach Ruff
Weekly Presser |
  ECU coach
Ruffin McNeill spoke
with the media at
his
weekly press
conference on
Monday (courtesy of
Pirate Radio 1250;
Bonesville file
photo):
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Carden leads poetic triumph |
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BLACKSBURG,
VA � The late British poet
laureate, Rudyard Kipling,
probably would have liked Shane
Carden. In the poem
'If' Kipling says, "If you can
meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors
just the same ..."
The Captain,
Carden, has experienced both
triumph and disaster in the span
of two weeks on the road against
nationally-ranked teams as East
Carolina quarterback. ...
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Game Day Pix
from Lane Stadium |
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ECU quarterback Shane Carden gives offensive
coordinator Lincoln Riley a bear hug after
putting the Pirates ahead of Virginia Tech
in the game's final minute. [W.A. Myatt
photo] |
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Audio: Ruff & Players Post-game... |
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ECU coach Ruffin
McNeill and some of his
players spoke with the press
after the Pirates defeated
Virginia Tech on Saturday
(recorded by W.A. Myatt;
file photo):
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FOOTBALL |
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Kevin's Keys to the Game |
Today�s game
is a big one for both East
Carolina and Virginia Tech.
The Hokies are 2-0 coming
off a huge win over Ohio
State in the Horseshoe in
front of 108,000 screaming
Buckeye fans. The Pirates
are 1-1 coming off a tough
loss in which they went toe
to toe against South
Carolina and, arguably,
outplayed the Gamecocks
everywhere but on the
scoreboard.
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FOOTBALL |
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Pirates seek to break Bud's
shackles |
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East Carolina averaged 40.2
points per game in 2013. The
potent Pirates exceeded 50
points five times. Against
this week's opponent,
Virginia Tech, ECU was on
the short end of a 15-10
score last season. After a
22-yard scoring pass from
Shane Carden to Bryce
Williams in the first two
minutes, the end zones were
off limits to the Pirates.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Florida talent pool still
producing |
 C.J.
Maybin has always like to
hit people on the football
field, even when it wasn�t
appropriate. �When I was
younger my Dad started me
off by signing me up for
flag football,�� Maybin
recalled recently. �But it
wasn�t fun to me just
grabbing somebody�s flag. I
wanted to hit. So I
immediately started tackling
the other players. �The
other parents did not like
it. So they moved me up to
the tackle league.�� ...
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FOOTBALL SPECIAL
FEATURE |
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Fifteen Questions
for Cam Worthy |
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 Cam
Worthy (6-3, 220)
provides the 2014
East Carolina
football offense
with a big, physical
weapon at the
outside wide
receiver position.
The Blair, SC,
native caught 19
passes for 295 yards
and two touchdowns
in the 2013 Pirate
campaign. Thus far
in his senior
season, Worthy has
five receptions for
78 yards including a
17-yard touchdown
catch last week at
South Carolina. ...
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Pictured: ECU
receiver Cam Worthy
has carved out a
role as a key
starter since
joining the program
as a walk-on from
Yuba (CA) Community
College. The Lower
Richland (SC) High
School product is a
senior
communications
major. (ECU Media
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By
Brian Bailey
�2014 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
View ECU's
2014 football schedule
East Carolina made it three in a row over ACC teams on Saturday,
beating Virginia Tech 28-21 in Blacksburg. More
impressive is the fact that each of the three wins came on the road.
Now the Pirates can go for four in a row hosting North Carolina this
Saturday.
East Carolina beat the Hokies for the sixth time in the series with
Saturday�s win. I can proudly say that I had the chance to see each of
the six wins in person.
I even had a chance to visit the site of the very first matchup between
ECU and Virginia Tech. That game was played at Mitchell Stadium in
Bluefield, West Virginia in 1956. No, I didn�t cover that game, but six
years later I was born at the hospital just down the street.
I�ve also had a chance to see some of the Pirate losses to the Hokies
along the way.
Still, wins in Blacksburg are hard to come by. These last two were
separated by some 23 years.
Now the Tar Heels come calling as the Pirates wrap up the non-conference
portion of their schedule. A 3-1 September would go a long way towards a
great season. Still, an American Athletic Conference title will continue
to be the goal.
The Pirate Nation can�t wait to welcome the Heels to Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium.
�It�s good to be home and it will be great to be in front of our fans,�
said ECU coach Ruffin McNeill. �They have a pride and passion for our
athletic program. Being at home at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium is good. Now
does it make it magical? No. Having the fans� support? Yes.
"We have to have a great day
of planning and practice each day so that we can have the best chance of
success on Saturday.�
The Pirates put it to North Carolina in
last year�s 55-31 victory in Chapel Hill. So you have
to think the Tar Heels will bring a huge chip on their shoulder with
them to Greenville.
Coach McNeill says last year�s game is not a topic of conversation in
the Pirate camp.
�I don�t bring it up,� said McNeill. �Each team�s personality is
different. We don�t have to bring it up because of what we keep
preaching. We know we�re facing a talented team as I mentioned before.
I�m anxious to dive into the film a little more because they got onto a
great streak at the end of last year.�
The Tar Heels turned things around after their embarrassing loss to ECU
and ended up in a bowl game. The Heels beat Cincinnati 39-17 in
Charlotte in the Belk Bowl.
Despite last year�s loss, Tar Heel coach Larry Fedora says he likes this
game.
�Oh yeah, who doesn't like rivalries,� said Fedora. �Who doesn't like
playing teams that dislike each other? I think that's a good thing. You
know what the stadium is going to be like. You know that the crowd is
going to be hostile. You have to relish that environment. That should be
a lot of fun.�
The Pirate camp will be more concerned about ECU than UNC going into
this game.
Coach McNeill and offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley have to analyze
the Virginia Tech game and find out why the Pirate offense was so good
early and so good late, but struggled in the middle.
The truth is that ECU could have put close to 40 points on the board in
that first half in Blacksburg. The Pirates were deep in the red zone on
three different occasions in that second quarter and came away with a
big, fat goose egg in that second stanza.
It was like the Pirates found the power switch again in that fourth
quarter. With the game on the line and the clock quickly winding down,
the Pirates went to work.
The Pirates shredded the Hokies like a hot saber through leftover
gobbler on that final drive. Shane Carden scored the game winner and the
celebration was on.
Now ECU hosts the Tar Heels and Pirate pride will certainly be on the
line.
It may be just the next game on the schedule, but we all know it�s more
than that.
A sellout crowd in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium and a national television
audience on ESPNU will watch the rivalry in all of its glory.
The Heels head to Greenville with something to prove.
The Pirates ALWAYS have something to prove.
This one will be fun for everyone.
BB
