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11.14.06: ECU-NCSU
kickoff moved to 7 p.m. for TV ... Butch will succeed
Bunting at UNC-Chapel Hill ... Conference USA coaches make
debuts ... Pirates seeded sixth in C-USA volleyball ... Lady
Pirates drop hoops opener to JMU |
11.13.06: Houston
clinches
C-USA championship berth ... ECU volleyball slips in regular
season finale ... Grad rates: Athletes outperform student
body |
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11.12.06: ECU
announces women's hoops signees ... Miners extinguish
Blazers' bowl hopes ... Mustang duo in contention for
Hermann Trophy |
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11.11.06: Rutgers
kicks Cards out of title picture ... Roach selected for
district academic honor ... Krug getting it done on court,
in classroom |
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11.10.06: Pirates
prepare for Saturday hoops opener ... Houston's Kolb makes
cut on O'Brien award list ... UNC-CH officials mum on Davis'
status |
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11.09.06: Former
star QB to represent N.C. in Congress ... Homicide unit
probing death of Miami player ... Krog's 73 puts her in top
five at Augusta |
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11.08.06: UK's
win over Payne's charges not flawless ... SMU, UAB gain NCAA
men's soccer berths ... Three C-USA women's teams get NCAA
slots |
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11.07.06: Two
Marshall players get C-USA honors ... UAB women capture
C-USA soccer title ... Punter faces attempted murder charge |
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11.06.06: Pirate
volleyball takes down Memphis ... Denny O'Brien's Harris
Poll ballot ... ECU swimmers, divers perform well ...
Paterno recovering from fractured leg |
11.05.06: Promotions
aplenty for ECU-Marshall game ...
Ex-Tulsa great Largent gets humanitarian honor |
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11.04.06: Dougherty
a semifinalist for Ray Guy Award ... Butch Davis deal with
Tar Heels imminent? ... Cardinals talking national title,
again ... Honors abound for ECU women's soccer team |
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11.03.06: Boise
State rolls past Bulldogs ... Reale, Pirates earn seconds at
Kitty Hawk ... ECU softball's Kozlowski promoted |
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11.02.06: Mustangs
a win away from bowl eligibility ... Hunt, Icenhower lead
East Carolina divers ... ECU's Moore earns academic honor
with 4.0 |
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11.01.06: Kragthorpe
curtails Tar Heel speculation ... Pirates in C-USA women's
soccer tourney ... Backup QB Lee to start for FSU against
Cavs |
10.31.06: Kickoff
return nets
C-USA honor for Johnson ... Pirate volleyball streaks to
school record ... Mountaineers on fringe of national title
picture |
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10.30.06: ECU's
Williams: 'I just wanted it more' ... Stokes plans to give
Wynn time to develop ... Central Florida's 530 yards of
offense not enough |
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10.29.06: ECU
women's volleyball extends streak ... Pirate swimmers leave
Towson behind ... UTEP takes muddy victory in Grimesland |
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10.28.06: Cougars
quarterback piling up the numbers ... ECU vs. USM part of
pay-per-view twinbill ... Hokies tame Tigers in key ACC
battle |
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10.27.06: Rice's
Almond named Wooden candidate ... Pirates hosting C-USA
cross country ... ECU freshman Bools shares C-USA honor |
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10.26.06: Tickets
for Troops promotion expands ... Another C-USA honor for
ECU's Icenhower ... Report: Davis would have interest in
Heels |
10.25.06: Ex-Pirate
Adams attempts PGA qualifying ...
C-USA names football players of week ... Tar Heels will
retain many football recruits |
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10.24.06: New
thumbnails: Baker, Byrd and Thompson ... Ore golden in
Hokies' win over Southern Miss ... Unbeaten start for ECU
swim teams ... Tar Heels picked first in ACC hoops |
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10.23.06: Jenkins'
three lifts Gold in scrimmage ... ECU volleyball takes sixth
straight C-USA win ... Bools finishes sixth in Lady Pirate
golf |
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10.22.06: Pirates
volleyball on record streak ... Mountaineers handle Huskies,
stay unbeaten ... Georgia golfer gets call to play in South
Africa |
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10.21.06: Report:
UNC-Chapel Hill's Bunting to resign ... Coaches' challenges
yield few reversals ... Southern Miss prepared for Hokies |
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10.20.06: ECU's
Roach nominated for Draddy Award ... Memphis picked first in
C-USA basketball ... 4th-ranked UTEP runners coming to
Greenville |
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10.19.06: Koren
Robinson suspended by NFL ... Miami broadcaster axed over
brawl comments ... Dartmouth, Holy Cross row gets
investigation |
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10.18.06: League
teams busy; ECU ends homestand ... C-USA names football
players of week ... ECU's Krug captures C-USA weekly honor |
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10.17.06: ACC,
Miami announce additional suspensions ... More suspensions
also on Sun Belt's agenda ... Duke lacrosse under "60
Minutes" scrutiny |
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10.16.06: Coker
suspends eight Miami players after brawl ... Pirate
volleyball continues roll at UCF ... Szilard leads ECU
women's soccer win ... Harris Poll's top 5 varies from BCS
Standings |
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10.15.06: Stokes
convenes season's first hoops practice ... Pirate volleyball
wins third straight ... ECU women open basketball practice
at Rose |
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10.14.06: EA
Sports video game features ECU baseball stadium ... Pirates
announce Tickets for Troops drive ... Six C-USA gridders in
All-American Classic |
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10.13.06: Pirate
basketball gets national TV dates ... ECU women's hoops
getting tube time, too ... East Carolina baseball to host
winter camp |
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10.12.06: ECU
hoops scrimmages set for Homecoming ... Camels stun No. 3
UNC-Chapel Hill in soccer ... ECU picked 7th in C-USA
women's hoops |
10.11.06: Dougherty
gets
C-USA special teams honor ... Pirate promotions abound for
Tulsa game ... UCF versus Pitt on TV Friday night |
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10.10.06: Tulsa
netter Brugues takes national title ... Miami (OH) reeling
after sixth loss ... Pirates host unique diving competition |
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10.09.06: Buckeyes,
Trojans, Gators top Harris Poll ... Denny O'Brien's Harris
Poll ballot ... Gators continue success in Swamp ... Pirates
stun Memphis in volleyball ... ECU soccer shuts out Herd |
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10.08.06: Jeff
Blake bows out of hall induction ... NCAA's tax status under
investigation ... North Dakota challenges NCAA mascot policy |
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10.07.06: Amato
continues mastery of Seminoles ... ECU volleyball triumphs
at home over UAB ... Millican continues bid for spot on LPGA
Tour |
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10.06.06: Big
Ten announces fines, reprimands ... Central Florida wins
late field goal battle ... Millican shoots 74 in qualifying
event |
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10.05.06: Gold
captures ECU World Series with 8-7 win ... Tulsa runs past
Southern Miss ... Former ECU golfer Millican in LPGA
qualifying |
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10.04.06: TV
exposure continues for C-USA teams ... Former UVa stars make
$1 million gift ... SMU takes two of three weekly league
honors |
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10.03.06: Curry
to receive Stagg award ... Inspired by fallen teammate, Rice
whips Army ... ECU women's golf team finishes 11th |
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10.02.06: Takeaways,
sacks mean good things for UVa ... Gators pull even with WVU
in Harris BCS poll ... Swofford presented with Homer Rice
Award ... Tulsa win streak continues at ECU's expense |
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10.01.06: Cavs
blast Duke 37-0 in Durham ... Vols deal Memphis a resounding
defeat ... Pirate women's cross country wins meet |
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News Nuggets, 11.15.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Compiled from staff reports
and electronic dispatches
Pirates control their fate in East Division race
Houston will play either East
Carolina or Southern Mississippi in the 2006 Conference USA football
championship game on Friday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m.
The league's second annual title tilt
will be staged in front of the ESPN2 cameras at a site to be determined,
according to a C-USA release.
Houston is the West Division champion
with a 6-1 league record. The Cougars can earn the outright right to host
the title game with a win at Memphis on Saturday.
East Carolina controls its own destiny
in the East Division. The Pirates can lock up the East berth by defeating
Rice on Saturday in their final conference game. They can claim the division
outright with a victory over the Owls combined with a loss by second-place
Southern Miss to either UAB on Saturday or to Marshall the following week.
If ECU loses to Rice, Southern Miss
must defeat both UAB and Marshall to clinch the East Division title game
berth.
ECU
is in first place with a 5-2 record and
has a half-game lead over USM (4-2). In the event of a tie for the division
lead at the end of the conference season, the Pirates own the tie-breaker by
virtue of their
overtime victory over the Golden Eagles
on Oct. 28.
Pinkney in star game, playing for Buddy Ryan
East Carolina University
senior quarterback James Pinkney has been selected to
participate in the 2007 All-American Classic College All-Star
Game, to be played Jan. 15, 2007, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las
Vegas.
The All-American Classic features more
than 100 college all-stars competing in an East vs. West format and will
kick off at 4 p.m. EST in front of an NFL Network television audience.
Seventy-eight of the 100 players in the 2006 Classic found themselves on NFL
Training Camp rosters last summer.
Pinkney, a native of Delray Beach, FL,
has established himself as one the great quarterbacks at East Carolina,
ranking first all-time in 200-yard passing games (22), second in passing
yards (7,745) and completions (655), third in pass attempts (1,118) and
fourth in career touchdown passes. He has started 35 consecutive games under
center, which ranks as the fifth longest streak in the nation.
On the season, Pinkney has guided the
Pirates to a 6-4 overall record, which includes a Conference USA East
Division-leading 5-2 mark. He has thrown for 2,355 yards on 200-of-326
passing with eight touchdowns and a 61.3 pass completion percentage. He
produced 422 total yards (391 passing and 31 rushing) against Southern
Methodist on Oct. 21, which marked the third-best single-game total
offensive performance in school history. His 391 passing yards and 31
completions also set new career-highs.
As a participant in the sixth-annual
All-American Classic, Pinkney will play on the East squad under the
direction of former NFL head coach Buddy Ryan.
Pinkney is the third Pirate to
participate in the All-American Classic and the only member of the 2006 team
thus far to be invited to a post-season all-star game. Jerry Dillon and
Clayton Driver were selected for the game in 1993.
ECU's Lee named special teams player of week
East Carolina senior placekicker Robert
Lee was named Conference USA special teams player of the week for his play
against Marshall in the Pirates' 33-20 home finale win, according to a
release from the league media's relations office.
A native of Longview, TX, Lee connected
on a career-high four field goals. He drilled threes from 21, 22, 38 and 42
yards, one in each quarter of play. His three touchdown conversion kicks on
the day extended his ECU school-record to 48 consecutive PAT's made and his
career streak to 76, including 48 at ECU and 28 at Trinity Community
College.
Lee's four field goals represented the
ninth multi-FG game of his career. He established a new personal-best with
15 total points in the contest.
Lee becomes the fourth Pirate this
season to capture C-USA weekly honors following Kasey Ross (defensive, Sept.
18), Ryan Dougherty (special teams, Oct. 9) and Chris Johnson (offensive,
Oct. 30).
Joining Lee as players of the week were
Houston running back Anthony Alridge on offense and Houston defensive end
Phillip Hunt for defense.
The Pirates travel to Houston to take
on Rice at 3 p.m. Saturday.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from electronic services and other sources. Copyright 2006
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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