Ultimately, the game ended in a 47-29 Pirate loss that involved ECU shooting itself in the foot in the game’s first half, again.
Special teams has been the thorn in ECU’s side after last week’s loss in Blacksburg to the Hokies, but physicality has been possibly the biggest issue on Montgomery’s mind.
In Saturday’s game, it looked as if ECU’s offensive and defensive lines would have the advantage, but they found itself on the wrong end of a physical beat down.
"They were eating up our linemen with one person,” Montgomery said. “You can’t do that.