The time for talking about football is just about over- the time for playing is right around the corner. Saturday is the day the East Carolina Pirates kick off their 2017 season and put everything else behind them with a opening matchup against James Madison University.
All offseason, people have talked nonstop about the James Madison team, who won the national championship in the Football Championship Subdivision after a 14-1 record last season. So much talk that even websites like oddshark.com and Bovada,reputable sites that take bets for games, have the Dukes favored to win in their trip to Greenville despite being in a lower conference.