East Carolina’s defense is playing with momentum on its side as it heads to Utah for its first-ever football clash with BYU, but its headmaster was lamenting its giving spirit on Wednesday.
The Pirates pummeled SMU in Dallas last weekend, and even as defensive coordinator Rick Smith and his unit are coming off arguably their most dominant performance of the season, he was fretting over the fact that his group forked over three touchdowns to the Mustangs by his count.
He was happy, on the other hand, that all of the mistakes his team made were so readily obvious on film as the 3-2 Pirates prepare to take on the 3-2 Cougars at 7:30 p.