One football team starving for a late-season winning streak faces a team with absolutely nothing to lose tonight, except a couple more games.
But perhaps that makes host Central Florida — still winless at 0-10 this season — at least somewhat dangerous to East Carolina, which kicks off against the Knights at 7:30 p.m. in Bright House Networks Stadium in Orlando, Fla., in a nationally televised game on ESPN.
For the Pirates (4-6, 2-4 American Athletic Conference), a three-game winning streak to close the season is still in the offing. With it would come a surprise 7-6 finish, but that would also mean a home win against Cincinnati next Saturday followed by a bowl victory for a team currently riding a three-game losing streak.