An East Carolina football team in need of some momentum faces a third consecutive tall order this afternoon when the Pirates square off with 2-1 Virginia Tech.
The visiting Hokies might not admit it, but they have revenge on their minds when they trot into Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium today in a game that could be affected by an almost certainty of rain. They fell behind 21-0 to the Pirates last year in Blacksburg, Va., and despite a valiant effort to tie the game with two fourth quarter touchdowns, ECU quarterback Shane Carden called his own number on a 1-yard scoring rush with 16 seconds remaining to seal the Pirates’ sixth win in the all-time series, but second in the last 12.