DALLAS
This time, it happened on dry land.
In a week in which North Carolinians were reminded of times of crisis during hurricane season, the East Carolina Pirates staged another stirring football comeback far from home and far from the weeklong deluge on the East Coast.
Unlike a week ago in Greenville when the Pirates scored a rebound victory over Virginia Tech on their saturated home turf with a seemingly rain-ready offense largely centered around James Summers, on Saturday they repeated the feat on a typical dry autumn day at SMU.
The rainy-day game plan, in fact, has less to do with fall weather and more to do with Summers.