I won’t begin this story by dissecting a critical call made Saturday night at S.B. Ballard Stadium by game officials, because in the end, you just have to live with their mistakes. They’re only human and every mortal being screws up once in a while.
So I’ll start out with what we know after ODU’s discouraging, 24-21, loss to East Carolina:
ODU didn’t play particularly well against the Pirates, but for the third game in a row, lost a game it probably should have won.
ODU fell at Virginia Tech, 31-17, after trimming the Hokies’ lead to 7; took a 17-0 lead at Virginia before falling 28-17 and trimmed a 14-point lead against ECU to three but ran out of time.