Last season showed the college football world a little bit of what the East Carolina Pirates are made of.
Gritty wins at Marshall and Memphis, and heartbreaking losses at South Carolina and Houston led the Pirates to a 7-5 record in head coach Mike Houston’s third-year in Greenville.
But such is life in the American Athletic Conference. And this upcoming season, a home game against NC State and road dates with BYU and Cincinnati provide the perfect opportunity for ECU to continue that upward trajectory Coach Houston has become famous for.
“Now it’s real,” said Houston of the schedule release back in February.