Thought you may be interested...

Third-year head coach Ruffin McNeill begins his third season in Greenville with 15 starters returning which is why experts have touted the Pirates as one of the nation's most improved teams. ECU will return roughly 70 percent of its production in four major defensive categories from last season - tackles (70.2), tackles for loss (70.9), sacks (67.4) and turnover production (76.2 percent of combined

http://www.herdzone.com/sports/m-footbl/...12aaa.html

This team has me intrigued. It all comes down to the first game of the season for the Pirates. We could easily be 8-4 or 4-8. We take care of business against App State and I think we win at least 1of 3 between UNC/USC/SMiss. If we take 2 of 3 from those three schools and one of the 4 QBs establishes himself as the "man", then a 10 win season is within reach. Go Pirates.

Here is another one from our paper..

It was a honeymoon kind of start to Ruffin McNeill's career as East Carolina's head football coach. After dusting away Marshall, 37-10, his Pirates sat 5-2 overall and 4-0 in Conference USA, making the Greenville, N.C., faithful almost forget about Skip Holtz, the highly successful ECU head man for five years (2005-09) until he left for South Florida.

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x3...val-season

(08-22-2012 09:59 AM)Herd Fan 4-Life Wrote:  Here is another one from our paper..

It was a honeymoon kind of start to Ruffin McNeill's career as East Carolina's head football coach. After dusting away Marshall, 37-10, his Pirates sat 5-2 overall and 4-0 in Conference USA, making the Greenville, N.C., faithful almost forget about Skip Holtz, the highly successful ECU head man for five years (2005-09) until he left for South Florida.

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x3...val-season

Skip who....................?