Dwayne Harris News

East Carolina senior punter Matt Dodge continued to pick up post-season honors when he was tabbed Second-Team All-America by SI.com and Fourth-Team by Phil Steele Magazine.

University of Tennessee officials said they are "cooperating fully" with the NCAA in its investigation into some of the school's recruiting practices.

GREENVILLE, N.C., Dec. 3 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: The University of Houston football team looks for its second conference championship in the last four seasons when it faces East Carolina in the 2009 Conference USA Championship Game this weekend.

3 Texas are headed for the BCS championship game. Hunter Lawrence nailed a 46-yard field goal as time expired, giving McCoy and the Longhorns a 13-12 victory over No.

Last weekend, it was made official that the Razorbacks will be playing in the Liberty Bowl, and Hog fans got to catch a sneak peak ofA their future opponent as East Carolina and Houston fought it out to see who would advance to face the Hogs in Memphis.

IRVING, Texas a ' East Carolina junior KR Dwayne Harris continued to add hardware to his trophy case Wednesday when he was named Conference USA Special Teams Player-of-the-Year, as selected by the leaguea TMs 12 head football coaches.

East Carolina had 11 players named to the All Conference USA team yesterday, including seven on the first team, after voting by the league's head coaches.

With his team around him and the Conference USA trophy in front of him, East Carolina coach Skip Holtz grabbed the microphone during the on-field championship ceremony.

Dominique Lindsay and Giavanni Ruffin each ran for two touchdowns while East Carolina's defense hung in against Houston's powerful offense to help the Pirates beat the No.

Scotty Robinson can't do anything around East Carolina's campus without hearing people weigh in on Saturday's matchup with No.

East Carolina hosts No. 18 Houston this weekend in the Conference USA championship game, which will mark another step forward for Skip Holtz's program in Greenville.

Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher enters Saturday's game at East Carolina 123 yards short of becoming the ninth player in major college football history to reach the 1,000-yard mark in each of four seasons.

Case Keenum threw for 323 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another in the first half, and 25th-ranked Houston annihilated Rice 73-14 Saturday night to seize the Conference USA West Division title.

Line: East Carolina by 5 1/2. Series record: Southern Miss leads 26-8. Last meeting: 2008, Southern Miss, 21-3. What's At Stake A spot in the Conference USA championship game.

While East Carolina certainly considers Southern Mississippi one of its top rivals, coach Skip Holtz isn't sure whether the Golden Eagles feel the same way.

Houston needed a win to stay alive in the Conference USA race. Case Keenum engineered it in record-setting fashion Saturday.

It is often said that the numbers don't lie, but in the case of ECU's 37-21 win over Conference USA East Division opponent UAB on Saturday - they did.

East Carolina junior Dwayne Harris, who set a pair of school records with his third kickoff return for a touchdown this season in the Pirates' 37-21 win over UAB on Saturday, was named Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday.

The second half of the season has seen an offensive surge for East Carolina. With the exception of the 16-3 loss to Virginia Tech, the Pirates have scored at least 37 points in four of the last five contests.

There have been plenty of scenarios tossed around regarding East Carolina's football opportunities as the season winds down.