East Carolina Pirates NCAA Football News

East Carolina is again expected to contend for a Conference USA football championship after two straight years where the Pirates had late-season chances to win the league.

Conference USA coaches have projected the UTEP football team to finish third in the league's Western Division this fall, according to the preseason C-USA coaches' poll.

Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher, linebacker Gerald McRath and offensive lineman Ryan McKee have been named to the preseason Conference USA football team in a vote by the league coaches.

Virginia Tech athletic director Jim Weaver confirmed yesterday that the Hokies will open the 2009 season against a Southeastern Conference team--probably Alabama--in the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Story by Jared Fialko Email Other Stories by Jared Fialko IRVING, Tx. -- Not too much will be expected from the Thundering Herd football team this season, at least in the minds of fellow Conference USA coaches.

Single-game tickets for two Virginia football games went on sale this morning. Tickets for UVa.

Seldom in Section III track and field history have so many relay teams achieved records as was the case in 2008.

East Carolina freshman linebacker Max Joyner has been suspended indefinitely for a violation of team rules, according to an announcement that came from head football coach Skip Holtz Thursday afternoon.

So much for early afternoon games. The UCF Knights will spend most of their 2008 football season playing late in the afternoon and at night.

" The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has announced today the times for the first five games on its 2008 football slate.

East Carolina's spring game ended shortly after halftime, when the ECU campus was placed under a tornado warning.

WR Dwayne Harris looks more than ready to pick up some of the touches available now that Chris Johnson is in the NFL.

First, the college football magazines hit the rack at the local book stores. Then, there was the induction of Irvin Favre and Bill Matthews into the Mississippi Association Coaches Hall of Fame.

Times have now been set for all 12 of Marshall's 2008 football games. The Thundering Herd's annual matchup with West Virginia has been set for 3:30 p.m. on Sept.

Date of Game: Sept. 18 at Folsom Field, Time: 8:30 p.m. TV:?ESPN? Head coach: Dan Hawkins 2007 record: 6-7 overall, 4-4 Big 12, Lost to Alabama in Independence Bowl Returning starters: 14, 6 offense, 8 defense ...

Adapting to change is a must for any quarterback. Double that for an arena leaguer.

Marcus Crandell used that word to describe his 11-year professional football odyssey.

Bradley Johnson strode into the Dinwiddie High School weight room Wednesday morning, fresh off his visit to College Park for Maryland's summer football camp.

For much of the 2007 season, with each upcoming opponent more ominous than the last, the mantra for the East Carolina football team was "It's not going to get any easier." The first game of the 2008 season is ...

LenDale White doesn't pretend to vividly remember the playing career of Earnest Byner, the new running backs coach for the Titans.