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To find out about the Pirates, and what challenges they present, we caught up with Nate Summers, who covers East Carolina football for the Daily Reflector, and asked him five questions to find out about BYU’s next competition.
ECU’s near miss at Florida stands as the one that got away, but the Pirates played their finest two matches defensively the past two weeks and come to Provo with momentum.
Talk about the Pirates’ quarterback situation heading into Saturday’s contest.
what kind of system do the Pirates run and who are the main playmakers?
The Pirates’ spread offense is powered by the intermediate pass game, which is led by junior inside receiver Isaiah Jones and senior tight end Bryce Williams, both of whom are off to strong starts.
The Pirates’ 3-4 scheme is made around its linebackers.
The trouble in the Pirates’ recent history is in the secondary, w coordinator Rick Smith said the Pirates gave away three TDs to SMU last week.
How does East Carolina regard BYU as an opponent? What has to occur to come using a win?
The Pirates have made their name by beating larger adversaries, and in that sense, BYU is just another one of those in a season w they have already played in front of 88,000 in The Swamp and 50,000 in their own arena.