We started the day out with 60 mile an hour winds and rain from Tropical Storm Hanna that came ashore overnight. My neighbor had a tree down on his house and our power was out, but the East Carolina/West Virginia football game was still going to be played @ 4:30. Even though my neighbor had a tree on his house he said he was still going with me to the game!

The weather cleared out around lunch so we left at 1:30 to head to Greenville, NC for the football game. 

After a little tailgating with some friends we made our way into the stadium. At kickoff the rain was gone and the sun was bearing down on the sold out stadium!

East Carolina scored first and never looked back! We ended up beating #8 West Virginia 24-3!!!!!  I’m very proud of the Pirates and this seems to be a special season that is unfolding!

It has been nice being able to go to the past 2 games. Thank You Pirates for the past two Saturdays, they have been mighty special! 

Here is the tree that fell on Kevin’s house!

ECU’s Quarterback passing off to the running back

A Sell Out Crowd today to watch the Pirates against the Mountaineers! The way the morning started, I never would have guessed we would have had blue skies and no rain for the game! Pirates love stormy weather!

EAST CAROLINA 27

VIRGINIA TECH 22

What a game! I took the wife and kids with me to the first East Carolina football game of the season. It was smoking hot and once we got settled into our seats in the upper deck, I felt guilty about dragging them out in that brutal heat!

The Pirates started off a little slow, but the Offense and Defense quickly rebounded and were out-playing the Hokies in every aspect except special teams! Their special teams were putting points on the boards and our special teams were digging a deep hole that I didn’t know if we could get out of.

The Pirate faithful stuck by their team in the brutal heat and by the 4th quarter all that dawned the Purple and Gold were on their feet, screaming and yelling keeping our team focused. We were trailing the Hokies, but our team stayed energized and with less than 3 minutes to go in the 4th quarter, T.J. Lee blocked a punt and ran it in to put us ahead 27-22. When he scored the winning touchdown, the Pirate fans in Bank of America stadium went nuts!!!! Even my wife and kids were giving High Fives to everyone around us.

Kolby especially had fun because all the folks around us kept giving him High Fives and they were encouraging him to beat on the seats to make some noise! I wish you could have seen the look on his face when he found out he could be loud and no one would care!!!!!

Great job Pirates and I hope we can pull off another win this weekend against West Virginia! I can’t wait until kick off because I will be able to make this game also!!!

Below: My wife and kids are celebrating an ECU touchdown!

Kolby celebrating an interception by Nick Johnson

A very Hot, Tired and very Happy family after the Pirate VICTORY!!!

Being an outdoor videographer I don’t get to attend many football games anymore! Usually I’m just in town a couple of days between trips and I spend that time with the wife and kids. 

My wife and I both went to East Carolina University and we love to follow ECU football.  This Saturday we will be in the stands, along with our kids, to hopefully cheer ECU to victory. They will play Virginia Tech in Charlotte in front of 73,000 fans.  It should make for a great Labor Day weekend, especially if we come out with a win!

The game will air on ESPN at noon Saturday! Tune in and look for the guy wearing the camo ECU hat!!!

GO PIRATES!!!!