The Sports Objective

The guys welcome East Carolina University junior Brennan Shapiro to The Sports Objective Podcast team.

Plus, the seventh-year head coach of Pirate Volleyball, Julie Torbett. East Carolina is 2-0 after winning a pair against George Mason and Providence last weekend.

Former East Carolina tight end and current ESPN color analyst Jay Sonnhalter joined the show as we reflected on the Pirates' 34-6 loss at NC State in the season opener.

We also take an early look at this week's home opener against Gardner Webb and the big picture of East Carolina Football.

What happened around The American and throughout college football in Week 1? We talk about it!

With Week 1 of the college football season upon us, we caught up with legendary broadcast Tim Brando of Fox Sports to talk a variety of topics.

Mike Yam of the Pac 12 Network rejoined the show as we took a team by team look at the Pac 12.

College football is here!

Two FBS games will be played on August 24th with the most notable being No. 8 Florida taking on Miami at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

To break down the game between the Gators and Canes we catch up with Florida Hall of Fame WR and SEC NETWORK Analyst Chris Doering.

We also talk football with longtime defensive line coach Dan Brooks who retired after Clemson's national title in 2016.

Brooks coaches numerous NFL players while winning national titles at Tennessee (1998) and Clemson (2016). He also spent several years on Mack Brown's North Carolina staff in the late 80s and early 90s.

With the season kicking off in a matter of days, we take a look at the Group of Five conferences.

Rene Ingoglia of ESPN joins us to take an in-depth look at The American.

We also catch up with Chris Vannini of The Athletic to discuss the Mountain West and MAC.

App State PxP Voice Adam Witten rejoins the show as we talk about what appears to be a promising season for The Sun Belt.

Plus, Kyle is joined by a special guest host as they welcome in Matthew Bartlett of The Roost as they chat about Conference USA.

It’s a new era in Pirate Football.  Head Coach Mike Houston and staff have only been on the job for 8 months.   The impact they have had on the program already has been significant.

Today is the 2019 ECU Football Media Day!   Join Dave Richmond and Kyle Barber as they interview players and coaches on the 2019 season.

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Dave Richmond caught up with longtime WNCT Sports Director Brian Bailey after football practice on Wednesday to talk a variety of topics.

Plus, Dana Schreck of Dana's Global Travel comes on to discuss The Sports Objective Pirate Cruise to Nassau, Bahamas in July of 2020.

On Episode 209, we catch up with two great men who had their lives significantly impacted by baseball while they also significantly impacted others through America's National pastime!

Dave Dravecky was an All-Star pitcher in the early 1980s with the Padres while also becoming a fan favorite later in the decade. His career ended tragically but he overcame the adversity to use it as a platform to positively impact others as an author, speaker and more!

Then, we also have an excellent half hour chat with Eastern NC native and baseball legend George Whitfield!

Coach Whit talks about how his childhood shaped him, his college years, coaching and more!

Over the last seven plus months, the vibe around the East Carolina Athletics Department has improved significantly and a large reason for that is the positive energy of the Pirates' Executive Associate AD for External Operations Ryan Robinson.

Robinson, a Kentucky alum whose experience includes a stint with the Jacksonville Jaguars and the University of Tennessee, brings a lot to the table and has done an excellent job of communicating the vision that he and Jon Gilbert possess for East Carolina Athletics.

After our visit with Ryan, we caught up with former Baylor Head Coach and longtime Clemson staffer Chuck Reedy! Coach Reedy has over 40 years of coaching experience with nearly two decades of those coming at the Division 1-A (FBS) level sandwiched between a pair of lengthy high school stints.

He talks about spending more than a decade with Danny Ford at Clemson, working with friend of the show and ECU alum Wayne Bolt, having the likes of Mike Gundy and Larry Fedora on his Baylor staff and more!

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With the start of fall camp only a few days away, we caught up with college football coaching veteran Rick Minter to get his perspective on a variety of topics!