The Sports Objective

With the start of fall camp less than a week away, we talk East Carolina Football with Stephen Igoe of Hoist the Colours and former WNCT assistant sport director Zach Maskavich.

Friend of the show Terry Gallaher joins us a co-host as we talk to ECU letterwinner and coaching vet of 30 plus years Wayne Bolt on a variety of topics such as playing and coaching for Pat Dye, coaching with Danny Ford at Clemson and much more!

East Carolina Football's Purple Haze entrance is one of the highlights of the Pirates' GAMEDAY experience.

Steve "The Pirate" Whetzel enters his 11th season of leading the Pirates through the purple haze. We talk about how he got the gig back in 2009, some funny moments and more!

We also catch up with Ron Clements of the #HomeRunOnWheels initiative. Ron, who is an ECU alum, also talks Pirates Football, MLB and NFL!

After a quick roundtable to open the show, Dave sits down for an extended chat with Phillip Wood, Executive Director of The ECU Pirate Club.

They discuss a number of issues concerning fundraising and Pirate Athletics!

Excitement for East Carolina Basketball is at an all-time high and we catch up with Head Coach Joe Dooley to discuss the roster makeover, scheduling and much more!

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After a roundtable to open the show, the guys are joined by East Carolina AD Jon Gilbert for an in-depth chat regarding his first seven-plus months on the job and a variety of topics are discussed as football season is approaching quickly!

Stay tuned on Friday (7/12) as we will kick off our 50 Pirates in 50 Days on The Sports Objective by talking to East Carolina's All-Time passing leader Shane Carden!

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The guys catch up with Chris Vannini of The Athletic and talk about the G5 conferences PLUS longtime BYU PxP Voice Greg Wrubell to talk about the Cougars as they enter year four of the Kalani Sitake Era.

East Carolina Football's 2020 Recruiting class is shaping up nicely and the Pirates' 16th commit is from one of nation's top signal-callers in Mason Garcia of Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach.

Garcia committed to Coach Mike Houston and staff late Friday afternoon so we caught up with his private quarterback coach Ramon Robinson on Saturday to discuss the highly-touted prospect.

Additionally, we have an extended chat with ECU Baseball letterwinner (1999-2000) and current Michigan Head Coach Erik Bakich.

Bakich, who has former teammate Nick Schnabel on his staff, talked about the Wolverines' run that nearly resulted in a CWS title, his mentor Keith LeClair, his friendship with ECU Head Coach Cliff Godwin and much more!

We will talk to East Carolina AD Jon Gilbert on Wednesday and our 50 Pirates 50 Days feature kicks off on Friday.

With college football season quickly approaching, we caught up with guru Phil Steele to get his thoughts on East Carolina, The American and MUCH More! 

Plus, Dave and Bubba talk about the two newest Pirates in the newest Pirates to the 2020 football class, some baseball news and more!  There are lots of great programming coming up on the Sports Objective.  We have the 50 Pirates In 50 Days. Starting July 12th, we talk to 50 former Pirate football players and coaches to help fill the void as we await football season.  The Sports Objective Watch Party will feature fomer Pirate Players watching along with Dave, Kyle, and Bubba to talk about classic ECU Football Games!

Get ready to sign up for the Sports Objective Pirate Cruise coming July 2020!  The cruise will be July 16-20 out of Charleston to the Bahamas.  Our travel agent, Dana Schrenk will start taking deposits in a couple of weeks!  We look forward to cruising with our fellow Pirates next year!

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With June coming to a close and football season quickly approaching, we caught up with friend of the show and ECU Football letter winner from the Pat Dye Era, Terry Gallaher.

Phil Steele and Jon Gilbert will be on the show later this week!

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East Carolina's Track & Field program has significantly benefitted from coaching longevity over the years! The Pirates have had just two head coaches in the last 55 years!

We catch up with Curt Kraft who will be entering his 16th season with the Pirates to talk about the season, the incoming recruiting class and much more!

In the sports media industry, one of the biggest pieces of news over the last few days is that multi Emmy Award-winning host Bob Ley is retiring from ESPN. We catch up with Sports Spectrum Podcast host and former ESPN senior producer to discuss the legendary Ley, Stuart Scott, Tony Dungy, Herm Edwards and more!

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