The Sports Objective

The 8th ranked Pirates head West to play #1 UCLA!

We catch up with ECU Head Coach Cliff Godwin's Pirate teammate and Greenville native Bryant Ward. Ward is now an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at UCLA.

We also talk to ECU linebacker from the mid-90s, Mark Libiano! Mark has lived in the greater LA area for 20+ years and will be attending the series this weekend!

The 11th ranked Pirates improved to 24-7 overall and 8-1 in The American after their series win at Houston.

Learfield IMG College's ECU PxP man Corey Gloors joins us to talk about taking two of three from the Coogs PLUS a look ahead to UNCW & #1 UCLA.

Make plans to come out to Professor O'Cools on Saturday afternoon from 5-7pm following the Purple-Gold game to The Sports Objective Podcast's Spring Game After Party to hear Marcus Crandell and other players!!

Former East Carolina running back Brandon Simmons from the Skip Holtz Era ('06-'08) joins us to talk Pirate Football to start off the show.

Plus, we're joined by our buddy Sam Razz from the Scott & Holman Pawdcast to preview this weekend's ECU-Houston series taking place out in the Lonestar State. We also talk Kelvin Sampson's contract extension and how things are going under Dana Holgerson with UH Spring Practice.

Don't forget to come out to Professor O'Cools from 5-7pm after April 13th's 36th Annual Purple-Gold Spring Game! We will have the likes of Greg Grandison and Marc Washington from the Peach Bowl team, Marcus Crandell from the mid-90s, Kevin Walker of the '83 team and more on hand as we talk Pirate Football past and present

Since losing at Duke, 7-2, on March 12th, No. 11 East Carolina (21-6, 6-0) has reeled off nine straight wins. The Pirates get another shot at the Blue Devils when they visit Clark-LeClair Stadium on Wednesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

To get you up to speed on Chris Pollard's club, we're joined by the 7th year play-by-play voice of Duke Baseball Chris Edwards.

We also have a roundtable on various topics including ECU Basketball recruiting and a pair of recent commits in Bitumba Baruti and JJ Miles!

Make plans to be at Professor O'Cools on Saturday, April 13th, as The Sports Objective Podcast team will be hosting The Purple-Gold Spring Game After Party from 5-7pm. The event will feature former players and others associated with Pirate Football! The likes of Marcus Crandell, Chris Moore, KK Walker and Terry Gallaher will be on hand!

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Huge week for Pirate Baseball as the Pirates went 3-0 with a sweep of the USF Bulls.  It's the first time the Pirates ever won a series against South Florida.  We look back at the series that was.  Then, we preview the upcoming with a Mid-week game home against Duke, and on the road at Houston.

In fact, the Pirates will have an eight game road trip starting with Houston.  This is a critical period of the season for the Pirates.  The guys talk to ECU Baseball PXP Voice, Corey Gloor.  

We even play the usual movie game with lines from famous movies or songs.

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Mike Aresco joined us to discuss the new TV deal PLUS our buddy Terry Gallaher is riding along with us to discuss a variety of topics on the latest roundtable!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the weekend of April 13th, as the 36th Annual Purple-Gold Pigskin Pigout Party will take place with the spring game starting at 1:30. Pirate Fest will also be taking place that weekend in Uptown Greenville.

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We're joined by longtime Pirate Radio personality and ECU Basketball and Football PA announcer Morgan Ahlers!

ESPN3 color analyst Nate Ross joins us to talk ECU hoops, March Madness and more!

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Corey Gloor, the fourth-year play-by-play voice of ECU Baseball on the Learfield IMG College Network, joins the show for his weekly visit to take a look back on the Pirates' sweep of UCF at Clark-LeClair Stadium to open AAC play and what's on the slate over the next couple weeks.

ECU (18-6, 3-0)is ranked anywhere from 13th to 18th in this week's six college baseball polls and will travel to USF this weekend after having the mid-week off.

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Highlighting this episode is our One on One interview with East Carolina Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert!

Plus, the 14th ranked Pirates open league play with the UCF Knights (14-6). We talk to Brian Murphy of SBNation's Black and Gold Banneret and Orlando Sentinel to get the lowdown on Greg Lovelady's club!

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With March Madness here, we caught up with ECU Basketball alum TJ Long. After being a three-sport athlete at Elizabeth City's Northeastern HS, TJ walked on to the Pirates and was part of the last team that made the Big Dance, as ECU won the 1993 CAA Tournament with a thrilling three-day run in Richmond, VA that was capped off with a 54-49 win over Lefty Driesell and the James Madison Dukes!

We reminisce on that season PLUS talk about a host of other East Carolina topics!

GO PIRATES!

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