The Sports Objective

The Pirate Preview for the gridiron this week is with the UCONN Huskies.  The Huskies are 1-9 overall and 0-6 in the AAC.  The Pirates are 2-7 overall and 0-6 in the conference.  Someone has to win a conference game.  The guys have Alex Putterman, beat writer for UCONN Football for the Hartford Courant.  He will gives us a preview of the Huskies.  We have a practice report from Hight Field.  Ivan Maisel from ESPN.com and the Campus Conversation podcast comes on to talk about the National Picture of College Football.  Like the Facebook Page.  Follow us on Twitter @TheSportsOBJ and Instagram @thesportsobjective!

It is game day for ECU Men's Basketball. The Pirates are on the road for the very first time against Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The guys talk ECU Hoops with former ECU great Neil Punt. They get a preview for Georgia Tech with Georgia Tech Play-by-Play Voice, Andy Demetra. Also, they get the ESPN3 Analyst, Nate Ross. Like the Facebook Page, Follow us on Twitter @TheSportsOBJ and Instagram @thesportsobjective.

The guys talk to Corey Gloor, Play-by-Play Voice for ECU Baseball.  They talk schedule, roster for 2019, and other sports topics.  Like the Facebook page.  Follow us on Twitter @TheSportsOBJ and Instagram @thesportsobjective

The guys were joined by Pat Dye Era wide guard…..uhhh wide receiver…Terry Gallaher as they took a look back at ECU's 24-18 loss at Tulane on Saturday evening.

The Pirates (2-7, 0-6) have now lost five straight and will host UCONN in the regular season finale' on Saturday night. The game will be broadcast at 7pm on CBS Sports Network.

Meanwhile, Pirate hoops is off to a 2-1 start after a thrilling 84-78 overtime victory over Lamar on Sunday evening.

The guys also caught up with former players DeVone "Biscuit" Claybrooks and "Big" Ed Watkins! Great hearing from these two Steve Logan Era Pirates!

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The month of November means football and basketball intersect in the College Sports World.  The guys preview the Men's Basketball Game with James Madison at Williams Arena on Friday Night.  Saturday, the football team plays Tulane in New Orleans.  For the JMU preview, we talk to Dave Thomas, the play-by-play voice of the James Madison Dukes.  We also talk to former ECU basketball player, Tony Parham.  We find out about his days in a purple and gold jersey.  Also, what is he doing now?  Todd Graffagnini is the play-by-play voice of the Tulane Green Wave.  We will get the scoop on Tulane and their 2018 campaign.  Terry Gallaher comes on the podcast to make a special announcement.  Plus, we have our weekly practice report.  Don't forget to like us on Facebook.  Follow us on Twitter @TheSportsOBJ and Instagram @thesportsobjective.

The college basketball season tips off today, November 6th, and we have our national preview to help get you ready!

Longtime ESPN analyst Jimmy Dykes, Michael DeCourcy of The Sporting News & B1G Network and Nate Ross--former D1 coach and current ESPN3 analyst--talk about what to expect in the 2018-19 season!

They also share their thoughts on ECU hiring Joe Dooley!

Throughout most of the season, it has been the ECU offense that has failed to deliver. However, against Memphis, it was the much-improved Pirate defense that turned in what was its worst performance of the season--at least statistically--as the Tigers rolled up 59 points and well over 600 yards--including more than 270 on the ground--on Saturday afternoon at a sparsely filled Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.

On Volume 67 of The Sports Objective, we discuss that, the larger picture of ECU football, the AD search, Pirate hoops and more with Stephen Igoe of HoistTheColours.net.

On Volume 66 of The Sports Objective, we are joined by former ECU wide receiver (1993-1997) Larry Shannon. Larry, who is now a high school coach in Venice, FL, had 101 career receptions and 21 touchdowns as one of the top targets of Marcus Crandell and Danny Gonzalez.

We take an in-depth look at the Memphis Tigers with Peter Edmiston of Memphis' WHBQ 87.7 FM while also hearing from many ECU coaches and players in this week's practice report.

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Since Joe Dooley's hiring in April, there has been excitement for ECU basketball unlike any in recent memory.

With the opener just a week away, we were at the recent media day at the Smith-Williams Center where we caught up with Coach Dooley, 2017-18 AAC Rookie of the Year Shawn Williams, senior guard Isaac Fleming and sophomore forward Dimitrije Spasojevic.

We also caught up with former Dooley Era post player Neil Punt, long time Pirate IMG Network color analyst Si Seymour and the head of the Minges Maniacs, Davis Searcy.

Throughout the year, we will continue to have in depth coverage of ECU Basketball .

Following a wild week of college football that saw 8 ranked teams fall, we were joined by ESPN3 color analyst Jay Sonnhalter to talk about the week that was, the ECU AD search and more!

ECU Hall-of-Fame tight end Luke Fisher and John Casazza, the starting quarterback of the 1970 ECU-Marshall game, joined us to talk about the many excellent memories they have of their time in the purple and gold!

We also caught up with ECU Head Women's Soccer Coach Jason Hamilton and Volleyball coach Julie Torbett.  

ECU women's soccer just finished the regular season at 10-5-2 and earned the #4 seed in this week's AAC Tourney.