East Carolina Takes on the University of Alabama-Birmingham

The ECU Pirates Take On The UAB Blazers

The East Carolina Pirates have lost twenty starters this season to suspensions and injuries. The team that started out the season 3-0 and ranked #15 in the country has been decimated and is not the same team now on the field.

Head football coach Skip Holtz on so many injuries this season:

"I've never really seen anything like this before. In the last two years we lost one or two starters once the season began. This year we lost Dominique Lindsay and Brandon Setzer before the season started and we've lost starters in the off-season before. But when you look at the injuries that we've suffered during this season, I don't know if I've ever been through anything quite like this one. But I'm not complaining about it and I'm not trying to wave a white flag. This is what we have and the hand we're dealt." - Coach Skip Holtz

Yes, injuries are a part of football. But twenty starters going down is ridiculous. However, if the Pirates win today, they'll win the East division and play in the CUSA championship game.

GO PIRATES!