LuDawg's ECU vs Houston Game

Houston has 1 senior on the offensive line.

ECU has 3 legit NFL prospect seniors in Jay Ross, CJ Wilson, and Linval Joseph.  Keenum won't have much time to make decisions and will force some throws in bad weather.

The last time Houston played in cold, wintry weather? 

2008

....against a poor Thundering Herd team where the final score was

37-23

They lost.

since a lot of people bring up the 2008 game:

played Houston right after losing to NCST last year---in OT, coming after 2 wins against VaTech and WV.  that's 3 games against BCS opponents and came out flat against Houston and lost.

i would expect team remembers that and wants payback, bad.

Holtz call in show on now!

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Dec. 1, 2009

GREENVILLE, N.C - Ticket sales for Saturday's Conference USA Championship Game between No. 18 Houston and host East Carolina have gotten off to a brisk start as requests have surpassed the 29,000 mark through the first two full days of business.

While the Pirate Club priority deadline ended Tuesday at 5 p.m., members can still purchase tickets beginning Wednesday morning. However, all remaining reserved seat tickets are now available on a first-come, first-serve basis to the general public.

Wednesday is also the last day for students to retain priority on the student ticket block. Student tickets can be picked up at either Minges Coliseum Box Office or at the Mendenhall Student Center.

All tickets orders received Thursday or after can be picked up at the ECU Athletics Ticket Office or at Will-Call Saturday morning.

Tickets can be ordered online at www.ECUPirates.com, in-person at the ticket office or by phone at 1-800-342-5328 (DIAL-ECU). The ECU Athletics Ticket Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.

The Minges Coliseum Box Office will open at 8 a.m. Saturday with kickoff to follow at 12 noon.

Holtz just said on his call in show that the Pirates were going to "burn the boats".

So you may be asking how in the world do the "burning boats" come into this commentary?

In 1519, Capitan Hernando Cortes and a small army left Cuba and set out to conquer Central America. Cortes was going to accomplish his goals, no matter the consequences. The myth states that once Cortes' troops landed in what is now Mexico, he ordered the ships destroyed by fire.

In burning his ships, Cortes took away all options to retreat and, I am sure, got the full buy-in from his troops to make it a successful campaign. They had no choice. Either drown in the sea or conquer the new world.

Pirates will be so amped up for this one.

You're dumb if you think that every time a line goes up it's because of "SHARP MONEY" and that's the way to go.

Ever heard of a fishy line rookie? Not saying everyone fishy line will lose, but this one seems like they are dangling the bait.

The last 4 times houston has been a heavy Consensus favorite:

-14 vs. UTEP. LOSS

-6.5 vs. Southern Miss. Needed a TD with 30 seconds left to cover.

-1.5 vs. Tulsa. Miracle onside kick and 50 yard FG to win, but NOT cover.

-3.5 vs. UCF. Straight up loss and meltdown.

P.S. If you wanna make sure you get paid, if somehow you win, you may wanna switch to a reliable book. Your sportsbook is rated a D+ on a ratings site that you can easily find through google, but I can't post links.

Just a warning.

houston may have a tough matchup ahead of them

based off line i would take ecu

valid stuff Ludawg

From Bonesville.net
–  Coach watch takes a back seat for a week

From the Greenville Daily Reflector
-Keenum returns to Dowdy-Ficklen

From the Kinston Free Press
-Complete turnaround

ECU to face a tough challenge
Charlotte Observer

Houston-East Carolina Preview
SportingNews.com

From the Houston Chronicle
-UH eager to play C-USA title game in lions' den
-UH notebook- Coach Sumlin salutes the fans

Updated bowl game projections
SI.com

Houston-East Carolina Preview
SportingNews.com

Updated bowl game projections
SI.com

Houston-East Carolina Preview

Sorry for the superfluous links...some of them weren't taking.

The Houston football team is flying in today, but having to stay in New Bern, NC about 40 minutes away.  All of the hotel rooms in Greenville were booked up by Pirate fans.

Going to be a lot of back and forth for Houston before the kick Saturday.