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The Pirates also return a dangerous offensive threat in junior receiver Dwayne Harris. In last year’s game, Harris put up 142 all-purpose yards and seems to have improved this season.
Through eight games, Harris leads ECU with 521 receiving yards and 628 kick return yards. In total, Harris has three receiving touchdowns, two kickoff returns for touchdowns and four rushing touchdowns.
To compliment the solid air attack, the Pirates hold a running back stable of their own that combines to average 149.4 rushing yards per game and has 17 touchdowns on the season. Expect the Pirates to set up the play-action pass by establishing a running game early on.
Just like Tech, the Pirates field two solid units on offense and defense, but they also feature an excellent punter in Matt Dodge, who averages 45.3 yards per punt and has 13 kicks of 50 yards or more. Just like many Tech games, this one may come down to special teams and field position.
The Hokies will not be taking this game lightly, though, and Beamer has stressed to his team just how good the Pirates are and what remains to be accomplished this season.
“I think we fully understand that we’ve got a major task at hand,” Beamer said. “We’re going into a situation where they’re going to be fired up and you know that, you know what you’re getting into, but I also think we’re a good football team. I think we’ve got good people, and we’re a good football team, and we’ve just got to play consistently throughout the game.”
“I can’t even begin to tell you how much the coaches are stressing the sense of urgency amongst the players,” Carmichael said. “But it’s more of an attitude trying to get us to do it for each other. Coach Foster stresses playing for your brother, playing for your teammate, and I feel like that’s what’s important now, because the national championship, the talk is done. Put it on us. We can make the rest of the season out to be whatever we want it to be. That’s the mindset we have right now.”
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The offensive line misplaced their skill about 4 years ago and haven't seen it since then. The entire team seemed to have forgotten their pride at home last week before the UNC game. Hopefully the offensive line found their skill, and the rest of the team remembers to bring their pride on the trip to ECU.
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exponentially uglier. he looks like he fell out of a hobo's butt.
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