Pirates Continue Prep Work For Second Scrimmage
August 17, 2006 | Football
Aug. 17, 2006
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The Pirates continued preparations for their second intra-squad scrimmage of preseason camp with a three-hour practice in full pads Thursday at the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.
After a light fine-tuning session Friday afternoon, East Carolina will head over to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Saturday afternoon to engage in perhaps its most important internal test of the young season which will determine the preseason depth chart heading into game-plan mode for the season opener against Navy.
"I think that the excitement and the energy of the newness of camp has finally worn off," head coach Skip Holtz said. "Today we came out flat and did not have that zip we had earlier in the week. Today we wanted to have a lot of team sessions due to some players out with injuries."
The Pirates opened their workout with special teams drills and reviewed their option scheme before spending the remainder of the practice conducting scrimmage-like, team-on-team ball movement, which somewhat mirrored Wednesday's efforts. ECU capped off the session with its traditional goal line situational work.
"We had to cut the team portion of practice early and decided to work on goal line situations in hopes of firing up some of the guys," Holtz added. "I think that last session really woke some people up. Now we will go and look at the tape from today's practice and see who got better."
Only 15 days remain before East Carolina's opener against the Midshipmen in Annapolis, Md.
NOTES: Senior offensive tackle Eric Graham (back), freshman offensive lineman Andrew Farr (ankle), junior receiver Derehl Staton (ankle) and senior receiver Bobby Good (leg) sat out Thursday's practice with injuries ... On the other hand, ECU welcomed back senior safety Jamar Flournoy (leg) and sophomore offensive lineman Paul Walsh after the pair had missed recent workouts .. The Pirates will take just its second day off Sunday after the scrimmage before conducting its final two-a-day schedule of camp Monday morning and afternoon ... The ECU Athletics Ticket Office announced that individual game tickets for all six home contests are now on sale ... Ticket prices for Conference USA matchups against Memphis, Tulsa, SMU and Marshall have been set at $30 each while the cost for the West Virginia and Virginia games have been established at $40 per ticket ... Saturday's scrimmage will be followed by the 12th Annual Meet The Pirates Night, ECU's preseason football fanfest, which will begin at 6:00 p.m. (dinner) and 7:00 p.m. (fan session, autographs) at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium ... Friday's Practice Time: 3:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Season Opener: Sept. 2 vs. Navy (5:30 p.m.)
