The Sports Objective Podcast

We take a look back at the Pirates and Bulls.

An Eastern North Carolina product, Calvin Brown--who played for the Pirates from 1987 to 1990--was a standout for East Carolina and Hall of Fame coach Gary Overton. He ranks sixth all-time in career home runs (37), runs batted in (172) and putouts (1,176).

We're joined by USF's Men's Basketball TV PxP Jim Louk to preview the Pirates' Saturday game with the Bulls in Minges Coliseum.  We have comments from East Carolina's Interim Chancellor Dr. Ron Mitchelson and AD Jon Gilbert as ECU restarts it's Women's Swimming and Diving and Women's Tennis programs. 

Joe Dooley on the Pirates' Saturday game with USF.

We, of course, talked about Alabama vs Ohio State......but we talked college football from a variety of angles with a pair of former FBS head coaches with more than 75 years of experience!!

East Carolina fell at Tulane on Saturday afternoon.

Joe Dooley talks about the Pirates' current battle with COVID issues and what lies ahead.

While there is no game tonight between the Pirates and Shockers in Wichita, we had an excellent conversation with Mike Kennedy, Wichita State's PxP Voice of 40+ years, on Monday afternoon.   We talked hoops, baseball, the tragic 1970 plane crash with the Shocker football team and more!

Dave and Bubba talk a variety of college football topics with UMASS Hall of Fame running back and ESPN CFB Analyst Rene Ingoglia.

The guys are joined by Jay Sonnhalter as they reflect on the Pirates' 68-58 win over Tulane. Hear postgame comments from Head Coach Joe Dooley, Jayden Gardner and JJ Miles. 

Former Pirate tight end and ESPN+ analyst Jay Sonnhalter joined us to talk East Carolina Basketball and more!

The Pirates improved to 6-1 with a 73-64 home win over James Madison on Saturday afternoon. Four ECU players scored in double figures in the victory.  We have postgame comments from Head Coach Joe Dooley, sophomore guard Tristen Newton and sophomore forward Brandon Suggs.

UPDATE: Approximately an hour after we finished recording this show, the Sun Belt Conference announced that Saturday's title game between No. 9 Coastal Carolina and No. 17 Louisiana has been cancelled due to a positive test for the Chanticleers that led to contact tracing wiping out a position group. We also preview Saturday's East Carolina Basketball game against JMU with Dukes PxP Voice Dave Tho...

We recap the Pirates' 70-55 loss in The American opener at SMU (5-0), as we are joined by ECU Letterwinner Curley Young.  Curley helped guide the Pirates to the NCAA Tournament during his junior year in Greenville.  

We have a show full of East Carolina Football and Basketball info PLUS a roundtable with coaching carousel and bowl talk!

Following a tremendous Pirate career, Jake Verity is considered to be one of the top kickers in this year's class.

Joe Dooley talks about the Pirates' road trip to Dallas to open league play against SMU.

The Pirates rally to improve to 5-0. We talk about the victory over the Ospreys and the larger scope of East Carolina Basketball with letterwinners Neil Punt and Tony Parham.

Brandon Suggs had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in the win over North Florida.

Jayden Gardner talks about his 25th career double-double after finishing with 20 points and 12 rebounds.

Head Coach Joe Dooley talks about East Carolina's win over North Florida.

Longtime Virginia Tech staffer Rickey Bustle talks about Shane Beamer getting the South Carolina job PLUS we have an excellent conversation with North Florida HC Matt Driscoll as the Ospreys are headed to Greenville on Thursday.

East Carolina wins a wild one against UNCW. JJ Miles scored 22 points to lead four Pirates in double figures. We have team and individual stats PLUS postgame audio with Head Coach Joe Dooley, Jayden Gardner and JJ Miles.

JJ Miles led the Pirates with 22 points and knocked down 6 of his 7 three-point attempts.

Despite battling first half foul trouble and a solid defensive effort by UNCW, Jayden Gardner mustered his 24th career double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds.