The Sports Objective Podcast

We check in with our Sutton Young about 20 minutes before kickoff as the Pirates host No. 13 UCF.

We talked with the Voice of the Hokies about Saturday's visit from NC State.

As the Pirates are ready to set sail against No. 13 UCF, we breakdown the match-up against the talented the Knights with Jason Beede of Knights247. Then, we get the East Carolina angle from letterwinner and longtime radio color analyst Kevin Monroe.

Bubba and guest co-host Jay Sonnhalter caught up with longtime Tennessee Vols PxP Voice Bob Kesling to discuss #16 Tennessee's season opener at South Carolina, the SEC, his mentor John Ward and Tennessee great Pat Summitt.

Jon Gilbert met with the media via Zoom prior to Coach Houston's post-practice briefing on Thursday.

Jackson State has been in the news for several days now.....first with rumors ......THEN Monday's hiring of sports icon Deion Sanders. We talk to Rashad Milligan who was at Prime's opening press conference. Then, we talk Mississippi State starting the Mike Leach Era on Saturday in Baton Rouge against No. 6 LSU.

We talk Pirate Football with letterwinner Jay Sonnhalter THEN in our second half hour we are joined by Eric Ward of ECU Sports Marketing to talk about the challenges presented by the 2020 season--specifically in North Carolina.

Donnie Kirkpatrick talks about the ECU offensive depth chart and the challenges presented by No. 13 UCF.

First-year East Carolina Defensive Coordinator Blake Harrell talks about many of the position battles on his unit PLUS the immense challenge awaiting the Pirates on Saturday's as No. 13 UCF boasts one of the nation's premier offenses.

Mike Houston met with the media on Tuesday prior to East Carolina's season opener against UCF on Saturday. Kickoff is slated for Noon on ESPN+.

The guys reflect on Week 3 of College Football. D'Eriq King and Miami picked up a huge road win at Louisville as the Canes hung 47 on the Cardinals while NC State won a shootout over Wake Forest in Raleigh. No. 23 App State fell at Marshall while No. 19 Louisiana escaped Georgia State with an OT win in Atlanta. Navy rallied from a 24-point halftime deficit in New Orleans. We talk about all that an...

On Week 3 of The Inside Slant, we catch up with David Scott of The Charlotte Observer, Jeff Allen of The Knightline Sports Network, Ryan Token of The Golden Hurricast, Keith Morehouse of WSAZ-TV in Huntington and more!

We talk East Carolina Football and more!

Mike Houston met with the media via Zoom for the final time prior to his game week Zoom on Tuesday as the Pirates prep for UCF.

Antwon Jackson, who joined Joe Dooley's staff in early July, made his debut on the show as we talked Pirate hoops from a variety of angles.

We talk a variety of college basketball topics with Mike DeCourcy of The Sporting News before we talk football and hoops with Al Myatt of Bonesville.net.

Mike Houston met with the media via Zoom after Tuesday's practice as the Pirates prepare for UCF on September 26th.

The guys take a look back at Week Two of College Football, which featured the Sun Belt going 3-0 against the Big 12.

Our second edition of THE INSIDE SLANT features: *Cameron Teague-Robinson of The Louisville Courier Journal on the Cards & WKU! *Jesse Newell of the Kansas City Star on the Jayhawks' opener with Coastal Carolina *Andrew Allegretta, PxP Voice of Tulane, on the Green Wave at South Alabama *Will Vandervort of The Clemson Insider on the Tigers' opener at Wake Forest *Adam Witten, PxP Voice of App Stat...

Mike Houston talks about the Pirates' third scrimmage of fall camp.

Mike Houston met with the media via Zoom ahead of Friday's third scrimmage of camp.

First Down Pirates has been a tradition at East Carolina Football games for nearly 30 years. We catch up with a long time member of the chain gang, Johnny Davis! Chuck Young of SPORTworks Ministry has been at ECU for 22 years as he cared for the spiritual needs of Pirate Athletes. We talk about his decision to pursue God's calling in Kansas. Lastly, we will hear from Jason Bailey of To The Top Tal...

East Carolina Head Coach Mike Houston addressed the media after today's practice.

Bubba and Kyle take a look back at Week One of College Football.

We were joined by beat writers, play by play voices and more as we talk about Week 1 of College Football!