For those of you who didn’t get enough fun from the East Carolina 26-21 win over NC State in last year’s Military Bowl …The Pirates are hoping for it to be a momentum builder coming off a great second half of the season, closing out 5-1, highlighted by that win over the Wolfpack. Head coach Blake Harrell was terrific after taking over midway through the season, and if his team can make it two in a row, it’ll almost certainly be a 3-0 start before dealing with a rough run of BYU, Army, and Tulane.NC State has a better team returning than the one that sputtered late last year. With the ACC season starting next, and with a brutal second half of the campaign lurking, there’s no room for a season-opening misfire.
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