Article: EAST CAROLINA SATISFIED WITH ITS 3-1 SEPTEMBER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO QUARTERS AGAINST VA. TECH, IT'S BEEN A GOOD START FOR PIRATES.(SPORTS)

September has ended early at East Carolina. With an open date this week, the Pirates can call it a month.

And, at 3-1, not a bad one.

``We've played 16 quarters of football,'' coach Steve Logan said. ``Two of them were not very pretty. Fourteen of them were pretty solid.''

Unfortunately, those two quarters - the disastrous 31-0 first half of a 45-28 loss to Virginia Tech - formed a national first impression will take time to overcome. Invited into the nation's living rooms on a Thursday night, the Pirates spilled punch on the carpet and knocked over Mom's favorite vase.

The bumbling, not-ready-for-prime-time display was ...

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