Pirates to host UCF in Conference USA play
Skip Holtz hopes that the playing time some ECU reserves got early this season will start to pay big dividends as the battered and bruised Pirates take on the University of Central Florida in Greenville Saturday.
From the first game of the year, Holtz has tried to shuffle players onto the field to give them some experience, even against nationally ranked opponents. Against Virginia Tech, he played 10 defensive linemen, all nine linebackers that made the trip and three quarterbacks. In five games, 40 Pirates have seen action on defense, and 39 of them in two games or more.
“Some guys have had the opportunity to step up there because of injuries,” Holtz said at a press conference Monday. “We come out of the Houston game with some knicks and knacks and that’s why we’ve talked so much about creating depth on this football team.
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