Dominique Lindsay News

Published: Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. GREENVILLE Saturday night in Atlanta, Alabama and Florida played a college football game of great significance that was followed by a celebration of epic proportions.

Like an old-time preacher at a country revival, Skip Holtz summoned the masses down front.

Scotty Robinson can't do anything around East Carolina's campus without hearing people weigh in on Saturday's matchup with No.

East Carolina's current run at an unprecedented second straight Conference USA championship didn't begin with fall practice, spring practice or even the end of last season.

Two weeks ago, Houston needed help just to reach the Conference USA championship game.

East Carolina hosts No. 18 Houston this weekend in the Conference USA championship game, which will mark another step forward for Skip Holtz's program in Greenville.

The stakes are as simple as they are high: Win two more games, and East Carolina makes history.

The Southern Miss football team delivered a must-win over Tulsa on Saturday, and now must prepare for another do-or-die situation if they are to compete for a Conference USA title.

When East Carolina lines up for its biggest game of the season Saturday against Southern Miss, the Pirates will do so with a suddenly burgeoning offense.

Skip Holtz got what he considered the best performance he'd ever seen out of the ECU offense, then watched as his defense rose to the same level of excellence.

If, as East Carolina coach Skip Holtz preaches, the final weeks of the regular season amount to a single-elimination tournament, then the semifinals are here.

The remarkable thing about Dominique Lindsay's season isn't how close he is to rushing past the 1,000-yard mark.

Patrick Pinkney threw for 275 yards and a pair of touchdowns, as the Pirates routed Tulsa, 44-17, in a rematch of last year's C-USA championship game.

The most dangerous aspect of East Carolina's aggressive nonconference football scheduling always has been the potential for a letdown.

The Golden Hurricane was not prepared for Sunday's game against East Carolina and players and coach Todd Graham admitted it in the post-game conference.

Dominique Lindsay ran for a career-high 172 yards, Darryl Freeney had a career-best 152 yards receiving and East Carolina maintained its lead in Conference USA's East Division with a 44-17 victory over Tulsa on Sunday night.

In the late-night aftermath of East Carolina's 16-3 loss to Virginia Tech last Thursday, Van Eskridge and Dominique Lindsay arose in the locker room and delivered a message to their teammates.

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Tyrod Taylor rushed for a touchdown and threw for 137 yards, as the 22nd-ranked Virginia Tech Hokies beat the East Carolina Pirates, 16-3, in a non-conference matchup at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.