Essentials WHAT #2 Michigan (0-0) vs East Carolina (0-0) WHERE Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI WHEN 12:00 Eastern THE LINE M –36.0 (Vegas) M -41.0 (Bill C) TELEVISION Peacock TICKETS From $76. WEATHER partly cloudy 11 mph wind 84 degrees Overview The long and winding path to eternal college football glory for Michigan's 2023 season begins tomorrow with one of three non-conference tune-ups. First up on the schedule are the East Carolina Pirates, the first ever meeting between ECU and the Wolverines. The Pirates hail from the American Athletic Conference and are coming off a solid 8-5 campaign, albeit one that failed to meet the lofty expectations the program had going into the year. Now comes the projected fall, as the Pirates sustained heavy losses on both sides of the football in the offseason: Bill Connelly ranked ECU 130th out of 133 teams in returning production back in February, and that was before they sustained further losses via the portal post-spring. This team
Previously: Quarterback, Running Back Part III of our series is unveiled today, covering the receivers for the teams on Michigan Football's 2023 schedule. As it did last year, this piece covers both wide receivers and tight ends, though it does not cover receiving running backs who catch passes (that was discussed last time). Maybe some day in the future when positionless football fully takes over we'll have to amend the format for the piece, but for now, this is what we're running with. So here we go, counting down receiver rooms from 12 to 1: 12. East Carolina As they are at QB and RB, ECU is rebuilding at the receiver position this upcoming season after losing their top three passcatchers from 2022. It will be up to the returners who spent last year low on the depth chart, as well as the P5 transfers that ECU brought in, to pick up the slack. In the returner category is deep threat Jsi Hatfield, who dealt with injuries last season and caught only eleven passes.
East Carolina University football (6-4, 3-3) had its win streak snapped by the University of Cincinnati (8-2, 5-1) in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov. 11 by a score of 27-25 to