The East Carolina University defense has been much-improved this year as opposed to last season, but the Pirate defense was shredded in a 49-6 loss against Temple University last weekend.
Defensive Coordinator David Blackwell, the architect of the defensive turnaround this season, was fired up and angered by the performance against Temple. He expects his players to feel the same.
"Absolutely, they better be mad, because I'm mad as hell," Blackwell said. "They better have seen it all week, because that's not the expectation. Ten out of 17 on third down? The amount of yards and points we gave up?