GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Preparations are well underway at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium for East Carolina University’s first home football game ... upper 80s at kickoff, ECU athletics officials ...

Game week is here for East Carolina's football team ... how it shakes out. ECU and 13th-ranked NC State will open its season on Saturday at 12 noon ET inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.