East Carolina director of athletics grounds Joey Perry is one of the best in the business, but he's got his work cut out for him in the coming weeks.

Following the Carolina Kickoff concert inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium over the weekend - which featured performances from Kid Rock and Eric Church - Bagwell Field is in a bit of rough shape.

The end zone where the stage was set up looks like it will have to re-sodded, while Perry and Co. hope the other areas of the field will green up with more sunlight.

The Pirates open the season Sept. 3 at 6 p.m. inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium against Western Carolina, so ECU has 12 days to make it work. As Perry indicated in past interviews, the grounds crew was well-prepared for the worst-case scenario heading into the concert, so the feeling is things will be just fine come game day.