ECU Travels To South Carolina For Weekend Tilt…ECU distancing from Wolfpack win …Adams helps prepare for Gamecocks…Freedom’s Williams verbally commits to ECU for basketball…Houston Pulls Away From Cincinnati, 40-16

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: Pirates handle the heat Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Travels To South Carolina For Weekend Tilt
• Cross Country Readies For Adidas Challenge In Cary
• Pirate Tennis Hosts ECU Fall Shootout This Weekend
• Gameday: East Carolina Volleyball Closes Nonconference Slate At Georgia State
• Women’s Basketball Hosts Meals With Macy October 4
• Jake Pierce Elected To The American SAAC

ECU distancing from Wolfpack win  Greenville Daily Reflector

Adams helps prepare for Gamecocks Washington Daily News

Football: Turner emerges in Gamecocks’ backfield New Bern Sun Journal

Gameday Guide: USC-ECU TV info, depth chart, clear bag policy, more Columbia The State

Freedom’s Williams verbally commits to ECU for basketball Morganton News Herald

• Columbia homecoming arrives for Deke Adams
• Ten Gamecocks to Watch vs. ECU
• Ten Pirates to watch vs. South Carolina
• SEC Network broadcast crew for USC vs. ECU
• Locked on the Gamecocks Podcast, Episode 12
• Examining Virginia Tech’s Chances against their 2016 Schedule

ECU Launches Fireworks Ahead of this Saturday Night’s Game in Columbia Rivals.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Houston Pulls Away From Cincinnati, 40-16
• Houston’s Tyler McCloskey
• Hype Video: No. 6 Houston vs Cincinnati

Houston Chronicle

• No. 6 UH shrugs off early mishaps, blows out Cincinnati
• Boundless against Cincinnati, UH’s Greg Ward expected to be limited in practice

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Houston rallies past UC, runs away with 40-16 win
• Bearcats fall to No.6 Houston
• Big 12 implications of UC-Houston? Who Knows?

Ward’s TDs rally No. 6 Houston to 40-16 win over Cincinnati Associated Press

Huge 4th quarter run helps Houston beat Cincinnati to open AAC play College Football Talk – NBC Sports

Houston survives sloppiness, Cincinnati to keep playoff hopes alive ESPN.com

College Football News

• Houston 40, Cincinnati 16: 5 Things That Matter
• Navy vs. Tulane Game Preview & Fearless Prediction    
• Virginia vs. Connecticut Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• Maryland vs. UCF Game Preview & Fearless Prediction    
• Kansas vs. Memphis Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• Penn State vs. Temple Game Preview & Fearless Prediction    
• USF vs. Syracuse Game Preview & Fearless Prediction

Tampa Bay Times

• Houston pulls away in fourth quarter, routs Cincinnati
• Syracuse game marked turning point for USF, Quinton Flowers

Annapolis Capital

• Navy’s Worth makes grade in first QB start
• Week 2 AAC football power rankings: Navy stays at No. 3 after gutsy goal-line stand

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF coaches, players eye adding a men’s track team
• Scott Frost said UCF QB Justin Holman looks ‘pretty good’

Hartford Courant

• Ward, Defense Lift No. 6 Houston Past Cincinnati
• UConn Football Insider: Poindexter Was Entrenched In Virginia, But He Couldn’t Pass Up Diaco

Tulane’s defense looks to disrupt powerful Navy running game New Orleans Advocate

Top 5 Navy players to watch vs. Tulane New Orleans Times Picayune

Rhule keeps focus on this Penn State game Philly.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Will the Memphis running game get on track vs. Kansas?
• Depth a strength for Memphis’ defensive line

Dallas Morning News

• When the Big 12 should announce expansion picks; if conference doesn’t add schools it’ll be a PR mess 
• Are there any schools that can knock off front runners Houston, Cincinnati in Big 12 expansion?
• SMU’s Chad Morris gives free rides to class, encourages students to attend home opener

TU Sports: QB Dane Evans selected to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• USC’s Jacob August the ‘brains of our operation’ at tight end
• South Carolina home games double as showcase for recruiting
• Former USC football players get edge in business but must perform
• USC completes sign restoration at Williams-Brice Stadium
• Gameday Guide: Clemson vs. SC State TV details, key players, more
• Deon Cain back with Clemson as a better person

Pity the Heels and Dookies, who have lost home NCAA tourney games  Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC could face more challenging postseason path because of HB2
• With ACC football schedule vote imminent, one option better for all
• McCrory blames politics for HB2 fallout that cost the state big NCAA and ACC games
• Wolfpack brings the noise meter to Reynolds museum

Tre Boston pays CFB-bet debt to Thomas Davis in Georgia attire NFL.com

ACC football this week  Fayetteville Observer

Hurricanes visit the snug home of Appalachian State — the giant-slayers Miami Herald

Why Power Five Miami is playing at Appalachian State USA Today

Excitement in Boone and on ASU campus about Miami match-up WBTV 3

Clemson hasn’t stumbled vs. FCS foes, who benefit financially for their troubles  Charleston Post and Courier

For Dave Doeren, we present a guide to the appropriate use of apology doughnuts SB Nation

College Football News

• NC State vs. Old Dominion Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• North Carolina vs. James Madison Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• ACC Week 3 Game Previews & Picks