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Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Bonesville Pre-Game Podcast
• Game Day Weather

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Drops 2016 Home Opener To UCF, 3-1
• Pirates Fall To Cincinnati In Conference Opener, 2-0
• Gameday: ECU Returns Home To Host UCF
• Pirates Take The Floor For Their First Hoops Practice
• Cross Country Teams Set For Saturday’s Paul Short Run
• Eight Records Set At Annual Purple-Gold Meet

Greenville Daily Reflector

• GAMEDAY: Pirates home for AAC opener
• Nzege a trusted and trusting Pirate

ECU hopes for hot start in Conference Washington Daily News

Football: Pirates ready to right the ship New Bern Sun Journal

PREVIEW: ECU back at home, opening league play vs. Central Florida WCTI 12

Headed to Tampa? Where to tailgate with fellow Pirate fans WITN 7

East Carolina Baseball Officially Opens Fall Practice  WNCT 9

Fall Baseball Report: East Carolina d1baseball.com

Minnesota Vikings have a star in Linval Joseph, and a top defence crafted in his image The National

247 Sports

• Five Pirates who need a big game versus UCF
• Four keys to the game: East Carolina
• ECU unveils uniform combination for conference opener
• Maturing Corey Seargent responds to tough outing

UCF and ECU face off in Greenville Scout.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Women’s Soccer: Cincinnati Tops East Carolina
• Campus Connect: Navy Captains Wear No. 2 For The Season
• Navy Begins Quest To Win Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy Again
• American Fans: Part One
• Houston vs UConn In Pictures

UC-USF scouting report, prediction Cincinnati Enquirer

Four games in, Flowers not yet in full bloom Tampa Bay Times

Falcons, Mids sharing run of football success Annapolis Capital

With a key drive under his belt, Will Worth leads Navy football to Air Force Washington Post

Philly.com

• Temple’s Lowe to redshirt; Brown still undecided
• Folks up to speed with Temple’s defense
• SMU-Temple preview

New Orleans Advocate

• No passing fancy: Ground-focused Green Wave knows it needs to capitalize through the air, too
• Tulane/UMass gameday: Andrew DiRocco helps Tulane kick some bad habits, plus Guerry Smith’s four downs and more

Tiger defense flourishing with new coordinator Chris Ball Memphis Commercial Appeal

New-look TU basketball begins preseason practice Tulsa World

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Saturday morning blitz: Can UNC win in Tallahassee?
• At Florida State, UNC continues search for elusive brand-name victory
• Duke’s win at Notre Dame another little push toward ACC – DeCock
• UNC, NCAA will have procedural hearing on Oct. 28
• CIAA will keep basketball tournaments in Charlotte, but move other sports events over HB2

Fayetteville Observer

• Sammy Batten: Conference games kick off with serious ramifications
• NCAA sets Oct. 28 hearing date for UNC in academic case

Clemson-Louisville highlights trio of top 10 matchups Associated Press

Clemson ready for showdown with scorching-hot Louisville Charleston Post and Courier

Columbia The State

• Clemson a favorite site for ESPN pregame show College GameDay
• GameDay producer on Clemson’s sloppy body guy: ‘One of a kind’
• Dabo Swinney shares epic voice mail Steve Spurrier left him
• South Carolina defense making steady progress
• Texas A&M’s Midnight Yell Practice draws fans to SC State House