Web Roundup for Saturday, Oct 1, 2016

ECU hopes for hot start in Conference…Pirates ready to right the ship …Pirates Take The Floor For Their First Hoops Practice…East Carolina Baseball Officially Opens Fall Practice…

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