Zay Jones Named Candidate For Senior CLASS Award…Baseball Garners Top-25 National Recruiting Ranking By Baseball America..Tyson to ease into point guard role….Disruptions continue for ECU, PCC, schools…

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• View from the East: ECU adjustments include mini-camp
• Friday Flashback: Davis delivers record-setting day versus Navy

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Volleyball Trips Tulane 3-1 For First-Ever Victory In New Orleans
• Zay Jones Named Candidate For Senior CLASS Award
• Baseball Garners Top-25 National Recruiting Ranking By Baseball America

Tyson to ease into point guard role Washington Daily News

247 Sports

• Radio Recap: Former ECU DL Coach Marc Yellock joins the show
• Kansas commit lining up long-awaited East Carolina visit
• Zay Jones elevating draft stock

Weaver lands East Carolina job USA Today HSS

College Football Bottom 25 rankings: Impressive falls for Rutgers and Marshall CBS Sports

Group of 5 notes: Father-son at Middle Tennessee, Memphis ends drought  todaysu.com

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Officials tour devastation; federal disaster declared (VIDEO)
• An aerial look: Riverwalk, Dockside, Wyndham Circle inundated (VIDEO)
• Update: Disruptions continue for ECU, PCC, schools
• Sightseers flock to Town Common to check out river
• Evacuees wait out the flood in Greenville

Hurricane Matthew Flooding photos from The East Carolinian

• Hurricane Matthew Flooding-North of Tar River
• Hurricane Matthew Flooding-Riverwalk Apartments
• Hurricane Matthew Flooding-Grid Neighborhood

National Guard, Greenville police patrol flooded neighborhoods WNCT 9

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Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Tulsa Football Makes Great Strides Under Head Coach Philip Montgomery
• UConn’s Noel Thomas
• Women’s Soccer: RV SMU Tops East Carolina in Raleigh

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane hosts Memphis with eye on signature win
• Memphis/Tulane gameday: Steady improvement — not other teams’ results — has Green Wave’s confidence up heading into Friday night showdown

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane coach Willie Fritz believes team will need ‘complete game’ to defeat Memphis
• Tulane prepares for potent Memphis special teams; former Tulane assistant returns; more notes
• Tulane basketball team hoping versatility, small lineups can make up for lack of size

Calkins: Tony Pollard a special player for Memphis Memphis Commercial Appeal

The Houston Cougars are not dead in the College Football Playoff race  thecomeback.com

Buyouts higher for UC in new Tuberville deal Cincinnati Enquirer

Taggert: USF’s practices much better this week Tampa Bay Times

Hartford Courant

• UConn Football Insider: Arkeel Newsome Knows He Must Be On Field To Get Ball
• UConn First night – Basketball

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF looking for ‘Wide Receiver U’ resurgence against Temple
• Scott Frost eager for UCF football to have strong homecoming game

Temple and Central Florida like looking in the mirror philly.com

Dallas News

• Why Chad Morris, SMU have made social media such a central aspect of their recruiting 
• Worst of the worst: SMU makes debut in CBS Sports’ Bottom 25 rankings 

Check out an exclusive clip from ESPN’s ‘Phi Slama Jama’ film Houston Chronicle

This week in Tulsa football: Biggest issues addressed Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Dayes picks up where he left off for Wolfpack
• Cutcliffe: Duke ‘could use 14’ players trying to stop Louisville

Virginia Tech’s experiences at Syracuse are few and far between, but Carrier Dome memories linger Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• USC defense half good, half bad at halfway point of season
• Clemson is showing signs of being a ‘three-headed monster’

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

• Nats’ season ends with bad decisions in NLDS Game 5 loss
• Kershaw gets save, LA
• Indians, Jays meet in ALCS after ‘quirky’ games in season
• Rivers, Chargers, ease some pain by beating Broncos 21-13
• 5 Things for Week 7: Heisman shot for Dobbs; Kelly needs win
• QB Cam Newton a full participant in practice for Panthers

Washington Post

• For Dusty Baker, prayers go unanswered as Nats fall short again
• Nationals fall to Dodgers, 4-3, in decisive Game 5
• For Nationals and their fans, a long road to a familiar pain
• Once again, Nats head out into an offseason of doubt
• At Nationals Park, the ghosts arrive early in October
• After another concussion, Redskins’ concern for Jordan Reed goes beyond this week
• Norman aiming to play on Sunday
• Key matchups in Redskins-Eagles

Panthers know time for turnaround is now Winston Salem Journal

Charlotte Observer

• Panthers’ Cam Newton isn’t talking, but his actions say he’ll be ready to play vs. Saints
• Charlotte Hornets’ Roy Hibbert proving he’s more than a rim protector

Raleigh News and Observer

• Canes blow lead in third period, fall to Jets 5-4 in OT 
• Hurricanes hand out four A’s, no C
• It’s a new season, look for Canes