Pirates look to get on track at Cincinnati …ECU baseball team surprises youngster with Disney wish…3 Losses Too Late: Gunner Kiel To Start at QB for #BlackOutHomecoming vs. ECU…Temple Rallies Past USF 46-30 To Take Command In The East…AAC looks for new TV deals…Louisville to wear glow-in-the-dark gloves and cleats against N.C. State

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Bonesville Pre-Game Podcast
• Game Day Weather

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Returns To Conference Play At Cincinnati
• Temple Holds Off East Carolina’s Rally In Four Sets
• Baseball And Make A Wish Team Up For Wish Reveal
• WWE Live Holiday Tour To Invade Minges Coliseum

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates help grant fan’s wish
• GAMEDAY: Christian Matau Q&A
• GAMEDAY: Slumping ECU faces Bearcats
• Back in the Day: Pirates give homecoming crowd reason to cheer

Pirates look to get on track at Cincinnati New Bern Sun Journal

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Five Big Conference Games Highlight Saturday’s Schedule
• Temple Rallies Past USF 46-30 To Take Command In The East
• American Football: Funniest Coach Stories

The Associated Press

• Armstead, Temple run over USF 46-30 to take 1st in AAC East
• UCF faces UConn in what may or may not be a rivalry game

Philly.com

• Temple upsets South Florida with dominating run game
• AAC looks for new TV deals

AAC commissioner Mike Aresco: Conference realignment is ‘the business of college sports today’ PennLive.com

Taggart unhappy after USF falls hard in AAC game at Temple Tampa Bay Times

Ranking AAC games for Week 8: It’s time for championship-caliber football todaysu.com

Annapolis Capital

• Memphis comes to Annapolis looking for revenge on Navy
• Navy-Memphis football game breakdown

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Three keys: Memphis, Navy battle for AAC lead
• Can Tubby bring back the buzz to Memphis basketball

Hartford Courant

• UConn Hosts UCF, Two Teams Who Say They Are Better Than Their Mediocre Records
• Capsule Look: Central Florida (3-3) vs. UConn (3-4)

UConn looking to improve on defending running quarterbacks New Haven Register

UCF, UConn ‘Conflict’ results are no joke for Knights Orlando Sentinel

Football preview: No. 11 Houston at SMU Houston Chronicle

Season-changing win? No, beating Houston would do more than that for Chad Morris-led SMU Dallas News

Tulane at Tulsa: Hurricane hopes homecoming will cure its Houston hangover Tulsa World

‘Toughness’ is Willie Fritz’s word of the week as Tulane treks to Tulsa New Orleans Times Picayune

See videos, info UC used in Big 12 pitch Cincinnati Enquirer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Sammy Batten: Midseason superlatives for in-state major-college football teams Fayetteville Observer

The weekend that saved football season in the Triangle WRAL Sportsfan

Raleigh News and Observer

• Saturday morning blitz: NC State, UNC, ECU playing notable games
• Love, trust fuel NC State’s improvement on defense
• UNC, Duke deal with injury problems
• Dennis Smith Jr. dazzles in NC State’s Primetime with the Pack scrimmage
• UNC’s Theo Pinson out indefinitely with foot injury

Louisville to wear glow-in-the-dark gloves and cleats against N.C. State College Football Talk – NBC Sports

ODU will play on big stage at defending C-USA champ Western Kentucky Norfolk Virginian Pilot

‘Football weather’ arrives in High Country: Cooler, blustery conditions could shape Idaho at App State game Winston Salem Journal

USC receives five gifts of $1 million or more toward football operations building Charleston Post & Courier

Bold predictions for Week 8 in college football USA Today

ESPN.com

• Court orders keep 5 Gophers players from game
• McQueary: Ban from Penn State facilities ‘wrong’
• Notre Dame AD: ‘Complete confidence’ in Kelly
• Pac-12 fines WSU’s Leach $10K, issues reprimand
• Maryland’s Likely out for season with torn ACL