Confident Harman could power Pirates …ECU RB Anthony Scott has surgery, could be out for the season…Pirates Special Teams starting to pick up …ECU faculty groups support free speech rights after band protest …

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Insights from Brett: ECU should crank up hype machine for Jones Bonesville.net

Baseball Rosters Set For Purple-Gold World Series ecupirates.com

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Confident Harman could power Pirates
• ECU defense tailing QBs

ECU RB Anthony Scott has surgery, could be out for the season WITN 7

• Pirates Special Teams starting to pick up
• ECU Baseball’s Purple-Gold Series to end Fall Practice
• ECU Football looks to carry momentum at Tulsa

Around the American Athletic Conference

WATCH: Defensive Plays of the Week theamerican.org

Tulsa World

• The Picker: TU needs to start the coaching search now
• From underrated recruit to significant asset: Tight end Chris Minter thriving at TU
• TU Sports: Beer sales extended for basketball season

Orlando Sentinel

• USF moves to No. 1 in AAC media power rankings
• Faith lifts UCF cornerback D.J. Killings to a strong senior season

Philly.com

• Temple No. 3 in latest AAC football power ratings
• Temple’s Wright gets a game close to home
• Expanded football preview: Temple at Connecticut 

Hartford Courant

• AAC Football Ratings: UConn Moves One Step Closer To Cellar
• UConn Football Insider: Diaco Does The Talking, But It’s Not Always Easy To Follow Along

Annapolis Capital

• Jamir Tillman etching name into Navy record book
• AAC power rankings: Navy falls, but not very far

In denying Tago Smith a redshirt, Navy failed to do right by a model midshipman Washington Post

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis starting to feel the effects of early bye week
• One-month checkup: Memphis coach Smith offers breakdown

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane hopes return of Donnie Lewis can bring stability to secondary
• UCF DE Shaquem Griffin excels despite losing left hand at four years old; injuries; other notes

Defensive end Ade Aruna starting to live up to vast potential New Orleans Advocate

Five things SMU fans should know about slumping Memphis  Dallas News

Taggart: Bulls fought through “a lot of pain” against Navy Tampa Bay Times

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Roy Williams didn’t appreciate lack of discussion of 20-game ACC schedule
• NC State’s Abu hopes to shed ‘Sweetheart’ label
• Duke’s fourth-quarter losses mounting

Kinston Baseball: Officially the Down East Wood Ducks Kinston Free Press

The Associated Press

• Duke’s Allen leads AP preseason All-America team
• Top 25 has handful of teams left out of last year’s tourney

College Football Talk – NBC Sports

• Georgia Tech reverses course and suspends two players after weekend incident
• Wake Forest to play Notre Dame in Charlotte in 2020

Steaks abound when App State runs successfully Winston Salem Journal

USC athletic fees cut adds common sense to facilities arms race Charleston Post & Courier

Wolfpack to honor former coach Dick Sheridan on Saturday  Greensboro News-Record