ECU Drops Home Finale To Navy, 66-31…Jones sets record, Pirates pounded…White returning; Sheppard set for debut…Hardy on hand as Jones breaks NCAA record

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Navy rallies on Zay’s day
• Game Day Photo Gallery
• Coach Mo Postgame Audio
• Mike Aresco Presser Audio

ecupirates.com

• ECU Drops Home Finale To Navy, 66-31
• Gameday: ECU Hosts Stetson In Opening Game Of The Savannah Invitational
• East Carolina Falls To Tulane In Home Finale, 3-1

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Jones sets record, Pirates pounded
• Jones, many others enjoy record moment
• White returning; Sheppard set for debut
• Navy churns out another rout

East Carolina football: WR Zay Jones breaks FBS record for career catches NCAA

Worth scores 4 TDs, Navy beats East Carolina 66-31 The Associated Press

Worth scores 4 TDs, Navy beats East Carolina 66-31ESPN

ECU’s Zay Jones sets FBS career receptions record in loss to Navy Fayetteville Observer

New Bern Sun Journal

• Football: ECU’s Jones sets NCAA reception record in loss
• Football: Hardy on hand as Jones breaks NCAA record

247 Sports

Zay Jones breaks former ECU teammate’s FBS record for career receptions College Football Talk – NBC Sports

Mids earn spot in AAC title game Washington Post

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Navy Clinches West Division and Spot in Conference Championship
• Temple Remains Atop the East With Fifth Straight Win
• Big Second Half Lifts Tulsa Past UCF, 35-20
• USF Holds Off SMU, 35-27
• UConn Stumbles Against Boston College, 30-0

Temple blanks Tulane for fifth straight win Philly.com

Tampa Bay Times

• USF beats SMU, ties season record for wins
• USF men’s basketball team holds on for 70-65 win vs. Rider

UCF falls short against Tulsa in home finale  Orlando Sentinel

Tulsa at Central Florida: Hurricane pulls away from Knights in second half Tulsa World

Hartford Courant

• Diaco Keeps Testing Bounds Of Reality, But There’s No Magic
• UConn’s Brutal Play Continues In 30-0 Loss At Boston College

Rhode Island rallies past UC Bearcats in Connecticut Cincinnati Enquirer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Fayetteville Observer

• Batten: Close, but no cigar again for Wolfpack
• Sunday’s college basketball game capsules

The Associated Press

• AP TOP 25 TAKEAWAYS: Ohio State survives, Strong might not
• One-sided Big 12 showdown: No. 8 Oklahoma routs No. 10 WVU
• No. 2 Ohio State holds on for 17-16 win over Michigan State
• Kansas beats Texas for first time since 1938, 24-21 in OT
• Texas coach Charlie Strong’s future bleak after Kansas loss
• No. 15 USC rolls over rival UCLA 36-14 for 7th straight win
• Oregon upsets No. 11 Utah 30-28 on late Carrington TD catch

Raleigh News and Observer

• Same mistakes send NC State to another loss
• Miami keeps NC State’s bowl hopes on ice with 27-13 win
• UNC bounces back with 41-7 drubbing of The Citadel
• Duke blown out at Pitt, 56-14
• Jeter goes down in Duke’s 78-68 Tip Off win over Penn State
• NC Central makes statement, history with win over A&T

Virginia Tech overcomes slow start to carve out 34-31 win at Notre Dame Hampton Roads Daily Press

Washington Post

• Hokies rally from 17 down to top Irish
• Depleted Terps get touchdown, little else vs. Nebraska

Columbia The State

• South Carolina gets sixth win, bowl eligibility vs. WCU
• Clemson tops Wake Forest to clinch ACC Atlantic