Balanced Lady Pirates top Hawks …Zay Jones punches ticket to New York as Campbell Trophy finalist…Harold Varner III earns first professional win with closing 65 at Australian PGA…

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

A lot changed in three months Bonesville.net

East Carolina Coasts To 66-58 Victory Over Maryland Eastern Shore ecupirates.com

Balanced Pirates top Hawks Greenville Daily Reflector

White, Sheppard lead men’s hoops to victory over NCCU The East Carolinian

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• American Athletic Conference Announces Seven Bowl Pairings
• UConn Beats Texas in the Jimmy V Classic, Ameican Teams Post Five Wins

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Sports UC confirms Tuberville is leaving
• Who’s next for Bearcat football?
• Bearcats blow out Bowling Green, 85-56, move to 7-1

Report: Tommy Tuberville to step down as Cincinnati coach 247 Sports

Reports: Tommy Tuberville stepping down at Cincinnati College Football Talk – NBC Sports

Temple will meet Wake Forest in Military Bowl Philly.com

AAC champ Temple meets Wake Forest in Military Bowl Voux Magazine

Navy to meet Louisiana Tech in the Armed Forces Bowl Annapolis Capital

Wake Forest set for Military Bowl in Annapolis Winston Salem Journal

USF headed to Birmingham Bowl (UPDATED) Tampa Bay Times

Gamecocks headed west for Birmingham Bowl Columbia The State

USF To Play South Carolina In The Birmingham Bowl Sports Talk Florida

UCF football will stay home, play in Cure Bowl Orlando Sentinel

Houston Chronicle

• Viva Las Vegas! Cougars to face Mountain West champ in bowl game
• Las Vegas Bowl preview: Houston vs. San Diego State
• Las Vegas Bowl: Get to know San Diego State
• UH officially accepts Las Vegas Bowl invitation

TU headed to Miami Beach Bowl to face Central Michigan Tulsa World

Memphis to face Western Kentucky in Boca Raton Bowl Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulane visits Vanderbilt looking to get leading scorer Kolby Morgan going New Orleans Advocate

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Swinney, Clemson earn spot in playoff where ‘There are no underdogs’  Columbia The State

Clemson to take on Ohio State in College Football Playoff semifinals Charleston Post and Courier

The Associated Press

• Panel’s playoff picks came down to Washington vs. Penn State
• Washington’s schedule becomes focus of playoff debate
• BOWL STORIES: Finales, contrasts in style, coaching carousel

Know Your Bowls: College Football Playoff & Bowl Games Quick Previews College Football News

41 bowl games, 42 predictions ESPN.com

Washington Post

• Let’s make the College Football Playoff twice as good and add four more teams
• The playoff is set, here’s who’s in
• Alabama is about to crush the CFP

NC State draws Vanderbilt; UNC to play Stanford Raleigh News and Observer

Everything you need to know about Vanderbilt’s Independence Bowl opponent: N.C. State SaturdayDownSouth.com

Will Muschamp has now coached 3 different schools into Birmingham Bowls in 3 years SBN

Virginia Tech set to play in the Belk Bowl against Arkansas Hampton Roads Daily Press

To reach 10 wins, Hokies will have to stop the Hogs Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Winston Salem Journal

• Mountaineers returning to Montgomery to face Toledo in Camellia Bowl
• Scott Hamilton: Christmas will be merry for some