Gameday: ECU Women Take On Richmond Saturday Afternoon In Virginia…Bate Foundation Commits $1-Million Leadership Gift for Dowdy-Ficklen Renovation Campaign…Nearly Two Dozen Student-Athletes Eligible For Fall Commencement…Montgomery dismisses notion that ‘cupboard was bare’

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bowless December has its advantages Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Women Take On Richmond Saturday Afternoon In Virginia
• Bate Foundation Commits $1-Million Leadership Gift for Dowdy-Ficklen Renovation Campaign
• Nearly Two Dozen Student-Athletes Eligible For Fall Commencement

ECU to begin final nonconference stretch  Greenville Daily Reflector

Pirates can’t get shots to fall in loss to Charleston Washington Daily News

ECU ties shot-clock-era low in points  The East Carolinian

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• 12 Plays of Christmas: Return of the Mack
• Temple women Upset No. 17 DePaul, Tulsa Beats Saint Louis

TU preps for rare football game played in a baseball stadium Tulsa World

Preview: Houston vs. San Diego State in Las Vegas Bowl Houston Chronicle

UCF QB McKenzie Milton faces tough test against Arkansas State in Cure Bowl Orlando Sentinel

The American Athletic Conference Needs to Expand  theuconnblog.com

Wichita State should just say no to abandoning Missouri Valley for AAC Sporting News

Cincinnati Enquirer

• New UC coach Fickell: We’re going to win
• UC freshman Cumberland starting to blossom

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Hall of Fame coaches hoping to revive Memphis, Oklahoma
• Memphis arrives in Florida ahead of Boca Raton Bowl

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• If UNC slows it down against Kentucky, that’s not really Roy Williams coaching
• Louisville suspends assistant coach in Wakeyleaks case
• NC Central plays Grambling for HBCU football championship

USA Today

• JMU ends NDSU’s run of five straight FCS titles
• Bowl season begins: Staff picks for all 40 games

Winston Salem Journal

• Hamilton: Four theories after four days of Wakeyleaks
• Time away from App State shaped Satterfield

5 questions with Ted Roof Atlanta Journal Constitution

UNCW to host Radford on Saturday in 500th game for Trask Coliseum WWAY 3

The Associated Press

• Video of Oklahoma RB Mixon punching woman released
• Minnesota suspensions, boycott could upend Holiday Bowl
• Grand Canyon’s Havocs raising the party bar
• Alabama names ex-USC coach Sarkisian offensive coordinator

Minnesota football players chose the wrong issue on which to make a stand Washington Post