Desperate Pirates face Huskies…UConn Looking To Avenge Last Year’s Blowout Against East Carolina…Because of Hurricane Irma, there’s college football on a Sunday…Central Florida breezes past QB-depleted Maryland 38-10…Tulsa Falls To New Mexico On Last-Second Field Goal…Navy Remains Atop West With 42-32 Win Against Cincinnati…Houston’s Home Winning Streak Ends Against Texas Tech…Skip Holtz’s return to SC didn’t go as planned…Wake Forest wakes up, blocks App State…Finley leads NC State to 27-21 upset of No. 12 Florida State…Final test for Kirk Cousins: Can he win when the going gets tough?

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Audio Feature with Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe
  Bonesville Pregame Podcast
• Special Feature
  Game Day Weather

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Heads North To UConn
• GAMEDAY: Pirates Welcome UCF to Johnson Stadium
• Celia Ruiz Reaches Oracle ITA Masters Quarterfinals

Greenville Daily Reflector

• GAMEDAY: Desperate Pirates face Huskies
• GAMEDAY: Jordan Williams Q&A
• WOODWARD: ‘Other’ Pirate teams eyeing winning seasons

Sunday’s college football game to watch: ECU at UConn Charlotte Observer

Game Preview: ECU, UConn Meet In Sunday Matinee theamerican.org

247 Sports

• GAME DAY: ECU @ UConn
• ECU @ UConn: How to watch, listen and more

East Carolina at UConn football: Five things to know New Haven Register

East Carolina Pirates vs. Connecticut Huskies Preview and Prediction Athlon Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Memphis Holds Off Southern Illinois
• SMU Too Much For Arkansas State, 44-21
• Navy Remains Atop West With 42-32 Win Against Cincinnati
• UCF Races Past Maryland, 38-10
• Tulsa Falls To New Mexico On Last-Second Field Goal
• Houston’s Home Winning Streak Ends Against Texas Tech
• Tulane Rallies Past Army, 21-17
• Women’s Soccer: Week 6 Saturday Recap

The Associated Press

• Central Florida breezes past QB-depleted Maryland 38-10
• SMU runs for 314 yards, 4 TDs, beats Arkansas State 44-21
• Navy runs for 569 yards in 42-32 win over Cincinnati
• Banks’ late TD run lifts Tulane over Army 21-17

Maryland throttled by UCF after Kasim Hill leaves game with injury Washington Post

UCF thrashes Maryland, earns second win over Big Ten foe in school history Orlando Sentinel

New Orleans Advocate

• Cool in the clutch: Tulane scores in closing seconds to drop Army 21-17
• ‘He’s a tough kid’: Quarterback Jonathan Banks leads Tulane’s big comeback against Army
• Tulane defensive end Ade Aruna sits out the Wave’s win over Army — until the last series

Annapolis Capital

• Navy grounds out 42-32 victory over Cincinnati
• Abey plays game with heavy heart after losing aunt
• Navy slotbacks make presence felt against Bearcats

UC-Navy game: Instant analysis as Bearcats fall Cincinnati Enquirer

SMU runs for 314 yards, 4 TDs, beats Arkansas State 44-21  Dallas News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• How Memphis beat Southern Illinois, 44-31
• Best and worst from Memphis-Southern Illinois

New Mexico at Tulsa: Lobos kick last-second field goal to beat Hurricane Tulsa World

Cougars struggle on offense in loss to Texas Tech Houston Chronicle

Viewing options costlier for Wichita State volleyball fans in AAC Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• Skip Holtz’s return to SC didn’t go as planned
• Still kicking: Late heroics lift USC past La. Tech
• Clemson pulls away from Boston College late to remain undefeated

Winston Salem Journal

• BLOCKED: Wake Forest wakes up, blocks App State
• Not just one play: Series of mistakes led to App State’s loss
• Ed Hardin: Sleeping Deacons wake up
• Wake Forest’s Washington gets first career field goal block to deny App State
• Showing maturity: Duke shows it can handle adversity in win at Carolina
• Finley leads NC State to 27-21 upset of No. 12 Florida State

Raleigh News & Observer

• No what-ifs. NC State beats Florida State for Doeren’s first win over top-25 opponent at NCSU
• Duke rallies past North Carolina in fourth quarter 27-17
• UNC’s season takes bleak turn after another fourth-quarter collapse in loss against Duke

The Associated Press

• Top 25 Takeaways: Super Saquon; TCU statement; upset dodging
• No. 2 Clemson pulls away in 4th quarter to beat BC 34-7
• South Carolina’s late field goal tops Louisiana Tech, 17-16
• Texas A&M beats Arkansas in overtime again
• Top Dog: No. 11 Georgia blows out No. 17 Mississippi State 31-3
• Fool me once: Georgia scores on its first snap against Mississippi State with a trick play
• No. 4 Penn State beats Iowa 21-19 with TD on final play
• Anderson’s 3 TDs lead No. 16 TCU past No. 6 Oklahoma St.
• Arizona State upsets No. 24 Oregon on late field goal
• No. 3 Oklahoma overcomes Baylor 49-41 for 14th straight win
• No TD run can be longer than this one by Oklahoma’s Abdul Adams
• Adams with 2 TDs leads Western Carolina past Samford 38-34
• Indiana takes charge early to beat Georgia Southern 52-17

McSorley’s the hero as Penn State stuns Iowa on final play philly.com

Sapakoff: Wake-up calls will ring into Virginia Tech week for Clemson Charleston Post and Courier

Roanoke Times

• ESPN’s College GameDay coming to Blacksburg for Virginia Tech-Clemson
• Virginia Tech takes care of business, knocks off Old Dominion 38-0
• A post-game wrap: Virginia Tech 38, Old Dominion 0

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia Tech rolls over ODU in first meeting between the schools
• 5 takeaways | Now that win over ODU is in the books, it’s time to turn attention to Clemson
• Virginia basks in blue glow of big win at Boise State