GAMEDAY: UCF aims to build on impressive numbers during homecoming matchup with East Carolina…Pirates searching for pulse…Freshman Ramseur showing promise for ECU defense…AAC makes reshuffling a hurricane-ravaged schedule look easy (Hint: it wasn’t)…Memphis seeks to avenge 2015 upset when it hosts Navy at Liberty Bowl…Undefeated USF determined not to overlook struggling Cincinnati …No penalties for UNC, but NC State’s freshman guard ineligible for attending a class…NCAA has never seemed so impotent after decision on North Carolina academic scandal …Dick Vitale on UNC Investigation: ‘The NCAA Never Fails to Amaze Me’…Dungey has 3 TD passes, Syracuse stuns No. 2 Clemson 27-24…Why ‘College GameDay’ is back at James Madison …Panthers hope Luke Kuechly concussion, loss to Eagles not as bad as they seemed
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 Travels To No. 22 UCF
- Cross Country Wins Both Individual Titles At Pirate Invitational
- Volleyball Downs Tulane 3-2 For Fourth-Straight AAC Victory
- ECU Men’s Basketball Holds Annual Media Day
- ECU Announces Fall Baseball Meet The Pirates Schedule
Greenville Daily Reflector
- GAMEDAY: Pirates searching for pulse
- GAMEDAY: Thomas Sirk Q&A
- Five things: ECU corners prep for UCF
- Lebo still reshaping Pirates
Washington Daily News
WITN 7
- ECU set to visit No. 22 Central Florida in Orlando
- ECU announces fall baseball Meet the Pirates schedule
247 Sports
- ECU reveals uniform combination for UCF game
- New-look Barkley excited for fresh season
- ECU @ UCF: The Edge
- Knights247 Keys & Predictions: UCF vs. ECU
- Ramseur has look of potential stalwart defender
- Behind Enemy Lines: East Carolina
ECU Looking to Show Continued Improvement in Basketball Rivals.com
UCF aims to build on impressive numbers during homecoming matchup with East Carolina Orlando Sentinel
Preview: UCF eager to put offense on display against porous East Carolina defense Fox Sports
UCF Football: Game preview, prediction, live stream vs. East Carolina Saturday Blitz
College football live coverage: BYU at Mississippi State Deseret News
Around the American Athletic Conference
theamerican.org
- The Rise: Tailgate Edition
- Football Feature – The Most Fun Part About Playing College Football
- Navy’s Zach Abey Joins the ADN Players’ Lounge:
- Women’s Volleyball: No. 22 Wichita State captures sole first place conference spot
Memphis seeks to avenge 2015 upset when it hosts Navy at Liberty Bowl Annapolis Capital
Preview: Undefeated USF determined not to overlook struggling Cincinnati Fox Sports
UC-South Florida scouting report Cincinnati Enquirer
Temple meets a suspect D for second week in a row Philly.com
Houston at TU: Hurricane celebrate homecoming against Cougars Tulsa World
Wave at high tide headed to south Florida New Orleans Advocate
Tampa Bay Times
- AAC makes reshuffling a hurricane-ravaged schedule look easy (Hint: it wasn’t)
- Ten years ago, USF sat atop college football, almost
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Today’s Big 5 college football matchups Fayetteville Observer
Raleigh News and Observer
- After punting UNC case, NCAA exposed as powerless, obsolete
- Why NCAA had no penalties for UNC in long-awaited report on academic scandals
- NCAA faces criticism for UNC decision
- No penalties for UNC, but NC State’s freshman guard ineligible for attending a class
- At UNC, a night for celebration, one way or another
- How NC State football has stayed ahead of the analytical curve
Winston Salem Journal
- Analysis: Ruling on UNC case could open door for NCAA eligibility challenges
- Analysis: The NCAA was a victim of itself
- App State and Idaho a battle of solid pass rushes, experienced QBs
Our Opinion: NCAA surrenders academic interest Greensboro News-Record
NCAA Proves Once Again It Doesn’t Care About Classes Bloomberg
Yahoo Sports
- North Carolina ruling proves NCAA is useless
- NCAA’s North Carolina ruling devalues scholarship, ‘student’-athlete even further
CBS Sports
- NCAA’s ‘student-athlete’ hypocrisy comes full circle with North Carolina verdict
- 10 key quotes about the NCAA letting UNC off the hook for academic misconduct
- North Carolina ruling showcases NCAA’s ineptitude as FBI swoops into college hoops
FAQ: How and why North Carolina escaped sanctions from the NCAA ABC News
U of L fans entitled to anger about NCAA and North Carolina | Tim Sullivan Louisville Courier Journal
NCAA has never seemed so impotent after decision on North Carolina academic scandal USA Today
The NCAA only punishes when it wants to Nunes The Magician (SU)
Sports Illustrated
- Dick Vitale on UNC Investigation: ‘The NCAA Never Fails to Amaze Me’
- UNC Should Be Ashamed, but NCAA Was Right to Not Levy a …
New York Times
- N.C.A.A.: North Carolina Will Not Be Punished for Academic Scandal
- At North Carolina, a Sigh of Relief and a New Championship Banner
WRAL SportsFan
- Surging No. 20, NC State wary as it visits struggling Pitt
- Topics & Takes: The NCAA got it wrong (& so did we)
- Virginia looks to keep rolling in visit to reeling UNC
- Florida State visits Duke looking to turn its season around
‘This is going to hurt’: Syracuse stuns No. 2 Clemson Columbia The State
The Associated Press
- Dungey has 3 TD passes, Syracuse stuns No. 2 Clemson 27-24
- Flip out: Bowers’ TD leap leads Cal past No. 8 Wash. St 37-3
- UNC set to move past academic probe, not celebrating ruling
- Column: Feds might be only hope to clean up college sports
- Countdown on: Texas-OU is first Herman-Riley coaching duel
- No. 1 Alabama hosts Arkansas after closer-than-expected game
- No. 5 Huskies look for 1st win at Arizona State since 2001
- No. 11 Miami looks to avoid letdown, hosts Georgia Tech
- No. 14 Oklahoma St. fully focused on winless Baylor
Washington Post
- Syracuse upsets Clemson, Cal upsets Wazzu and Mike Gundy goes shirtless on a wacky Friday night
- Maryland football is halfway to a bowl bid, but the remaining path is rocky
Why ‘College GameDay’ is back at James Madison SB Nation
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Despite high rank in ACC, Virginia says it’s not underestimating last-place UNC this weekend
- 2 Virginia Beach companies will design and build a new $88 million arena at JMU
- How’s JMU doing down in the FCS level? Just fine, thanks.
- Minium: JMU in FCS title game is yet another sign the Dukes belong in Conference USA
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Panthers hope Luke Kuechly concussion, loss to Eagles not as bad as they seemed
- Turnovers are big no-nos to Steve Clifford; Charlotte Hornets must clean this up
Washington Post
- Five story lines to follow in Sunday’s Redskins-49ers matchup
- 49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan enters Redskins game seeking first win, vindication
- In the cold gray of the day after, Nats’ shortcomings are subtle but all too clear
- Caps defenseman Matt Niskanen placed on long-term injured reserve; Madison Bowey recalled
- Steinberg: The existential crisis of the D.C. sports fan
- Boswell: For Nats, this defeat is a special kind of painful
New York Times
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