Lady Pirates Open Conference Play at Home Against Cincinnati…Is Vince McMahon planning a second shot at football?…Year in review: Pirate changes…Memphis hopes for more history in Liberty Bowl…Playoff-snubbed Ohio State 24-7 over USC in Cotton Bowl…CFL clears way for Johnny Manziel to return to field, play for former SMU coach June Jones

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

GAMEDAY: Lady Pirates Open Conference Play at Home Against Cincinnati ecupirates.com

Year in review: Pirate changes Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

• Redshirt Freshman Report: Trace Christian
• Redshirt Freshman Report: Delvontae Harris

Is Vince McMahon planning a second shot at football? Charleston Post and Courier

Around the American Athletic Conference

Game Preview: Memphis Meets Iowa State In AutoZone Liberty Bowl theamerican.org

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Calkins: Liberty Bowl fitting celebration of team, city
• Five keys if Memphis is to win the Liberty Bowl
• Memphis hopes for more history in Liberty Bowl
• Tubby Smith: “Our goal is to compete for a conference championship.”
• Jamal Johnson discusses his adjustment to college basketball
• David Nickelberry explains how he became ambidextrous

USF proves no match for Houston in AAC basketball opener Tampa Bay Times

UConn Men Insider: Huskies Will Face Stronger AAC Competition Hartford Courant

Temple loses by 10 to former doormat Tulane Philly.com

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane springs road win to open AAC play
• Can we talk about changing transfer rules, cutting scholarship totals in women’s college basketball? And, oh, yeah, UConn is still elite.

Dallas News

• SMU wide receiver Trey Quinn declares for the NFL draft
• CFL clears way for Johnny Manziel to return to field, play for former SMU coach June Jones

Up next for UH men’s basketball: Temple Houston Chronicle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• With Sun Bowl rout, Dave Doeren proud of what NC State accomplished
• As college athletes travel more, missed classes come into focus
• Triangle Ten: How Scott Dupree helped save NCAA basketball in NC

The Associated Press

• Playoff-snubbed Ohio State 24-7 over USC in Cotton Bowl
• Of one mind: Mayfield and Riley ascend together at Oklahoma
• Make It 3: Alabama, Clemson complete their classic trilogy