Scott motivated for final chance…ECU expecting crowd of 35,000…High Energy Nose Guard Alex Turner Will Anchor ECU’s Defensive Line…Jonn Young Ready for Debut at Punter for ECU on Saturday…No. 21 UCF takes 13-game winning streak into opener at UConn…Walker: Saints, Tulane Green Wave share a game day in the city for first time Thursday night…With new coach Robert Prunty, HU looks forward to Saturday’s opener …West Virginia QB Grier, WR Sills ready for run at Big 12…‘Bring it home’: Bowser, Snyder speak glowingly of RFK site for next Redskins stadium…Another Major Venus-Serena Showdown. In the Third Round.

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• The Bradsher Beat
  Football season won’t halt tower project
• Special Photo Feature
  Gallery: Construction in Progress

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Travels To Tennessee Tech For Golden Eagle Invitational
• Gameday: ECU Faces Richmond On Thursday

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Scott motivated for final chance
• ECU expecting crowd of 35,000
• WEB ONLY: ECU practice notes, video

The East Carolinian

• Pirates set to open season against NC A&T
• Football faces tough schedule
• ECU soccer gets ready to take on the University of Richmond
• ECU competes in Golden Eagle Invitational

Aug. 29 6 p.m. sports: Reid Herring ready for rare opportunity as ECU QB WCTI 12

247 Sports

• North Carolina A&T @ ECU: The Edge
• Question of the Week: Bigger concern – Running game or Defense?
• Futrell ready to show what he can do in new scheme
• Bleacher Report picks NC A&T to beat ECU
• Notes from Wednesday’s practice

Around the American Athletic Conference

No. 21 UCF takes 13-game winning streak into opener at UConn USA Today

UCF football excited to kick off season against UConn Orlando Sentinel

UCF starts season at conference foe UConn Florida Today

UCF Football: Knights return to action to defend 2018 title vs. UConn Saturday Blitz

UCF vs. UConn odds: 2018 college football picks from expert who’s 5-1 on Huskies games CBS Sports

Hartford Courant

• AAC Power Rankings: UCF Leads The Pack, UConn Sits At No. 11
• With Freshmen In Major Roles And A Question Mark At QB, UConn Begins Potentially Difficult Season

UConn football gameday New Haven Register

UConn football opens with formidable foe Republican-American

New Orleans Advocate

• Walker: Saints, Tulane Green Wave share a game day in the city for first time Thursday night
• Four Downs: Tulane v. Wake Forest
• Tulane, Wake Forest nothing like teams that slogged to 7-3 finish two years ago

Tulane readies for Wake Forest, ‘possibly the best’ offensive line it will face this season New Orleans Times Picayune

Memphis falls to Alabama A&M in five sets theamerican.org

The state of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football program, Part 1 Cincinnati Enquirer

USF 2018 football season preview: Bulls enter life without QB Quinton Flowers Bradenton Herald

USF poised for another Strong run in American Conference Washington Post

Jeremiah Martin of Memphis Tigers out 4-6 weeks following hernia surgery  ESPN

Many Happy Returns! Memphis Tiger Football Preview 2018 Memphis Flyer

Memphis guard Jeremiah Martin undergoes surgery to repair hernia Memphis Commercial Appeal

Ed Oliver lets loose at UH’s Cage Rage Houston Chronicle

Navy blessed with tremendous depth along the offensive line Annapolis Capital

How undefeated WSU volleyball is defying the odds to play great defense Wichita Eagle

After two down years, UConn’s season will be measured by more than wins and losses Norfolk Virginian Pilot

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• How good can NC State be? Luke DeCock analyzes the upcoming football season.
• Duke’s football season starts Friday. Three strengths and three concerns for the Blue Devils.
• Does NCCU have inside information on opening football opponent Prairie View A&M?

Greensboro News-Record

• Three things: What we learned from A&T football’s opener
• College football 2018: Wake Forest prevew
• College Football 2018: Appalachian State preview

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest taking the next step as a football program means aiming for an ACC championship.
• App Trail: App State announces game times for remaining home games
• WSSU and UNC Pembroke will renew rivalry on Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU vs. Liberty: The start of something big in state college football?
• Hokie veteran on the O-line keeping his eye on talented newby Silas Dzansi
• Same old story in ACC: They all have their eye on the Tigers

With new coach Robert Prunty, HU looks forward to Saturday’s opener Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

• South Carolina’s newest rallying cry will get tested right away
• Clemson starter could miss opener against Furman with injury
• Commentary: What Coastal can do against USC to win … without winning the game
• Former Clemson defender starts for Furman. How he prepared for return to Death Valley

The Associated Press

• West Virginia QB Grier, WR Sills ready for run at Big 12
• Taggart’s Time: Florida State coach tackles dream job
• No. 12 Notre Dame will face stern test in No. 14 Michigan D
• At Notre Dame, Kelly and Swarbrick provide rare stability
• Gaskin, Ahmed hope to be speedy combo for No. 6 Washington
• Pruitt’s challenge: Instill winning mindset into Vols

After Urban Meyer Suspension, Some at Ohio State See a Culture of Sports Above All New York Times