Pirate Swimmers Among The Nation’s Fastest…ECU Athletics Director Search Committee Named…Dooley, Pirates hold media day…Gameday: ECU Takes On Cincinnati On Senior Night…Bristle Earns All-Conference Honors At AAC Championships…UCF backup QB Darriel Mack Jr. earns rave reviews following first career start at East Carolina…2020 Navy-Notre Dame game to be held in Dublin, Ireland…Same old story for Virginia Tech: No answers for Georgia Tech’s option…No. 25 App State loses to Georgia Southern with poor offensive showing…No. 13 WVU uses 31-point second quarter to beat Baylor 58-14…Texans roll past Dolphins for 5th straight win…Josh Norman responds to Eric Reid’s attack on Malcolm Jenkins: ‘It’s a slap in the face’

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Dooley recruiting, evaluating as ECU builds Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Bristle Earns All-Conference Honors At AAC Championships
• ECU Holds Its Annual Media Day
• ECU Athletics Director Search Committee Named
• Gameday: ECU Takes On Cincinnati On Senior Night
• Pirate Swimmers Among The Nation’s Fastest
• Pirates To Play At Coastal Carolina And Robert Allison Invites

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Dooley, Pirates hold media day
• ECU announces AD search committee

ECU basketball hosts Media Day WNCT 9

247 Sports

• Notable quotes from ECU Basketball Media Day
• ECU names search committee for Athletics Director
• GALLERY: ECU Basketball Media Day
• Burleson looking to build on summer success
• Five areas ECU must fix to turn this season around

Joe Dooley and ECU Players Talk Pirate Hoops for Pirate Media Day Rivals.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulsa Wins 5th-straight American Athletic Conference Men’s Cross Country Championship, Wichita State Captures First Women’s Title theamerican.org

Cincinnati Bearcats football team falls in latest AAC power rankings Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF backup QB Darriel Mack Jr. earns rave reviews following first career start at East Carolina
• Sizzling UCF volleyball exceeds expectations, chases AAC crown and NCAA bid

David Pindell, Kevin Mensah, UConn Rushing Attack Look To Build On 300-Yard Effort Hartford Courant

Mik Kilgore, former Temple standout and new Girard College coach, is hospitalized after heart attack Philly.com

New Orleans Advocate

• Highly rated freshmen hope to build winning program with Tulane men’s hoops
• Tulane cornerback Donnie Lewis having all-conference caliber season

Tulane changes road-game routine in hopes for win at Tulsa New Orleans Times Picayune

Dallas News

• SMU prediction: Can the Mustangs inch closer to bowl contention vs. Cincinnati?
• SMU working to eliminate rash of false-start penalties
• Corner Jordan Wyatt coming off best game of season for SMU

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers are going to be a lot of fun
• Memphis 120, LeMoyne-Owen 66: What we learned from Tigers first exhibition game
• Which Memphis football true freshmen have played and still might redshirt

Bill Haisten: As losses pile up for Philip Montgomery, TU athletic director Derrick Gragg is ‘fully supportive’ Tulsa World

Annapolis Capital

• Notre Dame safety Alohi Gilman eager to go against former Navy teammates
• 2020 Navy-Notre Dame game to be held in Dublin, Ireland

How this junior has provided WSU volleyball with a back-row boost Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Turnovers, loss of starting QB costly in No. 25 App State’s loss at Georgia Southern Charlotte Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Same old story for Virginia Tech: No answers for Georgia Tech’s option
• Jury in NCAA trial bought idea that colleges were defrauded

Raleigh News and Observer

• Here’s the latest on NC State’s kicking game, also known as the search for touchbacks
• Who’s going to be the quarterback? NC State preps for both Syracuse options.
• ‘Mini-umpire’ from NC gets to call World Series game from the field, thanks to Ellen
• UNC’s Williams said he never had any hesitation about Nassir Little. ‘I believed what they said.’

Winston Salem Journal

• No. 25 App State loses to Georgia Southern with poor offensive showing
• No. 25 App State battles many defeating factors in loss to Georgia Southern
• 5 things to know about Wake Forest’s opponent: Louisville

Columbia The State

• This will be the difference in South Carolina-Tennessee game
• Bryan McClendon’s plan to keep Jake Bentley calm, boost Gamecocks run game
• Gamecocks reveal uniform combination for Tennessee game Saturday
• This Clemson offense has answers no matter what defenses try

The Associated Press

• Werts leads Georgia Southern past No. 25 App State 34-14
• Oliver, Yellow Jackets run all over Hokies 49-28
• No. 13 WVU uses 31-point second quarter to beat Baylor 58-14
• Toledo’s 3rd quarter keys 51-24 win over Western Michigan
• TE Mack part of Notre Dame’s open attack with Navy next

Report on Maryland football culture cites problems but stops short of ‘toxic’ label Washington Post