Gardner, LeDay Lift ECU Over Lamar In Overtime…For the first time in AAC play this season, ECU will enter a game as the Vegas favorite…Bad time for a primetime matchup…UCF Knights to host ESPN College GameDay, face off with Cincinnati in primetime…Oklahoma defense still struggling after coordinator change…With Petrino Debacle, Not Being a Judge of Character Bites Louisville Again…AP Top 25 Heat Check: After top-tier, parity reigns in poll…The Dallas Cowboys: Striving for Mediocrity in a Topsy-Turvy World

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Insights from Brett
  Signing period compels verdict on Montgomery
• Basketball News
  Pirates top Lamar in OT

ecupirates.com

• Gardner, LeDay Lift ECU Over Lamar In Overtime
• Postgame Quotes: ECU vs. Lamar
• ECU Falls In Three At No. 22 UCF

Greenville Daily Reflector

• WOODWARD: Bad time for a primetime matchup
• Pirates outlast Cardinals in OT
• BATTLE FOR N.C.: Duke is new No. 1

ECU swept aside by Green Wave, loses bowl eligibility Washington Daily News

ECU loses fifth straight game The East Carolinian

Gardner, LeDay lift East Carolina over Lamar 84-78 in OT WNCT 9

Gardner, LeDay lift ECU men’s basketball over Lamar in overtime WITN 7

247 Sports

• Gardner’s 30-point effort ignites ECU comeback
• ECU 84, Lamar 78: How it looked from the baselines
• What They Said: Joe Dooley and players after the overtime win
• Vegas releases opening line for UConn-ECU

ECU Tops Lamar 84-78 in Overtime Rivals.com

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• COLLEGE GAMEDAY BUILT BY THE HOME DEPOT HEADS TO ORLANDO FOR KEY CINCINNATI-UCF GAME
• ECU Wins Overtime Thriller While UConn Rolls
• Keitha Adams Earns 300th Career Win in Weekend Women’s Basketball Action
• No. 22 UCF clinches portion of American Athletic Conference volleyball title on Sunday

ESPN’s College GameDay Heads to UCF for Game Against Cincinnati BCSNN

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Cincinnati Bearcats rise in AP Top 25 and Amway Coaches Poll
• Takeaways from Cincinnati Bearcats’ 35-23 football win over South Florida

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF Knights to host ESPN College GameDay, face off with Cincinnati in primetime
• UCF basketball surrenders 20-point lead, falls 80-79 to FAU

New Haven Register

• UConn football: Five takeaways from loss to SMU
• Tarin Smith pops off bench to help fuel UConn men’s romp over UMKC

Five observations from Temple’s 59-49 win at Houston Philly.com

New Orleans Advocate

• Freshman Kevin Zhang scores 24 in debut as Tulane falls to FSU
• Tulane faces short week, quick turnaround after homecoming win against East Carolina

Tulane freshman shines in opening loss to No. 17 Florida State New Orleans Times Picayune

Photos: Southern Miss defense swarms SMU, Mustangs fall at home Dallas News

Memphis vs. SMU: TV, radio, streaming, kickoff information Memphis Commercial Appeal

Negative-yardage plays plague TU in dismal defeat at Memphis Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• Armoni Brooks’ 24 points power UH to easy win in opener
• Temple’s running game overpowers UH in AAC slugfest

Bill Wagner: What would have happened if Navy had stuck with Abey at QB Annapolis Capital

How Gregg Marshall and the Shockers showed integrity still matters Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Amid a miserable season, Louisville football fires coach Bobby Petrino Louisville Courier-Journal

With Petrino Debacle, Not Being a Judge of Character Bites Louisville Again New York Times

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke loses another starting defender with a trip to Clemson coming up next
• Army’s toughness in a loss pushed Duke the way it needed pushed
• Duke’s freshman trio too much for Army to handle
• NC State freshman Ian Steere misses UMES game, might decide to transfer

Manager gets a little playing time, 2 points in Cavs’ rout of George Washington Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• Five things we learned from South Carolina’s loss to Florida
• Muschamp announces South Carolina’s thinnest position takes another hit
• Five things we learned from Clemson’s win against Boston College

5 takeaways from Charlotte 49ers’ C-USA loss at Marshall Charlotte Observer

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 Heat Check: After top-tier, parity reigns in poll
• AP Top 25: No. 24 Northwestern ranked after winning division
• No. 3 Irish plan to start QB Book against No. 12 Syracuse
• STAT WATCH: Pitt’s rushing performance its best since 1975
• No. 7 West Virginia confident as Oklahoma State trip looms
• Duke safety Singleton out with broken ankle
• Louisville fires head coach Bobby Petrino with team 2-8
• Oklahoma defense still struggling after coordinator change
• AP Top 25 Takeaways: Hold up on handing Tua that Heisman