Gameday: Pirates Face Grand Canyon Wednesday Night…Gardner gives timely boost to Pirate…Temple Bests Georgia, Moves to 3-0s…Tulane Green Wave Crashes Down on Coastal Carolina, 81-76…Ahlers practiced, will play despite finger injury…Randy Edsall asks AAC to limit night games, says NCAA rule hampers recruiting visits…UCF Knights and Cincinnati Bearcats Take Center Stage…Nick Saban, Brent Thompson agree: Alabama star should play against The Citadel…NFL moves Rams-Chiefs Mexico City game to L.A., citing poor field conditions

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Gameday: Pirates Face Grand Canyon Wednesday Night ecupirates.com

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Gardner gives timely boost to Pirates
• ECU run game still seeking spark
• AAC RANKINGS: Division races are tight

Ahlers practiced, will play despite finger injury WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU True Freshman Report: Nine Games In
• The 20 players ECU will recognize on Senior Night
• ECU picks up five commits in a span of 24 hours

UConn football: Edsall on this week’s opponent, ECU Republican-American

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Temple Bests Georgia, Moves to 3-0
• Women’s Volleyball: Conference play continues with 2 weeks left in the regular season
• American Stories: Big Games, Big Moments Put American In the Spotlight
• Football Coaches’ Teleconference – Week 12
• Houston’s Okoene, USF’s Jordao Earn First Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors

BCSNN

• Tulane Green Wave Crashes Down on Coastal Carolina, 81-76
• AAC Daily: UCF Knights and Cincinnati Bearcats Take Center Stage

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF moves up to No. 11 in latest College Football Playoff rankings
• UCF offensive lineman Samuel Jackson completes painful journey, returns to No. 11 Knights’ lineup
• UCF alters parking rules to accommodate fans eager to attend ESPN College GameDay

Cincinnati Enquirer

• UC Bearcats football prepares for primetime showdown at Central Florida
• Cincinnati Bearcats look to bounce back from loss to Ohio State
• Live updates: Cincinnati Bearcats vs. North Carolina Central

Know the Foe: Temple Tampa Bay Times

Hartford Courant

• Randy Edsall asks AAC to limit night games, says NCAA rule hampers recruiting visits
• Dan Hurley readies UConn men’s basketball to face Syracuse zone defense

New Haven Register

• Lineman Matt Peart, tight end Tyler Davis plan to return to UConn for 2019 season
• UConn, Syracuse battle again Thursday — will it be the last time for a while?

Shizz Alston reaches milestone as Temple beats Georgia Philly.com

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane has huge opportunity against defensively challenged Houston
• Tulane men’s hoops survives close call against Coastal Carolina

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Caleb Daniels gets aggressive and Tulane comes away with first win, beating Coastal Carolina
• Houston has Ed Oliver, but will Tulane face the projected 1st-round NFL Draft pick?

5 things SMU fans need to know about Memphis: Can the Mustangs stop RB Darrell Henderson? Dallas News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis Tigers travel to Baton Rouge to take on LSU
• Memphis football bowl projections: Where could Tigers end up?

Houston Chronicle

• Cougars set to be without All-American Ed Oliver for…
• Houston bowl projections: Where could the Cougars end up?
• American Athletic Conference power rankings: Week 12

Navy passing attack has been nonexistent this season Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Shorthanded NC State throttles UNC-Asheville
• How Eastern Michigan will help prepare No. 1 Duke for the ACC
• That Kentucky win was great, but Duke is still not No. 1 in this week’s ACC power rankings

Winston Salem Journal

• App State readies for a playoff-like stretch as it closes Sun Belt play
• 5 things to watch for in Wake Forest’s trip to the Myrtle Beach Invitational
• Devon Daniels gets rolling as N.C. State beats UNC Asheville 100-49
• App Trail: App State defensive end leaves team to focus on academics

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Teel: Early tournament concerns Virginia Tech basketball coach
• ODU will redshirt freshmen running backs Davis, Knight
• South Carolina uses 3-point barrage to sink Norfolk State men

Columbia The State

• Clemson stays in top 4 of latest College Football Playoff rankings
• There is a silver lining in South Carolina’s less-than-stellar season
• Gravett, Gamecocks get back on track, roll Norfolk State
• Some Gamecocks struggling to get over Florida loss

Charleston Post and Courier

• Myrtle Beach Bowl to become first college football bowl game played in South Carolina
• Sapakoff: Gamecocks get one last chance to tackle tackling problems before Clemson game
• Brantley, Riller lead College of Charleston past Rhode Island 66-55
• Nick Saban, Brent Thompson agree: Alabama star should play against The Citadel
• Clemson football still in strong position with Week 3 of College Football Playoff rankings
• No limits to how creative Clemson can get with its jumbo package on offense