ECU Soccer Battles No. 8 Memphis To 1-1 Draw; VB Picks Up 3-0 Road Victory At Connecticut…Pirates drop high-scoring exhibition at UVa…Cincinnati, East Carolina Log Swim and Dive Sweeps in Week 3…Houston, Memphis Tabbed 2019-20 American Men’s Basketball Preseason Favorites…UCF football still sees much to play for after two losses…Temple football ranked No. 25 in USA Today Coaches Poll, but not in AP rankings…BYU football is on life support and fans want to pull the plug…With fourth win in a row, Carolina Panthers have become a team that’s going places…Miami Out-Bungles Washington in Race to the N.F.L.’s Bottom…Astros Beat Yankees as Bullpen Battle Ends With One Swing

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Insights from Brett
Houston pressing for better execution Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gardner Named Preason Second-Team All-Conference
• Pirates MGolf Finish 10th At Bank Of Tennessee Intercollegiate
• ECU Soccer Battles No. 8 Memphis To 1-1 Draw
• East Carolina VB Picks Up 3-0 Road Victory At Connecticut

Pirates drop high-scoring exhibition at UVa.  Greenville Daily Reflector

Four takeaways from the Virginia baseball team’s weekend scrimmage with East Carolina Charlottesville Daily Progress

ECU Battles No. 8 Memphis To 1-1 Draw  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU soccer battles No. 8 Memphis to 1-1 draw
• ECU volleyball picks up 3-0 road victory at Connecticut

October 13th, 10 p.m. Sports; ECU baseball team falls to Virginia in exhibition games  WCTI 12

UVa Baseball Outscores ECU 15-10 Over 14 Innings in Fall Ball NBC29

247 Sports

• ECU falls at Virginia in fall scrimmage
• Opening line released for ECU’s game at UCF
• Six-foot-5 righty Jaden Winter breaks down ECU pledge

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Houston, Memphis Tabbed 2019-20 American Men’s Basketball Preseason Favorites
• Cincinnati and Houston Stay Atop The American
• Cincinnati, UConn and Temple Pick Up Wins in Women’s Soccer Action
• Cincinnati, East Carolina Log Swim and Dive Sweeps in Week 3

UCF football still sees much to play for after two losses Florida Sun-Sentinel

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF football still sees much to play for after two losses
• UCF red-zone defense has been a weak spot for Knights this season

What we learned in No. 25 Cincinnati football’s victory at Houston Cincinnati Enquirer

USF rallies past BYU for Homecoming triumphTampa Bay Times

Temple football ranked No. 25 in USA Today Coaches Poll, but not in AP rankings Philadelphia Inquirer

UConn men picked 6th by AAC coaches; Alterique Gilbert, Christian Vital voted to all-conference second team Hartford Courant

On verge of top 25 ranking, Tulane football team just worried about winning NOLA.com

Temple 30, Memphis 28: Four turnovers lead to Tigers’ first loss Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU football: Montgomery still confident in kicking game despite recent misses Tulsa World

Thoughts, observations and notes from Navy’s 45-17 rout of Tulsa Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

BATTLE FOR N.C.: A new No. 1  Greenville Daily Reflector

Raleigh News and Observer

• Analysis: Duke is still in ACC Coastal race. Freshmen receivers are a big reason why
• Five things we learned from South Carolina’s massive upset of Georgia
• Ray Tanner apologizes for damage South Carolina did to UGA hedges, report says

Winston Salem Journal

• Five takeaways from Wake Forest’s loss to Louisville
• App State ranked 24th in Amway Coaches Poll, AP Poll, the highest ranking in school history
• My Take On Others: The sky will only be falling for a day or two

Charleston Post and Courier

• Will Muschamp: Gamecock QB Ryan Hilinski expected to play Saturday
• 7 takeaways from Clemson’s drubbing of Florida State
• Former Citadel coach and his ‘van kids’ on the road again after bus stolen

Nebraska can’t live up to Frost’s own words USA Today

DICKSON: BYU football is on life support and fans want to pull the plug Daily Herald

Read the Polls. Debate Them. Definitely Don’t Count on Them. New York Times

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 Reality Check: How to use head-to-head results?
• STAT WATCH: Midseason leaders a mix of familiar, new names
• Clemson’s Swinney changing starting kickers for Louisville
• Muschamp: QB Hilinski has a knee sprain, should play
• AP Top 25: LSU jumps to No. 2; Upset drops Georgia to No. 10
• No. 18 Baylor top tackler Johnston has season-ending injury