ECU waiting on Compher contract details…Pirate Soccer Drops 1-0 Contest At Houston…Mauney, ECU offense seek new spark…UCF focuses on bolstering key aspects of defense ahead of ECU game …Leach, Lee to be featured Green Bay Packers alumni this week…No. 19 SMU back after needed open date to take on Temple…No. 21 Cincinnati looks to keep momentum vs Tulsa…Boise State AD taking very un-UCF-like approach to College Football Playoff…UCLA ends 11-year drought against Stanford with 34-16 win…Patrick Mahomes believed to have suffered dislocated kneecap in Chiefs’ blowout of the Broncos…Why Are the Astros 3-1 Up? It’s All About the Ks.
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Houston OK with timing of bye weeks Bonesville.net
ecupirates.com
- Pirate Soccer Drops 1-0 Contest At Houston
- East Carolina XC Hosts Pirate Invitational At Overton’s Lake Kristi
- ECU WGolf Set To Play In Cardinal Cup
- Pirate MTennis Prepares For ITA Carolina Regional
Greenville Daily Reflector
- ECU waiting on Compher contract details
- Mauney, ECU offense seek new spark
- WATCH: ECU-UCF three questions
247 Sports
- ECU releases uniform combination for UCF game
- Getting to know the new guys: ECU junior JJ Miles
- Pirates’ offense trying to get past some mental hurdles
- Getting to know the new guys: ECU junior Bitumba Baruti
- Second half of season could allow ECU to get more youth involved
Leach, Lee to be featured alumni this week Green Bay Packers
Orlando Sentinel
- UCF Football Now: Knights chase homecoming win over East Carolina
- UCF focuses on bolstering key aspects of defense ahead of ECU game
- UCF podcast: Rested and ready for East Carolina
Around the American Athletic Conference
theamerican.org
- Cincinnati, Houston and USF Pick Up Wins Thursday
- American Spotlight – USF – Kirk Livingstone
- Game Preview: USF at Navy
- Game Preview: Tulsa at Cincinnati
- Game Preview: Temple at SMU
- Game Preview: ECU at UCF
- Game Preview: Tulane at Memphis
- The American Mailbag #AskAndyFB – October 15
The Associated Press
- No. 19 SMU back after needed open date to take on Temple
- No. 19 SMU going for 1st 7-0 start since ’82 against Temple
- No. 21 Cincinnati looks to keep momentum vs Tulsa
USF’s Blake Barnett set for season-ending surgery Tampa Bay Times
Temple-SMU prediction: Can the Owls beat a nationally ranked team on the road? Philadelphia Inquirer
SMU prediction: Will No. 19 Mustangs get by Temple in a matchup with AAC title game implications? Dallas Morning News
Mike Anthony: 10 years after Jasper Howard’s death, his fiancee releases book to help children who have lost loved ones Hartford Courant
Notebook: two Tulane reserve defensive linemen out for year with fluky injuries NOLA.com
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Memphis vs. Tulane score predictions, who has the edge
- Memphis-Tulane football: 5 things to know for Saturday’s game
- Commercial Appeal staff picks every AAC football game against the betting line: Week 8
Tulsa World
- Tulsa at Cincinnati: Everything you need to know about Hurricane’s road trip
- Tulsa at No. 21 Cincinnati: Midway through the season, ‘There’s nobody healthy’ for the Hurricane
UH injury report: QB Clayton Tune a game-time decision Houston Chronicle
Annapolis Capital
- Navy football co-defensive coordinator Norwood welcomes Nationals player as future son-in-law
- Navy’s Perry maturing into top-notch option quarterback
A look at how a consistent jump shot could unlock WSU guard Jamarius Burton’s game Wichita Eagle
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Winston Salem Journal
- XFL Draft sends Winston-Salem native, Wake Forest and App State alums to new teams
- Wake Forest basketball is approaching the first of two closed-door scrimmages with an eye on teachable moments.
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Former Lakeland star DeAndre Faulk sat out last year. Now he’s a Hampton University standout.
- Norfolk State seeks to follow breakthrough performance with another MEAC win
Gamecocks’ Will Muschamp had to fix USC’s defense or risk losing his job. So far, so good. Charleston Post and Courier
Boise State AD taking very un-UCF-like approach to College Football Playoff NBC Sports
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Week 8 college football schedule: How to watch all 62 FBS games
- A midseason check on the College Football Playoff odds
- 5 things to think about when Georgia meets Kentucky
The Associated Press
- UCLA ends 11-year drought against Stanford with 34-16 win
- Ulmo comes through with late FG, Mocs beat Bucs 16-13
- UL-Lafayette beats Arkansas State 37-20
- No. 24 Appalachian State hosts Louisiana-Monroe
- No. 14 Boise State heads out of conference to face BYU
- BC turns to Grosel at QB for game against NC State
- No. 9 Florida begins decisive SEC stretch at South Carolina
- No. 2 LSU not looking past slumping Mississippi State
- No. 15 Texas set to regroup against Kansas for Big 12 chase
- No. 16 Wolverines’ visit to No. 7 Penn State tops schedule
- No. 23 Iowa looks for bounce back vs. banged-up Purdue
- Tennessee trying to snap 12-year losing streak vs Alabama
- No. 4 Ohio State looks to stay on roll at Northwestern
- No. 8 Irish need to win out and have help for playoff berth
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Michael Jordan steps up charitable giving. Novant Charlotte clinic ‘just the start’
- Panthers Tracks: Carolina’s bye week came at a perfect time … for us, too
New York Times
- Why Are the Astros 3-1 Up? It’s All About the Ks.
- How the Astros Beat the Yankees in Game 4 of the A.L.C.S.
- Patrick Mahomes Knocked Out of Game by a Knee Injury
- Those Superfast Nike Shoes Are Creating a Problem
- In New M.L.S. Playoff Format, Every Game Is a Must-Win
- For the Nationals, Howie Kendrick’s Resilience Says It All
- N.B.A. Commissioner: China Asked Us to Fire Daryl Morey
Washington Post
- Fourteen years after baseball’s return to D.C., the original Nats love what they’re seeing
- Why Nationals Manager Dave Martinez never panicked
- The Nationals’ World Series roster strategy figures to be big on stars, not on subs
- Nationals coaches Bob Henley, Tim Bogar draw interest in managerial searches
- Nationals World Series tickets: What you need to know
- Nats fan asks judge to postpone case so he can ‘stay up late watching baseball’ with son
- Astros seek to quash ALCS sign-stealing controversy
- Bradley Beal extension is a big win for Wizards GM Tommy Sheppard and his vision for future
- Bradley Beal agrees to two-year extension with the Wizards
- A wide receiver in college, Redskins’ Quinton Dunbar has become one of NFL’s top cornerbacks
- As Daniel Snyder’s Redskins hit new low, here comes Kyle Shanahan to show him what he missed
- Patrick Mahomes believed to have suffered dislocated kneecap in Chiefs’ blowout of the Broncos
- Patrick Mahomes shouldn’t try to rush back
- A wide receiver in college, Redskins’ Quinton Dunbar has become one of NFL’s top cornerbacks
- The latest addition to the Redskins offense is a fullback
- The Year of the Backup QB has created some unexpected, major decisions for NFL teams
- ‘Since today’ fan becomes face of the Nats’ World Series bandwagon
- Tiger Woods says he wants to add Olympic gold to all those green jackets
- Adam Silver says China asked NBA to fire Rockets’ Daryl Morey
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