Strong ECU Soccer Effort Spoiled By UCF…Gameday: Pirates Host AAC Foes SMU And Memphis…New versatility key for ECU hoops…USF QB situation shaky heading to ECU…Movie about USF football players lost at sea to be made in Clearwater…No. 16 SMU Holds Off Houston To Get To 8-0…The Kirk Cousins Bowl, really, was a matchup of one team with title hopes and the Redskins…A team that finished behind the Braves is two wins from a title

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Looking for continuity Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Strong ECU Effort Spoiled By UCF
• Gameday: ECU Hosts USF For Homecoming
• Gameday: Pirates Host AAC Foes SMU And Memphis
• Forbrigd To Compete In Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship

Greenville Daily Reflector

• New versatility key for ECU hoops
• USF QB situation shaky heading to ECU
• WATCH: ECU-USF three questions

Pirates Suffer Home Loss to the Knights 1-0  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• UCF shuts out ECU women’s soccer, 1-0
• ECU’s Supernatural class, English 2570, hosts ghost walk
• Freeboot Friday returns for ECU’s homecoming game weekend

247 Sports

• ECU reveals uniform combination for USF game
• The Edge: South Florida vs. ECU
• College Prospects to Keep an Eye on for the Bears: Week Nine
• Pirates managing injuries as season opener nears
• ECU tight ends beginning to show some flashes
• Kirkpatrick to stick with different view at least one more week

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• No. 16 SMU Holds Off Houston To Get To 8-0
• Game Preview: USF at ECU
• Game Preview: UCF at Temple
• Game Preview: Memphis at Tulsa
• Game Preview: Tulane at Navy
• Game Preview: UConn at Massachusetts
• UCF, USF and SMU Pick Up Road Wins

Dallas Morning News

• Who has a better case for coach of the year: Matt Rhule or Sonny Dykes?
• It wasn’t the best performance but SMU was still good enough to beat Houston, remain undefeated
• Xavier Jones’ 62-yard TD helps SMU overcome early misfires vs. Houston

Buechele, Jones lead No. 16 SMU past Houston, 34-31 The Associated Press

Late UH rally falls short in loss to No. 16 SMU Houston Chronicle

Group of Five New Year’s Six Watch, Week 9: SMU catching fire Saturday Blitz

How College Football Fans Perceive the Cincinnati Bearcats SB Nation

Movie about USF football players lost at sea to be made in Clearwater Tampa Bay Times

UCF offensive linemen Matt Lee, Edward Collins making most of their opportunities Orlando Sentinel

Temple-UCF: A must-win game for both teams whether they like to think about it or not Philadelphia Inquirer

Game contracts reveal details about UConn football scheduling in 2020 and beyond Hartford Courant

Notebook: Tulane’s red zone efficiency among nation’s best NOLA.com

Loaded Memphis class is No. 1, but Penny Hardaway’s freshmen don’t automatically rank with best Sporting News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• How Memphis Tigers wide receiver Calvin Austin juggles football, track and field
• Chris Fowler posts video about SMU win, ‘College GameDay’ and coming to Memphis?
• Live updates: Memphis basketball makes exhibition debut vs. Christian Brothers

Memphis at Tulsa: ‘No moral victories’ for TU amid tough schedule and disappointing season Tulsa World

Malcolm Perry cementing place among Navy football all-time rushing leaders Annapolis Capital

How freshman Noah Fernandes added 20 pounds to prepare himself to help Wichita State  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

College football picks: Panel likes UVA, but thinks Louisville will keep it close Richmond.com

Raleigh News and Observer

• How Toe Groves, with the help of his imprisoned father, made it from the projects to UNC
• Reserve guard Blake Harris leaves the NC State basketball program

Teel Time: Virginia Tech in overtime, U.Va. in first place and ODU in trouble Norfolk Virginian Pilot

This week in college football: Tough week for Miami’s Manny Diaz and FSU’s Willie Taggart; unlike Diaz, Taggart may run out of time soon Palm Beach Post

Report: College GameDay may not visit Jacksonville for Florida-Georgia Saturday Down South

Columbia The State

• South Carolina-Tennessee football prediction: It’s the return of must-win season
• Will Muschamp: ‘Our players have lost a lot of trust in our league’
• NC prospect with ties to Gamecocks takes closer look, likes how USC uses tight ends
• Injured starter still two weeks away from returning, Will Muschamp says

With two surgically repaired knees, former Clemson walk-on is Tigers’ ‘spiritual giant’ Charleston Post and Courier

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Florida’s Dan Mullen ‘stokes the fires’ of Georgia rivalry 
• Young taken off Georgia Tech roster for academic reasons

The Associated Press

• All eyes turn to showdown of the Tigers in Death Valley
• No. 9 Auburn hoping to break out of Baton Rouge Blues
• Notre Dame and Michigan aim to resume rivalry after a break
• Michigan State hopes to knock off Penn State yet again
• No. 5 Sooners tries to stay in playoff contention at K-State
• With Big Ten reprieve, No. 20 Iowa takes on Northwestern
• Blocked FG secures Jackson State’s 38-35 win over PVAMU
• Louisville settles naming rights with Papa John’s founder