Marques Earns First Career ITA Ranking…ECU signs 7-footer Derrick ‘FiFii’ Quansah…UConn not practicing, Pirates game-planning…Gerlach documents clear allegations…Remembering the Marshall football tragedy…Michigan to pay record $1.9M to Hawaii for 2022 football game; ECU $1.8M…Late arriving to USF football games? You aren’t missing much…SMU was left out of the CFP rankings. The AAC commissioner says it’s ‘ridiculous’…Panthers’ Eric Reid spoke to Tepper about Colin Kaepernick, skeptical of NFL ‘PR stunt’…The Warriors Are in Last Place. You Read That Right….Gardner Minshew II says becoming the backup won’t change his work ethic

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The Bradsher Beat on ECU Football
Houston’s construction project on schedule Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Marques Earns First Career ITA Ranking
• Pirate MBB Signs Derrick Quansah To NLI
• ECU Soccer Adds 12 Newcomers For 2020

Greenville Daily Reflector

• New employment doesn’t reduce payments to Compher 
• UConn not practicing, Pirates game-planning
• UNC System release report on Gerlach controversy

Derrick Quansah Signs With ECU Rivals

247 Sports

• ECU signs 7-footer Derrick ‘FiFii’ Quansah
• Second open date brings differing approaches from ECU, UConn
• Williams could emerge into frontline starter for Pirates

The East Carolinian

• Offensive confidence has shown up for the Pirates
• Spare reflects after winning All-Conference honors
• ECU to play Liberty for Salute to Service
• Mountaineers edge Pirates 68-62 in Boone
• Gerlach documents clear allegations

Michigan to pay record $1.9M to Hawaii for 2022 football game MLive

Amid East Carolina controversy, UNC’s Board of Governors riven by factions, sources say NC Policy Watch

Around the American Athletic Conference

UConn, USF Fall in Wednesday Night Action theamerican.org

Cincinnati basketball announces class of 2020 recruit signings Cincinnati Enquirer

Bulls’ offense gets set for showdown with Cincinnati The Oracle (USF)

Late arriving to USF football games? You aren’t missing much Tampa Bay Times

UCF spends bye week working to eliminate costly penalties Florida Sun Sentinel

UCF spends bye week working to eliminate costly penalties Orlando Sentinel

For Temple football team, a nod to the past and an eye on the present | Marc Narducci Philadelphia Inquirer

UConn men stage strong comeback, but fall to St. Joseph’s, 96-87 Hartford Courant

Meet the Honey Barger: Tulane’s Tirise Barge lives up to nickname against Tulsa NOLA.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis’ Patrick Taylor remains game-time decision vs. Houston this week
• The 901: Penny Hardaway, James Wiseman should get benefit of the doubt from NCAA

Dallas Morning News

• SMU was left out of the CFP rankings. The AAC commissioner says it’s ‘ridiculous’
• Road to JerryWorld (11/13): Despite Tuesday’s CFP snub, can SMU still earn a berth to the Cotton Bowl?

247 Sports

• Case for the Cotton: SMU needs help in CFB Playoff rankings
• The Case for Cotton: G5 frontrunners pitches for NY6 bid
• In The Film Room . . . Navy Midshipmen

Free tickets available for TU basketball game for those who donate blood Tulsa World

UH blows out Alabama State to open season Houston Chronicle

Navy no longer at a loss with Forney’s bulk on line  Annapolis Capital

What’s wrong with WSU’s offense? Here’s what film shows is slowing the Shockers down  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Remembering the Marshall football tragedy ESPN

New group of NC teams projected to be bowl-bound North State Journal

FSU’s obscenely wasteful Willie Taggart buyout is the final straw: College athletes should be paid! | Commentary Orlando Sentinel

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State fends off feisty Florida International for home win
• Duke basketball found its 3-point shooting touch. Here’s how the stats break down.
• How UNC wide receiver Beau Corrales lives and plays with type-1 diabetes

Winston Salem Journal

• College Football Playoff scenarios: With plenty of season left, a cloudy crystal ball for 13 teams
• Wake Forest rides developing juniors to win against UNCA

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Ragged conference games better than ordinary openers for ACC basketball
• Hokies pick up coveted Class of 2021 QB pledge from Houston’s Dematrius Davis

Columbia The State

• Love, perseverance and football: How Clemson’s K’Von Wallace was inspired by his mom
• As year edges toward close, Muschamp promises more ‘creativity,’ solving predictability
• David Cromer carrying on long family tradition with Gamecocks baseball
• The lesson Gamecocks basketball is taking from Kentucky’s shocking loss to Evansville

Charleston Post and Courier

• Dziagwa-led Oklahoma State downs College of Charleston on national TV
• Healthier Gamecocks need someone on offense to step up against Texas A&M
• Sapakoff: The Gamecocks’ record had Jake Bentley started all season? Better

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia-Auburn game presents quandary for Fromm family
• Only three games remain for Georgia Tech seniors
• ‘A little beat up,’ portion of Bobby Dodd Stadium turf gets replaced

Washington Post

• When Maryland football lost a recruit at halftime, it highlighted what could be slow rebuild
• Maryland and Rutgers still don’t have a chance playing Big Ten football