ECU baseball head coach Cliff Godwin earns contract extension through 2025…Betting line released for Marshall-ECU season opener…ECU enrollment holds steady; student housing numbers dip…Multiple major conferences reportedly may be dropping scheduled non-conference football games …Big Ten nixes non-conference football games, ACC could be next; SIAC announces suspension of sports for fall semester; CIAA is the latest college conference to suspend fall sports due to the coronavirus…Tulane’s game vs. Northwestern canceled as Big Ten says it’s only playing conference games; Appalachian State football program loses date with Wisconsin; Virginia Tech loses 2020 game against Penn State…Tech-UGA in jeopardy with ACC’s reported move to conference-only season; With latest COVID news, the looming questions around South Carolina-Clemson; ODU assistant Bryant Stith was exposed to coronavirus at a family function. Now, he’s telling a cautionary tale …Memphis athletics to reduce costs by $4.4M; coaches making salary sacrifices…Hurricanes’ Justin Williams has coronavirus concerns, But there’s a Stanley Cup to be won…MLB flew Dominican players to the U.S. for restart but didn’t test them for coronavirus first…MLS loses second team from its restart as Nashville SC withdraws because of virus

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Head Coach Cliff Godwin Earns Contract Extension
• Classic Rewind Preview: ECU Plays Host To Syracuse (2000)

Godwin signs contract extension The East Carolinian

ECU baseball head coach Cliff Godwin earns contract extension through 2025 WITN 7

ECU Extends Cliff Godwin’s Contract Through 2025 Rivals

247 Sports

• Betting line released for Marshall-ECU season opener
• ESPN’s FPI predictions for every USF football game in 2020

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Godwin extended through 2025
• Finances very fluid for Pirates, projections
• ECU enrollment holds steady; student housing numbers dip

ECU announces contract extension for baseball coach WRAL SportsFan

Around the American Athletic Conference

Dallas Morning News

• Multiple major conferences reportedly may be dropping scheduled non-conference football games
• SMU announces 4 more student-athletes have tested positive for COVID-19

How Big Ten’s move to conference-only schedule in 2020 impacts Cincinnati Bearcats football Cincinnati Enquirer

Tulane’s game vs. Northwestern canceled as Big Ten says it’s only playing conference games NOLA.com

247 Sports

• Report: Big Ten cancels non-conference football games
• Cincinnati AD comments on Big Ten decision
• Report: Cincinnati hiring Greg Gillum as chief of staff
• SMU reports latest COVID-19 testing results

Memphis athletics to reduce costs by $4.4M; coaches making salary sacrifices Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• CIAA is the latest college conference to suspend fall sports due to the coronavirus
• NC State to play Florida Gators in home-and-home football series
• Despite precautions, UNC’s athletic program becomes one of many dealing with coronavirus
• Court document outlines $400,000 payment to Zion Williamson’s stepfather

Charleston Post Courier

• Big Ten nixes non-conference football games, ACC could be next
• Big Ten scraps nonconference football games due to pandemic
• Sapakoff: Best bet in college football? Heisman for Clemson’s Etienne

The Big Ten’s decision is a last-ditch effort to save the 2020 CFB season NBC Sports

Winston Salem Journal

• CIAA suspends all fall sports, but it’s not clear whether football will be played in the spring
• Appalachian State football program loses date with Wisconsin as Big Ten moves to conference-only fall schedule
• App State football dealt with “a couple” positive COVID cases, but staying on healthy course so far
• ACC sitting tight on football as Big Ten moves to conference-only games

Fayetteville Observer

• CIAA, including Fayetteville State, suspends fall sports
• N.C. State adds Florida to football schedule
• Football in spring? Shorter seasons? NCHSAA addresses questions about sports

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU assistant Bryant Stith was exposed to coronavirus at a family function. Now, he’s telling a cautionary tale
• Virginia Tech loses 2020 game against Penn State as the Big Ten cancels nonconference play

Marshall football’s 10 most important players in 2020: No. 10 — WR Talik Keaton Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Columbia The State

• He tried to lock South Carolina-Clemson into law. It’s now in doubt 8 years later
• With latest COVID news, the looming questions around South Carolina-Clemson
• Benedict College won’t be playing football in the fall

No Governor’s Cup? Kentucky-Louisville football game might not happen this season Lexington Herald-Leader

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Tech-UGA in jeopardy with ACC’s reported move to conference-only season
• UGA’s McGarity on fall football: ‘Things are trending in the wrong direction’
• SIAC announces suspension of sports for fall semester

Savannah State football season canceled this fall as SIAC suspends fall sports Savannah Morning News

MAC commissioner shocked at timing of Big Ten’s decision to drop non-conference foes USA Today

BYU loses 2 games from its 2020 football schedule with Big Ten’s move to limit fall sports to conference games only Salt Lake Tribune

Conference USA Preview Rotoworld