ECU preparing for season opener vs. UCF…Darius Pinnix Leads a Bevy of ECU Running Backs Into UCF Tilt…ECU, UNC & NC State to allow football players’ parents to attend games …Chancellor search process changing in UNC System, not to impact ECU’s search…ECU remains top performer in U.S. News & World Report ranking…No. 14 UCF football pushes to kick off season with win over Georgia Tech…Baylor-Houston, FAU-Ga Southern postponed day before games…South Florida to South Bend: Charlie Weis Jr. heading back to Notre Dame…Mustangs have chance to start 2-0 on road at North Texas…Tulane needs to make most of spotlight in Green Wave’s first ABC game in 40 years…Tulsa at No. 11 OSU: After delays, Hurricane ready to open season…Marshall, No. 23 Appalachian State in national spotlight…Coastal Carolina clobbers Campbell 43-21 in home opener…From Maui to the mountains: Asheville to host college basketball tournament…In These N.H.L. Playoffs, Backup Goalies Have Taken Center Stage…‘Carnage’ arrives at the U.S. Open as Winged Foot bites back in the second round

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

 ECU preparing for season opener vs. UCF Fayetteville Observer

Houston’s second season shouldn’t affect his tenure The East Carolinian

Three things we know as ECU heads into game week vs. UCF Wilmington Star-News

ECU, UNC & NC State to allow football players’ parents to attend games WITN 7

Chancellor search process changing in UNC System, not to impact ECU’s search WCTI 12

Darius Pinnix Leads a Bevy of ECU Running Backs Into UCF Tilt Rivals

247 Sports

• Two ECU walk-on transfers placed on scholarship
• Change of plans: Players’ parents will be allowed for opener
• New start date brings major questions about schedule

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Johnson, ECU offense almost game-ready
• ECU remains top performer in U.S. News & World Report ranking

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Game Preview: SMU at North Texas
• Game Preview: UCF at Georgia Tech
• Game Preview: USF at Notre Dame
• Game Preview: Navy at Tulane
• Game Preview: Tulsa at Oklahoma State
• Game Preview: Austin Peay at Cincinnati

Baylor-Houston, FAU-Ga Southern postponed day before games The Associated Press

Baylor-Houston postponed day before game NBC Sports

5 things to know as Austin Peay football faces No. 14 Cincinnati Bearcats on Saturday Tennessean

Tampa Bay Times

• South Florida to South Bend: Charlie Weis Jr. heading back to Notre Dame
• Willie Taggart’s FAU debut postponed because of coronavirus positives

No. 14 UCF football pushes to kick off season with win over Georgia Tech Orlando Sentinel

Temple’s Re’Mahn Davis talks Heisman Trophy and improvement over last season’s performance Philadelphia Inquirer

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football to resume practice Saturday after pausing due to COVID-19 outbreak
• Memphis Tigers’ live mascot TOM III dies; U of M calls it end of an era for its sideline mascots

NOLA.com

• No sleepwalking: Tulane vows to be ready at the start for Navy
• Walker: Tulane needs to make most of spotlight in Green Wave’s first ABC game in 40 years

Dallas Morning News

• 5 key storylines for SMU in its rivalry matchup against North Texas
• SMU prediction: Mustangs have chance to start 2-0 on road at North Texas

Tulsa World

• TU at No. 11 OSU: After delays, Hurricane ready to open season
• Tulsa at Oklahoma State: Hurricane kicks off season against Cowboys; Here’s everything you need to get ready for kickoff
• Tulsa at Oklahoma State: A breakdown of the matchups
• Former AD Rick Dickson returns to TU as interim athletic director
• Bill Haisten: For ESPN+ producer Bo Mattingly, the plan is to follow OSU ‘all the way to the end’

Tramel: Tulsa’s Philip Montgomery has a tough job guiding Golden Hurricane through pandemic, school leadership turnover The Oklahoman

Breaking down the Navy-Tulane football matchup Baltimore Sun

Annapolis Capital

• After BYU loss and practice changes, Navy football faces uncertainty ahead of Tulane game
• Navy football introduces safety protocols to protect entire traveling party for road games

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Huntington Herald-Dispatch

• Marshall, No. 23 Appalachian State in national spotlight
• Marshall-Appalachian State series history
• More fans bring additional challenges for game-day operations staff
• Marshall schedule
• On the Field
• Head2Head
• This Week in C-USA

Winston Salem Journal

• Former App State linebacker Dino Hackett, assistant Carroll McCray on Marshall and a shift in the Mountaineers’ program
• Five things to know about Appalachian State’s opponent, Marshall
• Charlotte and UNC cancel matchup; App State and Marshall confident in testing ahead of game
• College football players’ parents will be allowed to attend games in North Carolina
• Five things to watch when Wake Forest plays at N.C. State on Saturday night
• From Maui to the mountains: Asheville to host college basketball tournament
• Baylor-Houston, FAU-Ga Southern postponed day before games

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC, others will play in 2020 Maui Invitational in Asheville. How did that happen?
• NC State, UNC football parents will be allowed in for games, with stipulations
• Coastal Carolina, Grayson McCall provide second act as good as the first against Campbell

Virginia-Virginia Tech football game shifts to Dec. 12 in Blacksburg, returns to familiar late season position on schedule Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Old Dominion AD readies for revamped hoops season as coach Ricky Rahne finally gets face-to-face time with his football players Hampton Roads Daily Press

Washington Post

• Week 3 college football winners and losers
• College football games on TV today
• Big Ten football is preparing to return — with no margin for error

Campbell falls to Coastal Carolina in 2nd FBS game of season Fayetteville Observer

Charleston Post Courier

• Coastal Carolina clobbers Campbell 43-21 in home opener
• Inside look: Student section shows little social distancing in CCU football opener
• No. 1 Clemson vs. The Citadel: Four keys to avoid major upset for Tigers

Columbia The State

• 5 things to watch for as Clemson hosts The Citadel … and a score prediction
• Gameday Guide: Clemson vs. The Citadel TV info, watch online, radio, more

5 ways South Carolina will be better in 2020 than 2019 Saturday Down South

The Associated Press

• Week 3 Preview: ACC quarterback matchup tops light schedule
• The Latest: Virus scraps Florida Atlantic-Georgia Southern
• Bobo: Consistency earned Hill starting Gamecocks QB job
• N.C. State parents OK’d to attend Saturday football game