Zay Jones catches his first touchdown pass as a Raider…Dwayne Harris signs with Texans’ practice squad…Pinnix ‘doing a lot of different stuff’ for ECU entering 2020…Pirates to face Gabriel after his career day; After 400 yard plus performance, Dillon Gabriel looks to improve…ECU’s November game at Cincinnati moved to Friday night; SU Football Kick Off Time Vs East Carolina Announced…UH baseball recruiting class ranks No. 24 nationally, No. 1 in AAC…William & Mary criticized for copying Stanford’s wording in announcing cuts of 7 sports…Lack of games could hurt Marshall’s ranking…‘Match made in heaven’: Deion Sanders to coach Jackson State…UMass reverses course and will play football this fall …Hamlin, Michael Jordan partner on NASCAR team for Wallace…Lightning beat Stars 3-2 in Game 2, get even in Stanley Cup…Raiders open Las Vegas stadium with 34-24 win vs Saints

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Game week is here: Bailey’s 1-on-1 with ECU Coach Mike Houston WNCT 9

Game Notes: #13 UCF at East Carolina UCF Knights

247 Sports

• UCF vs. ECU: Five Knights players to know
• Setting The Stage: No. 13 UCF vs. ECU
• Opening line released for ECU’s opener against UCF
• WATCH: Zay Jones catches his first touchdown pass as a Raider
• Dooley sees growth in Pirates: ‘We look a lot different’
• Dwayne Harris signs with Texans’ practice squad
• GSU Football Kick Off Time Vs East Carolina Announced
• Pinnix ‘doing a lot of different stuff’ for ECU entering 2020
• ECU’s November game at Cincinnati moved to Friday night
• Start time, TV coverage for ECU’s road opener revealed

Pirates to face Gabriel after his career day Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Navy Chosen as FWAA National Team of the Week
• American Announces Weekly Football Honors

247 Sports

• After 400 yard plus performance, Dillon Gabriel looks to improve
• UCF QB Dillon Gabriel doubles down on ‘best Florida team’ claim
• Aaron’s AAC Rewind: Week 3
• Holgorsen frustrated by late cancelation notice from Baylor

American Athletic Conference Power Rankings going into week 4 Star-News

Central Florida among risers in latest NCAA Re-Rank 1-90 USA Today

College football rankings: UCF eyes the top 10, Boston College surges in CBS Sports 76 CBSSports.com

Mililani’s Dillon Gabriel earns AAC and Walter Camp National Player of the Week honors KHON2

Ferd Lewis: Quarterback Dillon Gabriel’s study-at-home pays early dividends for UCF Honolulu Star-Advertiser

AAC Daily: Recapping Week 3, Player Awards, Schedule Updates and More BCSNN

Tampa Bay Times

• If USF’s game at Florida Atlantic transpires, so could history
• Dillon Gabriel stands by claim that UCF is state’s best team

UCF DE Josh Celiscar delivers impressive debut at Georgia Tech Orlando Sentinel

UCF football kickoff time set for home opener against Tulsa Florida Sun Sentinel

Temple verbal commit is head coach Aaron McKie’s first Philly recruit The Temple News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football pushes on as players recover from positive COVID-19 tests, contact tracing
• Memphis-SMU football kickoff time, TV info announced for Oct. 3 game

Tulane, Southern Miss look to rebound after tough setbacks ESPN

UH baseball recruiting class ranks No. 24 nationally, No. 1 in AAC The Daily Cougar

SMU hopes to build off early success in home opener vs. Stephen F. Austin Dallas Morning News

Bill Haisten: As there were 15 penalties at OSU, a lingering TU issue is ‘getting hard to watch’ Tulsa World

Navy quarterback Dalen Morris bounces back in a big way after benching Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Duke quarterback Chase Brice No. 1 in the country in one college football category
• Here’s who will be NC State’s starting quarterback against Virginia Tech

All-Carolina Poll: App State can no longer claim ‘next-best’ team in North Carolina Charlotte Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• App Trail: What App State coach Shawn Clark said at his weekly press conference
• WSSU athletics budget stays steady for now, but that could change this winter

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Can Hokies make it to kickoff Saturday vs. N.C. State? “I hope we are able to play,” coach Justin Fuente says.
• William & Mary criticized for copying Stanford’s wording in announcing cuts of 7 sports
• U.Va. finally on the brink of opener with Duke after 3 months of workouts, perfect coronavirus testing results

Charleston Post Courier

• Is Will Muschamp’s USC program headed in the right direction? Former Gamecocks weigh in.
• Gamecocks still interested? No. 1 running back in junior college reopens recruiting.

Columbia The State

• Highly rated JUCO running back, Gamecocks target decommits from Tennessee
• 4 days until the Gamecocks play: 4 games to watch most closely in 2020
• No. 1 Clemson, Swinney worried about COVID during bye week
• Clemson defensive tackle to miss extended period of time with injury

Huntington Herald-Dispatch

• Chuck Landon: Lack of games could hurt MU’s ranking
• Marshall enters Associated Press Poll at No. 25

Will MAC football be played this fall? At BSU and elsewhere some are calling for just that Indianapolis Star

UMass reverses course and will play football this fall The Boston Globe

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Continued development of WR George Pickens key to Georgia’s success
• Georgia Bulldogs excited to finally get to a game week
• Chris Martin explains decision to leave Georgia Tech team

Gene Frenette: College football needs the SEC’s return for ratings, credibility Florida Times-Union

The Associated Press

• Coach Fuente hopes Hokies ‘able to play’ Wolfpack this week
• QB Guarantano opens as undisputed starter for No. 16 Vols
• ‘Match made in heaven’: Deion Sanders to coach Jackson State
• Aranda optimistic Baylor will play Big 12 opener vs Kansas
• The Latest: UMass to play football this fall, reversing call