Audio Feature with Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe Pregame Podcast…ECU football players allowed to wear social justice patch…No. 13 UCF opens conference play with trip to East Carolina…Blake Harrell’s opening test as ECU’s DC not an ideal matchup…No. 13 UCF-ECU matchup to be televised on ABC…Heather Macy returns to Greensboro College to coach women’s basketball team…UNC, NC State had record income but spent it all. COVID broke the college sports model…William & Mary athletes planning to sue school over cut women’s programs…A little ‘FitzMagic’ puts Dolphins in the win column and keeps Tua Tagovailoa at bay…Brown, Watkins have big nights in UAB’s 42-10 win…Pandemic-proof: Fall college football revived on West Coast…Davis, Lakers beat Nuggets to take 3-1 lead in West finals…Nadal can tie Federer’s 20 Slams with lucky No. 13 in Paris

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Audio Feature with Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe
Pregame Podcast Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert
• Gameday: ECU Hosts No. 13 UCF In Season Opener

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• Pirate Player Profile: Xavier Smith
• Game week is here: Bailey’s 1-on-1 with ECU Coach Mike Houston

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Rivals

• Stopping the UCF Offense is Job One for East Carolina
• Donnie K Talks UCF and Gives His Keys to Victory For ECU

247 Sports

• ECU releases uniform combination for season opener
• Blake Harrell’s opening test as ECU’s DC not an ideal matchup
• Ahlers showing ‘night and day’ growth heading into junior season
• ECU Football vs. UCF: How to watch, live stream, channel
• No. 13 UCF-ECU matchup to be televised on ABC
• From The Whiteboard: ECU’s Redzone Defense vs UCF
• Pre-Game Podcast: ECU vs. UCF

Podcast #241 – Previewing ECU SB Nation

UCF at East Carolina odds, picks and best bets Arizona Republic

Watch: Thursday Media – ECU Preview UCF Knights

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Major TV spot, manufactured atmosphere for Pirates vs. Knights
• ECU-UCF PREVIEW: Pirates eyeing their own upset start
• ECU-UCF: Three questions before kickoff
• ECU-UCF: Knights lineup
• ECU-UCF: Pirates lineup
• ECU-UCF: Three players to watch

Revisiting Gardner Minshew’s rise with the Jaguars: The mania, the magic, the mustache Sporting News

Around the American Athletic Conference

AAC Daily: Four Football Games in Week 4 Still Left to Be Played bcsnn.com

Bearcats Notebook: No fans at Nippert Stadium through Oct. 3 Cincinnati Enquirer

USF’s Jeff Scott says accumulation of coronavirus issues led to postponed game Tampa Bay Times

UCF QB Dillon Gabriel’s feet give Knights’ offense another dimension Orlando Sentinel

Tigers football players react to Breonna Taylor decision Memphis Commercial Appeal

NOLA.com

• Notebook: Tulane cornerback Jaylon Monroe ready for another tough challenge
• Football is back: Five AAC questions heading into a pandemic-altered season

Navy might air it out more to take advantage of QB Dalen Morris’ throwing ability Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC, NC State had record income but spent it all. COVID broke the college sports model
• NC State football isn’t his first stop but here’s how Daniel Joseph landed in Raleigh
• Bailey Hockman’s trials before NC State helped him adapt, overcome with Wolfpack
• What are UNC, NC State, Duke’s basketball schedules going to look like? It’s a scramble.

Heather Macy returns to Greensboro College to coach women’s basketball team Greensboro News & Record

Winston Salem Journal

• N.C. State announces reduced revenue projection, cost-cutting in athletics department
• Wake Forest men’s basketball team lands shooting guard from overseas
• Five things to know about Campbell, App State’s and Wake Forest’s next opponents
• Appalachian State volleyball opener postponed because of case of COVID-19

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• William & Mary athletes planning to sue school over cut women’s programs
• “She’s a rock star.” Norfolk State hires Norview alum Katina Roberts as director of football operations
• Molinaro: What’s the point of fining maskless NFL coaches when the players aren’t wearing one?

How to watch this weekend’s NC State, Duke, ECU, Appalachian State, Campbell and Charlotte football Fayetteville Observer

Charleston Post Courier

• Sapakoff: 3 reasons for optimism for each SEC football team, Gamecocks included
• Clemson football open date: Four areas of focus for Tigers
• 3 accused of creating ‘man cave’ in New York City under Grand Central station

South Carolina-Tennessee football prediction: Gamecocks looking for a good start  Columbia The State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• UGA goes 9-1 and beats Bama. Will that satisfy the CFP?
• Marco Coleman: Georgia Tech will win a national title ‘pretty soon’

The Associated Press

• Week 4 Preview: FSU-Miami has King in spotlight; SEC begins
• 5 things to know about Georgia-Arkansas
• Pandemic-proof: Fall college football revived on West Coast
• No. 16 Tennessee looks for seventh straight win in opener
• Hafley, Jurkovec to make home debuts for Boston College
• Ehlinger has plenty of passing options at No. 8 Texas
• No. 3 Oklahoma looks to avoid another loss to Kansas State
• Brown, Watkins have big nights in UAB’s 42-10 win