Fans Welcomed to Raymond James Stadium Starting With Saturday’s Homecoming Clash with ECU…COVID-19 cases for ECU students continue to decline; City of Greenville plans for smaller Halloween crowd…Warren Saba named to Pro Football Focus’ Team of the Week…ECU Alumni Association’s Purple Gold Golf Open to tee off Oct. 16 …Tulsa Chosen as FWAA National Team of the Week…Dana Holgorsen says ‘we’re good’ as UH tries again to play opener …Appalachian State football trying to determine whether Oct. 14 matchup with Georgia Southern can be played…Braves again turn to their ace for Game 1 start…Quinn confident 0-4 start doesn’t eliminate Falcons from NFC South race…Chiefs lean on D to beat Pats 26-10 in COVID-19-delayed game…Ron Rivera plans to keep coaching Washington, even amid difficulties from cancer treatment…Texans fire coach Bill O’Brien after 0-4 start…Yankees and Astros Look Formidable in the A.L. Playoffs…Correa, Springer rally Astros past A’s 10-5 in ALDS opener…Supreme Court allows minor leaguers’ class action over pay

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU to open football ticket lottery for students The East Carolinian

Bailey goes one-on-one with Houston to preview ECU vs USF WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU Alumni Association’s Purple Gold Golf Open to tee off Oct. 16
• COVID-19 cases for ECU students continue to decline
• City of Greenville plans for smaller Halloween crowd

247 Sports

• Two games in, PFF numbers show ECU’s pass pro is nation’s worst
• Start time, TV details released for Navy-ECU
• Breaking down JUCO possibilities to fill out ECU’s 2021 class
• Warren Saba named to Pro Football Focus’ Team of the Week
• USF announces fans welcome for Saturday’s game vs. East Carolina

Fans Welcomed to Raymond James Stadium Starting With Saturday’s Homecoming Clash with ECU South Florida Bulls

Tampa Bay Times

• USF announces fans welcome for Saturday’s game vs. East Carolina
• This is not the worst quarterback situation USF has been in

USF to allow 1,700 students to attend Homecoming game USF Oracle

WOODWARD: ECU, like its next opponent, is chasing positive reinforcement Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

ECU professor lands patent for treating Restless legs syndrome WRAL

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

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

247 Sports

• Aaron’s AAC Rewind: Week 5
• Time/TV announced for Memphis’ matchup against UCF
• Chris Naggar, Shane Buechele named AAC Players of the Week

What we learned from the AAC in Week 5 Underdog Dynasty

Houston hopes to finally open season vs. Tulane CBS Sports

TU football notebook: Golden Hurricane named national team of the week Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• Dana Holgorsen says ‘we’re good’ as UH tries again to play opener
• UH ready for opener, but that’s nothing new

The Opposition: A look at Tulane ahead of UH’s season opener The Daily Cougar

American Athletic Conference Power Rankings going into week 6 Star-News

UCF podcast: What is wrong with the Knights – and how can it be fixed? Orlando Sentinel

Temple football notes: Coach Rod Carey shakes up the offensive line Philadelphia Inquirer

The Temple News

• The Temple News predicts Temple’s 2020 football season
• Temple football increases COVID-19 testing before Navy game
• FOOTBALL PREVIEW 2020

What Memphis AD Laird Veatch said on seating, scheduling for Tigers basketball Memphis Commercial Appeal

From scout team to significant contributor: meet Tulane D-lineman Noah Seiden NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• SMU basketball scheduling update: Tim Jankovich unhappy with Georgia for trying to get out of game at Moody Coliseum
• ‘We have to be prepared to move on’: SMU coach Sonny Dykes comments on potentially serious injuries to Reggie Roberson Jr., T.J. McDaniel

Bill Wagner: Navy football getting routed by Air Force was stunning to see | COMMENTARY Baltimore Sun

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Washington Post

• When a college cuts a sports program, these are the lives upended
• LSU football to remove CDC wellness checks, resume alcohol sales at Tiger Stadium
• The puzzle that is the Texas Longhorns has gone beyond baffling

Raleigh News and Observer

• All-Carolina College Football Poll: NC State moves into the top 3 as Wake Forest falls
• NC State announces seating plan for Duke game. Find out who can get in.
• Delayed and delayed again, Barton still waiting to scratch the 70-year football itch

College Football Top 25 Power Rankings, Week 6: Georgia makes case for No. 1 Saturday Blitz

Forde-Yard Dash: How Do 10 First-Year Coaches Stack Up So Far? Sports Illustrated

Appalachian State football trying to determine whether Oct. 14 matchup with Georgia Southern can be played Winston Salem Journal

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Success defending deep passes at Clemson helps U.Va.’s secondary gain confidence ahead of matchup against N.C. State
• Coach Justin Fuente lives by Navy SEAL “just make it to breakfast” mantra as No. 19 Hokies prepare for No. 8 North Carolina

Charleston Post Courier

• Sapakoff: A Miami upset would lift the ACC and eventually Clemson, too
• For The Citadel and Army West Point, not many secrets between coaching staffs
• Muschamp repeats oft-uttered phrase as Gamecocks’ secondary underperforms

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks tailback commit has speed, energy. And no one calls him by his given name
• Game time, TV details set for South Carolina vs. Auburn
• Clemson-Georgia Tech kickoff time, TV info set

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia Tech trying to clean up unforced errors
• Cade Mays saga continues as Tennessee visits Georgia
• Georgia Tech-Clemson kickoff time set

The Associated Press

• Schiano says coronavirus is Rutgers’ biggest opponent now
• Kentucky back Smoke out ‘a couple of weeks’ with broken rib
• Former FSU coach Bobby Bowden, 90, tests positive for virus
• AP Sportlight