Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

247 Sports

• ECU quarterback Holton Ahlers returns to practice
• ECU punter Jonn Young added to Ray Guy Award watch list

Detroit Tigers’ second-tier prospects could tilt rebuild toward success Detroit Free Press

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• No. 9 Cincinnati Gets 42-13 Road Win at No. 16 SMU
• Tune, Stevenson Lead Houston Past Navy, 37-21
• Gabriel’s 5 TD Passes Lead UCF Past Tulane, 51-34
• Memphis Pulls Away From Temple Behind White’s 4 TD Passes
• Tulsa Scores Friday Win at USF, 42-13

The Associated Press

• Ridder runs, passes No. 19 Cincinnati past No. 16 SMU, 42-13
• Cincinnati at SMU 10/24/2020
• Gabriel throws 5 more touchdown passes in UCF’s 51-34 win
• Tulane at UCF 10/24/2020
• Tune leads Houston past Navy in 37-21 win

247 Sports

• Live updates: SMU 13 – Cincinnati 42; Final
• Memphis uses 31 second half points to defeat Temple 41-29
• Turnover-prone Owls lose chance at upset in Memphis

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Cincinnati Bearcats’ Darius Harper wants to be a criminal justice reform ‘game changer’
• Cincinnati football: UC Bearcats vs. SMU Mustangs

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF fans should just enjoy perhaps greatest offense in college football history | Commentary
• Memo to UCF fans: Scott Frost’s defense wasn’t so great, either | Commentary
• Kudos to ESPN for keeping Corso part of ‘GameDay’ during COVID crisis | Commentary

White stays hot as Memphis tops Temple National Post

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Turnovers cost Temple in 41-29 loss at Memphis
• Observations from Temple’s 41-29 loss at Memphis
• Crazy high scoring in the AAC means Temple better light up the scoreboard this week and every week | Marc Narducci

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football did just enough to beat Temple, and just enough is enough for now | Giannotto
• Memphis 41, Temple 29: 5 things we learned as Tigers equal school-record home win streak
• How Rodney Owens went from walk-on to quarterback of Memphis football’s defense

NOLA.com

• No defense: UCF shreds Tulane for 689 yards in 51-34 victory.
• Three-and-Out: Guerry’s thoughts following Tulane’s 51-34 loss to UCF
• Notebook: Tulane running back Amare Jones misses UCF game with leg injury

Cincinnati’s Desmond Ritter ran all over the Mustangs in SMU’s first loss of 2020 Dallas Morning News

Tulsa World

• Golden memory: 10 years ago this week, TU marched into tradition-rich Notre Dame and shocked the Irish to earn one of the program’s biggest ever football wins
• Top crowds for a TU football game

‘Can’t get worn down:’ Navy defense rises early and falters late in loss to Houston Baltimore Sun

Offense sputters as Navy football gets routed by Houston, 37-21, at home Annapolis Capital

Houston hands Navy football first conference loss Washington Post

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest plays complete game in 23-16 win over 19th-ranked Virginia Tech
• UNC bounces back from upset loss, dominates N.C. State

Raleigh News and Observer

• No contest: UNC football runs wild on Wolfpack
• UNC was just more physical than NC State football — in every part of the game
• UNC truly a much better team when it doesn’t believe the hype
• ‘Running over people, it just happens.’ Javonte Williams a tank in UNC blowout
• Talking smack! Former UNC, NC State players saying they REALLY don’t like each other.
• Freshman walk-on Nick Andersen has three interceptions in Wake Forest win over Va Tech

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Wake Forest defense stymies Virginia Tech’s rushing attack, intercepts three passes to knock off No. 19 Hokies
• Virginia makes defensive strides, but comes up short against No. 11 Miami and drops fourth straight game
• William & Mary women’s track team won’t represent school unless men’s team is reinstated

Fayetteville Observer

• Tar Heels too much: UNC pounds rival NC State into submission
• Opportunity knocks, walk-on answers: True freshman finds footing on defense for Demon Deacons
• Hoisted high: Freshman walk-on Andersen assists Wake Forest in upset over No. 19 Virginia Tech

Charlotte 49ers find another walk-on success story in Lance McMillan  Charlotte Observer

Charleston Post Courier

• LSU hammers Gamecocks; USC heads into bye week at 2-3
• Without star QB, Coastal Carolina finds a way to knock off Georgia Southern
• Sapakoff: More Syracuse salt, and Dabo on the Clemson defensive
• Key turnover provides Clemson late push over Syracuse

Columbia The State

• Not much goes right for USC in the Bayou as LSU delivers gut punch to Gamecocks
• What Will Muschamp said about Collin Hill and USC’s QB spot after loss to LSU
• 5 lessons we learned from South Carolina’s loss to LSU
• Analysis: USC’s coaching staff had a chance to build goodwill. They did the opposite
• Dabo Swinney unhappy with ‘negative questions’ after Tigers beat Syracuse
• After slow start, No. 1 Clemson takes care of business vs heavy underdog Syracuse
• Thumbs up, thumbs down from Clemson’s win over Syracuse

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Defense lifts Georgia State to win at Troy
• Georgia Tech’s defense gashed by Boston College run game
• Georgia Tech undermines Geoff Collins’ case that it’s getting better
• Photos: Georgia Tech thumped by Boston College
• Justin Fields dominates as Ohio State returns to the field

Washington Post

• College football winners and losers for Week 8: Indiana stuns Penn State
• Taulia Tagovailoa’s first start for Maryland is a disaster as Northwestern dominates
• There was Big Ten football in Wisconsin, but the streets weren’t jumping as usual

The Associated Press

• Indiana’s gamble pays off in OT upset over No. 8 Penn State
• No. 2 Alabama loses Jaylen Waddle, beats Tennessee 48-17
• No. 18 Michigan tops No. 21 Minnesota 49-24 in Milton debut
• Ramsey, Anderson lead way, Northwestern pounds Terps 43-3
• Wilson leads No. 12 BYU past Texas State 52-14