Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The East Carolinian

• AAC officials comment on controversial call in ECU loss
• ECU announces additional furloughs of employees due to COVID-19

Houston reacts to AAC’s statement from Tulsa loss in weekly 1-on-1 interview  WNCT 9

AAC acknowledges crucial officiating mistake during ECU-Tulsa game WITN 7

WATCH: Willie Fritz previews ECU week for Tulane football WGNO

ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt: East Carolina fans may want to close their eyes for this Bad Beats http://www.youtube.com

ECU furloughs about 100 housing and dining employees because of campus revenue losses | Raleigh News & Observer Raleigh News and Observer

247 Sports

• What Tulane coach Willie Fritz said about ECU
• ECU safety Tank Robinson enters transfer portal
• Tulane vs. ECU: Setting The Stage
• Opening betting line released for Tulane-ECU
• From The Whiteboard: ECU’s Run Game vs Tulsa
• Aaron’s AAC Rewind: Week 9

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• WOODWARD: ECU beats Tulsa, doesn’t get credit for win
• AAC admits officiating error on fumbleECU furloughs 99 in housing and dining

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• American Athletic Conference Statement on East Carolina-Tulsa Football Game
• American Football Championship Game Will be Played Dec. 19
• Cincinnati, UCF Players Earn Weekly Football Honors
• No. 22 SMU Bounces Back With 51-37 Win Against Navy
• UCF Gets Road Win at Houston, 44-21
• Ridder Accounts for 5 TDs as No. 7 Cincinnati Tops Memphis, 49-10
• Pratt’s 3 TDs Push Tulane Past Temple, 38-3

American Athletic Conference Power Rankings going into week 10 Wilmington Star-News

State of the AAC: Cincinnati crushes Memphis to move to top 6 in AP, SMU gets back on track The Daily Cougar

The Associated Press

• STAT WATCH: Midshipmen’s ground game not what it used to be
• AAC acknowledges replay mistake in East Carolina-Tulsa game
• Buechele, No. 22 SMU bounce back in 51-37 victory over Navy
• Ridder drives No. 7 Bearcats to 49-10 rout of Memphis
• Tulane snaps skid with convincing 38-3 win over Temple
• Gabriel leads potent UCF offense past Houston 44-21

Confidence builder: Tulane happy with the way it snapped three-game losing streak NOLA.com

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Cincinnati Bearcats move up to No. 6 in latest AP poll following 49-10 win over Memphis
• Cincinnati Bearcats flirting with perfection after a 49-10 win over Memphis

Previewing Florida-Missouri, UCF-Houston and why Indiana-Rutgers is Tampa’s game of the week Tampa Bay Times

Josh Heupel apologizes for UCF players’ behavior during arrestOrlando Sentinel

Temple QB Anthony Russo out for Saturday’s game vs. SMU Philadelphia Inquirer

Temple’s offense struggles in same areas after four games The Temple News

Ex-SMU backup QB Terrance Gipson explains transfer decision: ‘The head man just didn’t have faith in my play’  Dallas Morning News

Memphis basketball mailbag: Most improved Tiger, the biggest surprise and Damion Baugh’s jump shot Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• AAC acknowledges late officiating error from TU’s win against East Carolina
• Happy birthday to TU basketball coach Frank Haith: Take a look back at his career here
• TU football: Days after daughter’s birth, TK Wilkerson vaults Hurricane to victory

UH’s game time vs. South Florida set Houston Chronicle

Navy football set to welcome Tulsa, American Conference leaders, to Annapolis Baltimore Sun

Today in sports history: Navy ends 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame in 3OT thriller Winston Salem Journal

Annapolis Capital

• Bill Wagner (2018): AAC officials must be held accountable
• Bill Wagner: Abandoning the triple-option does not bode well for Navy football | COMMENTARY

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Ruffin McNeill settles into his new role at NC State
• Four ways NC State football got better from its bye week before playing Miami
• COVID-19 wiped out a Bahamas trip, so Blue Devils will host Duke Classic
• NC State vs. Miami: Jonas Pope IV’s one-minute preview
• Best college football team in NC and SC? It’s Clemson and Coastal … then everyone else

Winston Salem Journal

• North Carolina falls further behind in ACC football race
• Wake Forest Extra: Coach Dave Clawson says 100 percent of his players and coaches have registered to vote
• Top target: Wake Forest’s Jaquarii Roberson having his breakout season at wide receiver
• Ted Brown isn’t bitter as Clemson’s Travis Etienne tracks down his career-best ACC rushing total
• App State moves to 2-0 in the Sun Belt after a win against Louisiana-Monroe

It took 24 hours to raise $2.5M, now “Save Tribe Swimming” wants the William & Mary men’s program reinstated Norfolk Virginian Pilot

It’s hard to make sense of college football in 2020. So stop trying! Washington Post

Charleston Post Courier

• Sapakoff: Clemson’s D.J. Uiagalelei explains his jewelry, wristbands
• As Clemson’s Lawrence remains in virus isolation, teammates’ recovery can be instructive
• Citadel football’s date with rival Furman set as SoCon reconfigures spring schedule
• Kickoff time set for Gamecocks’ game at Ole Miss
• Gamecocks can turn to 2 running backs if passing game going nowhere

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Police: UGA’s LeCounte riding unregistered dirt bike in crash
• Smart says he’d like a dynamic UGA offense. Actions say otherwise
• Election Day mostly idle for Bulldogs, 93% of whom already voted
• Georgia Tech’s Reveno is voter participation’s unlikely activist

The Associated Press

• SEC fines Florida’s Mullen $25K for role in brawl vs. Mizzou
• NCAA’s Election Day off sends message but is it needed?
• Saturday’s best