Pirates save best for last … ECU football claims signature win by upsetting SMU to end season; Ahlers, Snead Lead East Carolina Past SMU, 52-38..SMU’s conference title hopes go up in smoke after losing to 3-win East Carolina…ECU WBB Challenges Virginia Sunday In Charlottesville…Pirates’ MBB Game Against Belmont-Abbey Cancelled…USF, Tulsa Fall in Saturday Men’s Basketball Action…Memphis Outlasts Navy 10-7 for First Win in Annapolis…North Carolina State rallies to defeat Syracuse 36-29…CCU trounces Texas State to clinch Sun Belt East Division; will host conference title game…Sarah Fuller, With a Kickoff, Is the First Woman to Play Football in a Power 5 Game…In an entertaining spectacle, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. battle to a draw in Los Angeles…NFL games on TV: A Week 12 matchup of Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady; Broncos game is still on…Saints fined $500,000, stripped of seventh-round draft pick by NFL for protocol violations; The Broncos still need a franchise QB, but Sunday they’ll settle for anyone who can pass…Virus Disruptions Hit 49ers and Broncos, as N.F.L. Crisis Grows…
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- East Carolina Tops SMU In Season Finale
- ECU WBB Challenges Virginia Sunday In Charlottesville
- Pirates’ MBB Game Against Belmont-Abbey Cancelled
ECU tops SMU on Senior Day in season finale WNCT 9
November 28th Sports; ECU football claims signature win by upsetting SMU to end season WCTI 12
Here are a few takeaways from East Carolina’s win against SMU Wilmington Star-News
Wooten: Pirates’ biggest assets are now in their locker room The Bladen Journal
Ahlers-led East Carolina routs SMU Reuters
SMU @ ECU Videos ESPN
SMU’s conference title hopes go up in smoke after losing to 3-win East Carolina Dallas Morning News
East Carolina scores 45 points in 1st half, beats SMU 52-38 Ft Worth Star Tribune
Rivals.com
- ECU Heats Up Early And Holds On to Beat SMU 52-38
- ECU Snags 66-57 Win Over Charlotte in 49’er Tip-Off Classic
247 Sports
- Pirates capture elusive signature win to finish season
- ECU tops SMU to close out 2020 season
- Postgame Podcast: ECU closes 2020 season with a bang
- Everything Mike Houston said after ECU’s win over SMU
- Near-perfect first half paces ECU to season-ending victory
- ECU 52, SMU 38: How it Looked from the Sidelines
- Live Updates: SMU 38 – East Carolina 52; Final
- Recap: SMU falls to East Carolina, 52-38
Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
- A fantastic finish: ECU beats SMU, 52-38
- ECU-SMU: Three answers
- Pirates win their opener at Charlotte
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- Ahlers, Snead Lead East Carolina Past SMU, 52-38
- Memphis Outlasts Navy 10-7 for First Win in Annapolis
- USF, Tulsa Fall in Saturday Men’s Basketball Action
- USF WBB Races Past Jacksonville 84-46 On Saturday
The Associated Press
- East Carolina scores 45 points in 1st half, beats SMU 52-38
- Gabriel, Harris lead UCF to 58-46 win over South Florida
- Samuel scores 16 with 18 boards; TCU beats Tulsa 70-65
- Russell lifts Rhode Island past South Florida 84-68
Cincinnati Bearcats to open season against Lipscomb on Wednesday at 5 p.m. on ESPN+ Cincinnati Enquirer
Explosive first half powers USF women in season opener Tampa Bay Times
CBS Sports
- Virginia Tech looks to build on 2-0 start vs. South Florida
- Tulane hopes for better start vs. Lipscomb
Final score doesn’t tell story of UCF-USF game The Ledger
UCF outlasts rival USF to cap unusual season Orlando Sentinel
A miserable season for Temple football couldn’t have ended soon enough | Marc Narducci Philadelphia Inquirer
Navy is back in action at last but sputters to a 10-7 loss to Memphis Washington Post
Tim Schwartz: Navy quarterback situation continues to be a problem without an answer | COMMENTARY Baltimore Sun
Annapolis Capital
- Navy football nipped by Memphis, 10-7, in defensive struggle
- Despite the loss, Navy football had defensive bright spots against Memphis
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Memphis finally won at Navy and it doesn’t matter how the Tigers finally did it | Giannotto
- Memphis 10, Navy 7: Five things we learned about the Tigers’ defense
- Is Memphis defense turning a corner? Tigers hope so during three-game win steak
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Thomas throws for 4 TDs as App State romps; E. Carolina scores 45 points in first half Salisbury Post
Raleigh News and Observer
- Duke turnovers, mistakes too much to overcome against Georgia Tech
- Georgia Tech’s running game too much for Duke in 56-33 win
- NC State football defeats Syracuse
- ‘Winning ugly’s OK’ for the Wolfpack, which cements place among ACC’s first division
- Facing adversity, NC State’s Bailey Hockman again finds a way to come out on top With 22 ‘crazy’ turnovers, Duke has plenty to clean up after win over Coppin State
Winston Salem Journal
- App State beats Troy, but No. 16 Coastal Carolina wins to lock up the Sun Belt’s East Division
- App State finds passing success and a better offensive path, even with a conference title out of reach
- Vanderbilt K Fuller becomes first woman to play in Power 5
- Outbreak puts Ohio State’s championship hopes in jeopardy
- North Carolina State rallies to defeat Syracuse 36-29
- Wake Forest’s football game against Miami postponed because of Deacons’ COVID-19 issues
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- Old Dominion downs William & Mary in Monarchs’ home opener
- Norfolk State improves to 2-0 with road win over Radford
- Hokies pull off another shocking November upset, get past No. 3 Villanova in overtime
Chuck Landon: It’s time to push pause button on sports Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail
Charleston Post Courier
- Georgia blasts depleted Gamecocks in USC’s final home game
- Sapakoff: Fun scene at the 2020 South Carolina-Clemson football game this week
- CCU trounces Texas State to clinch Sun Belt East Division; will host conference title game
- Trevor Lawrence, Clemson pound Pittsburgh on senior day
- Despite COVID cutbacks, College of Charleston puts on a show in home opener
Columbia The State
- In search of ‘more ownership’ from Gamecock players, Bobo sees moments vs. Georgia
- Instant reaction: South Carolina vs. Georgia thumbs up, thumbs down
- 5 things we learned from Clemson’s win over Pitt
- Trevor Lawrence sounds like a QB who just played his last home game for Clemson
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Georgia goes back to bully ball and beats up South Carolina
- No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs run over South Carolina
- Its season no longer on hold, Georgia Tech leaves Duke in the dust
- Georgia Tech rolls past Duke as Jahmyr Gibbs suffers injury
- Injury sidelines the rapid rise of Georgia Tech freshman Jahmyr Gibbs
- Vanderbilt’s Fuller becomes first woman to play Power 5 college football
- Georgia State uses big finish to knock off rival Georgia Southern
Washington Post
- Sarah Fuller made college football history Saturday. She also delivered a fine halftime speech.
- Maryland football, shorthanded but back in action after outbreak, is routed by No. 12 Indiana
- College football winners and losers: Pac-12 playoff hopes disappear with Oregon’s loss
- Ohio State football could have played, but AD said it wouldn’t have been ‘the right thing’
The Associated Press
- Takeaways: In abnormal season, business as usual for Tide
- Saturday’s best
- Jeff Sims’ 3 TD passes powers Georgia Tech past Duke, 56-33
New York Times
- Sarah Fuller, With a Kickoff, Is the First Woman to Play Football in a Power 5 Game
- The College Athletes Who Are Allowed to Make Big Bucks: Cheerleaders
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
Charlotte Observer
- Teddy Bridgewater is a lesson in expectations vs. reality. He’s not supposed to be here.
- Gordon Hayward and LaMelo Ball will eat Charlotte Hornets minutes; who loses them?
Washington Post
- In an entertaining spectacle, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. battle to a draw in Los Angeles
- The Broncos still need a franchise QB, but Sunday they’ll settle for anyone who can pass
- 49ers could be forced to relocate as pandemic ravages NFL
- NFL games on TV: A Week 12 matchup of Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady; Broncos game is still on
- Saints fined $500,000, stripped of seventh-round draft pick by NFL for protocol violations
- First place may be a mirage for Washington, but its young stars look as real as it gets
New York Times
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