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Sunday, November 29, 2020

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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…

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

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    Pirates save best for last
  • Audio: Press Conference Interview #1
    Mike Houston postgame
  • Audio: Press Conference Interview #2
    Holton Ahlers postgame
  • Audio: Press Conference Interview #3
    Jireh Wilson postgame
  • Basketball News
    Hoops canceled for COVID

ecupirates.com

  • 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

East Carolina scores 45 points in 1st half, beats SMU, 52-38 WITN 7

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

USF Basketball Doubleheader: Women’s Cruise Past Jacksonville 84-46; Men’s Can’t Make A Shot, Lose 84-68 to Rhode Island SB Nation

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

‘Stay your path’: How TU’s Zaven Collins developed from an under-the-radar recruit into one of the best players in college football Tulsa World

 

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

  • Virus Disruptions Hit 49ers and Broncos, as N.F.L. Crisis Grows
  • N.F.L. Week 12 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread
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