Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Dooley steers through tricky waters Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Nichols Returns In Top Development Role
• Stith Named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete

The East Carolinian

• Pirate Club adds five more members to staff
• ANALYSIS: Ahlers will have breakout season in 2021
• Whisenhunt takes the field with National Collegiate Stars team

WNCT 9

• Nichols returns in top development role for ECU football
• ECU’s Stith named USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete

247 Sports

• COMMITMENT: Georgia safety PJ Simmons to East Carolina
• Jason Nichols returns to ECU as director of player development
• UVA offers 2022 Alabama wide receiver De’Andre Coleman

Ex-Falcons QB Details Eye-Opening Experience in Atlanta Heavy.com

Argos sign WR Rodney Smith, QB Kelly Bryant, OL Brandon Smith Canadian Football League

WATCH: Northside’s Wilson in ECU hype video Washington Daily News

ECU’s new trustees ready for service Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Biletnikoff Award Watch List Includes Five Players From The American American Athletic Conference

Big 12 could invite these schools to league if Texas, Oklahoma leave Cincinnati Enquirer

on UCF’s Gus Malzahn: ‘We have a weird web of connection’ | Commentary Orlando Sentinel

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Giannotto: If Texas and OU go to the SEC, Memphis can’t be left behind
•  What Memphis is paying to help its athletes capitalize on their brand
•  Francis ready for new role as Tigers’ No. 1 cornerback

Freshman Kenny Pohto shows what he could do for Wichita State basketball with Sweden  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Amid Bobby Bowden’s terrible news, ACC football can still feel his presence
• After NC State COVID scare, here’s what Dave Doeren says about vaccinating his players

Big 12’s request to extend TV rights prompts Texas to look at all options, including SEC Austin American-Statesman

Sports Illustrated

• Big 12 Leaders Expect Texas, Oklahoma to Depart, Leaving Conference in Disarray
• If Texas and Oklahoma Bolt to the SEC, What Happens to the Rest of the Big 12?
• Carolina Hurricanes swap goalies with Detroit Red Wings in trade

Winston Salem Journal

• Super seniors and a hardened core setting Wake Forest up to potentially close the gap
• Texas vs. Texas A&M rivalry renewed?

YAHOO!

• Group of Five Teams In New Year’s Six Bowl Hunt: 21 For 2021 Preview Topics
• Winners and losers from Texas, Oklahoma possibly joining the SEC

Sun Belt announces multi-year media rights extension with ESPN FBSchedules.com

Could UConn leave the Big East if conference realignment revs up again? Not very likely. Stamford Advocate

Fayetteville cornerback inducted into NC Sports Hall of Fame along with Mack Brown, Julius Peppers Fayetteville Observer

Houston Chronicle

• SEC stays quiet, sort of, on potential addition of Texas, OU
• Mike Leach wants College Football Playoff to be a 64-team ‘Winter Madness’
• QB Bo Nix: Auburn is not scared of Alabama

99 problems? ACC coaches, players mull the new world of college football now that athletes can profit from name, image and likeness. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• Steve Spurrier still ageless in induction into South Carolina Football Hall of Fame
• Steve Spurrier sounds off on conference realignment rumors, Shane Beamer’s USC outlook
• Clemson sets sights on Georgia opener … and 4 more things we learned at ACC Kickoff
• Clemson QB Uiagalelei displays ‘Cali swag’ in first taste of ACC Kickoff spotlight

The Associated Press

• AP source: Big 12 leaders discuss how to keep Texas and OU
• College coaches working to learn NIL impact on recruiting
• Big Ten says schools will decide on COVID-19 protocols
• Miami dismisses S Williams after arrest on battery charges
• Harbaugh, Frost resolute about resurrecting programs
• Rhoades, VCU agree to contract extension