(Shane) Beamer Ball debuts in South Carolina’s 46-0 win…Marshall thunders past Navy 49-7, Ali scores 4 in debut …No. 2 Oklahoma Holds Off Tulane in Final Minutes, 40-35 …Houston Undone by Texas Tech Rally in Texas Kickoff…Temple Unable to Keep Pace With Rutgers in Opener…No. 5 Georgia stymies No. 3 Clemson 10-3 in opener
Pirate Press: ECU Headlines
ecupirates.com
- ECU VB Drops Weekend Finale At North Carolina
- NC State VB Downs East Carolina In Three
- East Carolina XC Shows Well At Elon Opener
Pack Dominates ECU in Straight Sets NC State Wolfpack
ECU volleyball drops matches to NCSU, UNC WNCT 9
PODCAST: Diagnosing what went wrong for ECU against App State 247 Sports
Events at ECU aim to ‘Never Forget’ Sept. 11 Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)
Around the American Athletic Conference
American Athletic Conference
- No. 2 Oklahoma Holds Off Tulane in Final Minutes, 40-35
- Houston Undone by Texas Tech Rally in Texas Kickoff
- Memphis Runs Past Nicholls, 42-17
- Mordecai Tosses 7 TDs As SMU Opens 2021 With 56-9 Win Over ACU
- Navy Falls to Marshall in 2021 Debut
- Victory Bell Stays In Cincinnati as No. 8 Bearcats Roll Past Miami (Ohio)
- Temple Unable to Keep Pace With Rutgers in Opener
The Associated Press
- No. 2 Oklahoma holds off Tulane 40-35 to avoid big upset
- Oklahoma at Tulane 9/4/2021
- Memphis rolls to 42-17 season-opening win over Nicholls
- Shough, Brooks lead Texas Tech to 38-21 win over Houston
- Texas Tech at Houston 9/4/2021
- Mordecai’s 7 TDs propels SMU past Abilene Christian 56-9
- Desmond Ridder, No. 8 Cincinnati beat Miami of Ohio 49-14
- Miami (OH) at Cincinnati 9/4/2021
- Marshall thunders past Navy 49-7, Ali scores 4 in debut
- Rutgers opens season by thumping Temple 61-14
- Brice leads Appalachian State over East Carolina 33-19
- East Carolina at Appalachian State 9/2/2021
- FCS school UC Davis edges Tulsa 19-17 in season opener
- UC Davis at Tulsa 9/2/2021
- Person, Knight, defense help NC State roll past USF 45-0
- South Florida at North Carolina State 9/2/2021
NOLA.com
- So close: Tulane comes up a foot short from putting itself in position to stun second-ranked Oklahoma
- Game Notebook: very similar start, very different finish to Tulane’s 2017 visit to Oklahoma
- Oklahoma 40, Tulane 35: Guerry Smith’s three takeaways from Tulane’s courageous comeback
Cincinnati Enquirer
- No. 8/10 Cincinnati Bearcats thump rival Miami RedHawks, 49-14
- Analysis: What we learned from No. 8/10 Cincinnati’s rout of RedHawks
USF has had an ‘X’ on Gators game for years. It’s finally here. Tampa Bay Times
Orlando Sentinel
- Memo to bumbling Big 12: UCF will save you from irrelevance | Commentary
- UCF RB RJ Harvey undergoes ‘successful’ knee surgery
Mathis injured as Temple opens with miserable loss to Rutgers 247 Sports
Turnovers doom Owls against Rutgers The Temple News
Greg Schiano’s collision with cameraperson only downer in Rutgers’ blowout win New York Post
Dallas Morning News
- Tanner Mordecai breaks SMU single-game passing TD record in win over Abilene Christian
- Former Dallas-area standouts, other true freshmen make impressive debuts in SMU’s season-opening win
Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Giannotto: Henigan’s historic Memphis football debut felt familiar
- Tigers QB Grant Gunnell out for at last two weeks due to injury
- Tigers’ Thomas on rushing for 147 yards in first start
Houston Chronicle
- UH, Tech never parted ways in more sensible alternate universe
- Cougars Extra Points: Texas Tech 38, UH 21
Annapolis Capital
- Deja vu: Navy football embarrassed in second straight season opener, a 49-7 loss to Marshall
- Spalding product Jayden Umbarger, others are bright spots in disappointing Navy football season opener
- Navy coaches ‘chase ghosts’ trying to figure out Marshall offensive and defensive schemes
Marshall tops Navy, 49-7, in Huff’s debut Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond
Fed up UNC dad attacks Virginia Tech student section Fox News
Columbia The State
- Beamer era at South Carolina starts with a bang: Zeb Noland’s big day leads the way
- A day with ‘unbelievable’ moments: Inside Beamer’s first game as Gamecocks coach
- In front of family and friends, Zeb Noland adds to his growing Gamecock legacy
- Why ZaQuandre White was quoting an NBA champion after career day as a Gamecock
- Williams-Brice lives up to the hype, Eastern Illinois says after first trip to USC
- Clemson is vulnerable. Georgia exposed the Tigers and QB Uiagalelei, who looked awful
- Uiagalelei and the Clemson offense no match for Georgia in a packed house in Charlotte
- Dabo Swinney reacts: What went wrong in Clemson’s loss to Georgia
Atlanta Journal Constitution
- Michael Cunningham: UGA defense is great, but ‘We’ve got to score points’
- Georgia Bulldogs knock off No. 3 Clemson old-school style
- Victory over Clemson left Georgia coach Kirby Smart leaping
- Georgia-Clemson football highlights (Sept. 4, 2021)
- Georgia Tech stunned by Northern Illinois
- Mark Bradley: #404Takeover? Georgia Tech loses to Northern Illinois
- 5 takeaways from Georgia Tech’s loss to Northern Illiinois
- Georgia Tech-Northern Illinois football highlights (Sept. 4, 2021)
- Georgia State falls flat in season opener against Army
- New QB Young leads same old Alabama to win in Atlanta
CAROLINA FOOTBALL: (Shane) Beamer Ball debuts in South Carolina’s 46-0 win The Times and Democrat
Charleston Post Courier
- No. 5 Georgia stymies No. 3 Clemson 10-3 in opener
- Gamecocks suffocate Eastern Illinois to give Beamer a shutout in first career game
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
- New players emerge as Hampton University returns to the field with a victory over Virginia Union
- Quarterback Brennan Armstrong, defense shine as Virginia pulls away from William & Mary in season opener
- Toledo returns two blocked punts for touchdowns in victory over Norfolk State, spoiling new coach’s debut
Washington Post
- Maryland football shows progress in opening win over West Virginia
- No. 5 Georgia beats No. 3 Clemson with defense, proving, yes, defense, can win big in 2021
- Those NCAA doomsday scenarios about NIL? Instead, it’s proven to be a cleanser.
- This new college football alliance is about harmony — until a better offer arrives
- College football’s weird charm is disappearing into an NFL-style future
SEC Power Rankings: Ranking every team after Week 1 Saturday Down South
WVU football: Turnovers add up as Terps rally past WVU 30-24 Huntington Herald-Dispatch
The Associated Press
- (Shane) Beamer Ball debuts in South Carolina’s 46-0 win
- Holy Cross downs UConn 38-28 in FCS-FBS showdown
- Defensive gem lifts No. 5 Georgia past No. 3 Clemson, 10-3
- Grizzlies roar: Montana shocks No. 20 Washington 13-7
- Young throws 4 TDs, No. 1 Alabama routs No. 14 Miami 44-13
- Hall throws 2 TDs, BYU beats Arizona 24-16 in Las Vegas
- Presbyterian’s Hefley sets FCS TD pass record in opener
- Lombardi lifts Northern Illinois past Georgia Tech, 22-21
- ETSU spoils Vandy coach’s debut 23-3 in 6th FCS over FBS win
- Late stops help Oklahoma St. hold off Missouri St. 23-16
- Toledo rolls past Norfolk State behind two blocked-punt TDs
- AP Top 25 Takeaways: ‘Bama’s Young worthy successor at QB U
- UTSA gets first win over a Big Ten foe, tops Illinois 37-30
- Tucker runs for 181 yards as Syracuse rolls past Ohio 29-9
- Armstrong throws, runs Virginia past William & Mary, 43-0
- Ga. Southern keeps Gardner-Webb at bay in 30-25 win
Nuggets and Briefs: National and Professional articles of interest
The Associated Press
- Djokovic lets emotions show at US Open; No. 1 Barty loses
- Dodgers beat Giants 6-1, move into tie for first in NL West
- Cantlay has 2-shot lead and $15 million payoff in sight
- Europe rides foursomes rout to early lead at Solheim Cup
Winston Salem Journal
- Paralympic closing marks end of Tokyo’s 8-year Olympic saga
- Today in sports history: Sept. 5
- Sports events on the air for Sunday, Sept. 5
- Patino scheduled to start for Tampa Bay against Minnesota
- Crowe scheduled to start for Pittsburgh against Chicago
- Junk expected to start for Los Angeles against Texas
- Castillo expected to start as Reds host the Tigers
Panthers go well-represented at Duke’s Mayo Classic USA Today
Charlotte Observer
- NASCAR Cup race at Darlington prediction: Who will win the first playoff race
- NASCAR playoffs are here, COVID cases are rising and drivers will hardly talk about vaccine
Charleston Post Courier
- A Shelby shocker: Charleston’s Rogers upsets world No. 1 at U.S. Open
- Superfan Peggy Lathan was Mid-Atlantic Wrestling royalty
Washington Post
- After U.S. Open defeat, a tearful Naomi Osaka considering taking a break from tennis
- Red Sox’s outbreak serves as reminder of how covid could affect October
- As Christian Pulisic works his way back, U.S. soccer could use a win in qualifying
- Nats get a doubleheader split with Mets, ending their losing streak at seven
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