Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Coach Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes ecupirates.com

The East Carolinian

• Analysis: Despite first loss, Pirates have a chance to come back this season
• ECU volleyball faces multiple losses in Raleigh, prepares for tomorrow’s matchup
• Soccer prepares for No. 5 Duke face-off
• ECU soccer shutout VCU 2-0
• Football program funding should go toward other sports

WNCT 9

• South Carolina tailback Harris returns after back surgery, will play against ECU
• Houston’s weekly press conference quotes heading into South Carolina game, OL Malovic out for season

WITN 7

• More COVID clusters at ECU, including volleyball team
• Vietnam veteran gifts ECU College of Business $5 million donation; marking largest in college history

ECU football preps for South Carolina, high school season enters week four WCTI 12

ECU Preparing For South Carolina  Rivals

247 Sports

• ECU RB Keaton Mitchell clocked as college football’s fastest player in Week 1
• Everything South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said about ECU
• ECU starting tackle Bailey Malovic suffers season-ending injury
• ECU reveals depth chart ahead of South Carolina game

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• New week, new roles for Pirates, Gamecocks
• ECU College of Business grad makes $5 million donation to school

ECU’s business school gets $5M donation to bolster graduate program The Business Journals

South Carolina flying high entering East Carolina game Big News Network

With Kevin Harris back, Gamecocks hope to get run game on track early at ECU Charleston Post Courier

South Carolina tailback Harris returns after back surgery The Associated Press

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Kevin Harris to play for South Carolina at East Carolina. How much will he play?
• How to watch South Carolina football at East Carolina on TV, live stream
• What’s the latest line, over-under for South Carolina vs. East Carolina?

Luke Doty expected to see significant action Saturday at East Carolina WLTX 19

CAROLINA FOOTBALL: Tailback Harris returns after back surgery Times and Democrat

Luke Doty shares update on foot injury, availability for Saturday Saturday Down South

Charlotte Observer

• Which way will Gamecocks go at QB vs ECU? There are likely three scenarios in play
• Luke Doty updates status ahead of Gamecocks’ trip to ECU | Charlotte Observer
• South Carolina football: Kevin Harris health status for ECU | Charlotte Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Cincinnati’s Sandusky, Wichita State’s Wright Take Home Season’s First American Weekly Cross Country Awards
• Memphis’ Bianco, Cincinnati’s Mallon Earn Week Two American Volleyball Awards

Big 12 quickly working to expand before Texas, OU departures The Associated Press

What’s next in college football realignment? A common sense plan to bond Group of 5 YAHOO! Sports

Sports Illustrated

• Forde-Yard Dash: Big 12 Is Expanding But Is it Improving?
• A Jersey Guy: AAC Needs More Southern Exposure
• Kalia Davis Earned AAC Player of the Week, and Now He Can Help Take the UCF Defense to Another Level

University of Houston board of regents approves move to Big 12 Conference ABC 13

UCF Football Looks to Remain Perfect as the Knights Host Bethune-Cookman Saturday bcsnn.com

Cincinnati Bearcat football moves up in AP and USA Today polls Cincinnati Enquirer

Tampa Bay Times

• USF softball’s Alexis Buchman, an Alonso High alumnus, has brain tumor
• Why state games like Florida-USF are in danger of disappearing

Orlando Sentinel

• George O’Leary on USF getting left behind by Big 12-bound UCF: ‘You get what you deserve’ | Commentary
• UCF Athletics Hall of Fame 2021 class highlighted by former quarterback Blake Bortles
• UCF football receives more votes in latest Top 25 polls, but still not ranked

Owls admit that Rutgers ‘wanted it more’ in season opener 247 Sports

NOLA.com

• Ultimate contrast: After playing at Oklahoma, Tulane faces struggling Morgan State in Birmingham
• Promising start: Tulane offense shows big-time potential under new coordinator Chip Long

An SMU-to-Big 12 move looks very unlikely, but it could result in an easier path to the CFP Dallas Morning News

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Giannotto: After Hurricane Ida, Memphis is rescuing Nicholls State football
• Rebounders Club leadership aims to build on buzz of Hardaway’s recruits

Tulsa World

• Throwback Tulsa: 10 years ago, lightning delays OSU-Tulsa football kickoff past midnight
• TU football: Hurricane working to correct errors that led to season-opening loss

Editorial: UH’s jump to the Big 12 is a big win for Houston Houston Chronicle

Navy defensive coordinator Brian Newberry laments coaching, playing mistakes against Marshall Annapolis Capital

‘We knew this was a risk’: How conference realignment could affect AAC, Wichita State Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• What Vegas Thinks: Why Gamecocks’ betting line against East Carolina keeps on changing
• South Carolina, Mississippi State and a game that helped a nation heal after 9/11
• How Clemson plans to fix a big offensive shortcoming from opener

Raleigh News & Observer

• More cowbell! NC State’s unique challenge at Mississippi State
• NC State’s Doeren on facing the cowbells, noise and talent of Mississippi State
• Do you think NC State can beat a SEC team on the road?
• How Clemson plans to fix a big offensive shortcoming from opener

YAHOO!

• Miami vs Appalachian State Prediction, Game Preview
• EDITORIAL: Big-time football not going over big for UConn

College Football Picks Week 2: Top 25 Rankings, Schedule, Odds and Predictions Bleacher Report

Is 2021 going to be the year of great defenses in the ACC and across college football? Richmond

Winston Salem Journal

• WSSU men’s basketball schedule has plenty of challenges for Coach Cleo Hill Jr. and the defending CIAA champions
• No. 1 recruit Shaedon Sharpe commits to Kentucky. ‘It’s an absolutely huge pickup.’
• WSSU’s starting tailback Cameron Davis leans on his family and faith as he navigates college
• Alabama’s Bryce Young makes Heisman case, ACC faces long road among 10 things we learned in Week 1 of college football season

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia Tech wants ‘to turn the page and move ahead’ after big win vs. North Carolina, Top 25 ranking
• Virginia’s Ra’Shaun Henry continues his trend of turning catches into touchdowns

Fayetteville Observer

•  Latest line: Odds for N.C. State vs. Mississippi State
•  How to watch NC State football at Mississippi State on TV, stream
• ‘I love the fight’: Cyrus Fagan is ready to be a star at N.C. State
• Whoa then go: UNC defense shows promise after calming down to clamp down

Charleston Post Courier

• CCU jumps five spots to No. 17 in AP poll, No. 19 in coaches’ rankings
• Former CCU football coach Joe Moglia makes generous donation to fund athletic facilities
• Shipley, Clemson ground game hope to get rolling

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Kirby Smart cautious about return of injured Georgia receivers
• Patenaude: Georgia Tech left too many points on field
• Geoff Collins, Georgia Tech coordinators offer insights into in-game decisions
• Michael Cunningham: Geoff Collins is still right coach for Georgia Tech

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25: Georgia jumps to No. 2 behind Tide; UCLA moves in
• AP Top 25 Reality Check: Are 4 newcomers built to last?
• So long, sound of silence: Teams adapt again to noisy crowds
• Sam Cunningham, who starred at USC and in NFL, dies at 71
• Stay or go? Iowa’s Ferentz has been courted like Campbell
• Pac-12 gets football season off to a shaky start
• West Virginia looks to fix mistakes after fading at Maryland
• College coaches dealing with breakthrough COVID cases
• It’s Orgeron vs Orgeron as LSU prepares to host McNeese St
• Clemson S Zanders out for season with shoulder injury