Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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• Pirates Finish Third At Golfweek Challenge
• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert – Gameday Recap
• Coach Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
• Pirate Men Earn USTFCCCA Regional Ranking

The East Carolinian

• ECU football looks for first season win against Marshall University
• Soccer to take on USF this Thursday in Tampa
• ECU volleyball takes home two wins at Chanticleer Classic

247 Sports

• ECU releases depth chart for Marshall week
• Young defensive tackles experience growth in absence of Morris
• Houston diagnoses offensive issues: ‘We have to do a better job all together’
• Everything Mike Houston said during his Marshall week press conference

Houston supports Ahlers as the ECU No.1. QB Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Marshall football: Huff says ECU will be Herd’s toughest test so far Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail

Huff says ECU amps up competition for Herd Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch

Herd looks to avoid sloppy start Beckley (WV) Register-Herald

Derek Carr relies on Bryan Edwards and Zay Jones when it counts SB Nation

Bills Mafia Has Wild Reaction to Former WR’s Game-Winning TD for Raiders Heavy.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

Luke Fickell emphatically quiets chatter linking him to USC vacancy Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF’s Trillion Coles could see more ‘prime time’ playing time Orlando Sentinel

Following the latest wave of conference realignment, is there a good league left for Temple? | Mike Jensen Philadelphia Inquirer

Homecoming weekend for former Owls Graham-Mobley and Banks 247 Sports

Another opportunity: Tulane looking for breakthrough win at Ole Miss NOLA.com

Despite an explosive start as SMU’s QB, Tanner Mordecai has had his share of growing pains Dallas Morning News

Why facing Miss. State is personal for Memphis’ Clark, Clemons Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU preparing to play in front of 100,000 fans at Ohio State Tulsa World

Annapolis Capital

• Navy football assistant Ivin Jasper looking forward, not back, as he returns to work
• Navy football assistant Billy Ray Stutzmann fired for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Talking Preps: NC State coach Dave Doeren joins the show, major Mr. Football update
• North Carolina’s Sam Howell is a lot more than an elite passer

Winston Salem Journal

• Claudette Weston picks up another well-deserved award for her service to the community
• CFB National Championship outlook: Clemson has the value
• WSSU’s first home football game will likely have restrictions for fans
• Pac-12 Conference odds: Where is the value?
• Q&A with former FBS commissioner Karl Benson on the conference landscape, realignment conversations and more
• Clay Helton out as USC Head Coach
• NC Central and WSSU to renew one of the best HBCU rivalries

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• After a sucessful start at home, Virginia turns its attention to recent road woes
• “He’s a great leader and makes plays.” Tyrod Taylor had a solid debut for Houston Texans.
• Virginia Beach teacher Maia Chaka becomes first Black woman to work an NFL game as an official

PREVIEW: Unfamiliar foes in Elon, App State Watauga Democrat

 NC State LB Drake Thomas dedicates season to injured Payton Wilson Fayetteville Observer

Charleston Post Courier

• Sapakoff: A quarterback controversy is just what the Gamecocks need
• Talented Clemson defense faces next evolution of Georgia Tech offense

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks mailbag: Recapping ECU, expectations for Georgia and the deep passing game
• What Vegas Thinks: South Carolina has ‘never been this big of an underdog’
• Most talented Georgia Bulldogs football team ever? Shane Beamer thinks so
• Gamecocks’ Zeb Noland preparing for homecoming at UGA as Luke Doty progresses
• Gamecocks mailbag: Recapping ECU, expectations for Georgia and the deep passing game
• How Will Taylor went from Dutch Fork star to Clemson football’s best-kept secret

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Jordan Yates’ preparation and patience paying off for Georgia Tech
• Steve Hummer: Might Georgia face harder go in SEC than we first thought?
• QB Stetson Bennett joins JT Daniels on Georgia’s injury list
• What are reasonable expectations for Georgia Tech vs. No. 6 Clemson?

The Associated Press

• Beamer, South Carolina start fast heading to No 2 Georgia
• Young WVU QB thrives, status unknown vs No. 15 Virginia Tech
• USC Trojans saddened by Helton’s “heart-wrenching” firing
• Pac-12 has 3 undefeated teams, lowest among Power 5 leagues
• No. 14 Cyclones looking to find stride after early struggles
• Maryland prepares for program’s first road game at Illinois
• Thanks for the memories: This isn’t your dad’s Nebraska-OU
• Jacksonville State’s Hail Mary delivers latest FCS-FBS upset