Pirates came so close as fans returned  … Marshall’s Huff: ECU will be the best team we’ve played so far … Pirates Open AAC WSoccer Play At South Florida …ECU VB Welcomes Fans Back To Minges Coliseum …Gilbert vows to give fans better experience

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates came so close as fans returned Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Open AAC WSoccer Play At South Florida
• ECU VB Welcomes Fans Back To Minges Coliseum

ECU football looks for first season win against Marshall University East Carolinian

Houston’s weekly press conference quotes ahead of Marshall game  WNCT 9

Wood Ducks fall to Charleston, ECU preps for Marshall  WCTI 12

Marshall will face East Carolina for the first time in eight years WOWK TV

Marshall looks for 3-0 start against East Carolina KRQE

ECU QB Holton Ahlers under pressure for Pirates Huntington (WV) Herald-Dispatch

Marshall football: East Carolina quarterback Holton Ahlers off to rocky start Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail

Huff sees a strong team in ECU Beckley (WV) Register-Herald

Marshall’s Huff: ECU will be the best team we’ve played so far West Virginia MetroNews

247 Sports

• A look back at the series history between ECU and Marshall
• How to watch: East Carolina vs. Marshall
• What Marshall coach Charles Huff said about ECU
• An Update From AD Jon Gilbert – Gameday Recap
• Pirates Finish Third At Golfweek Challenge

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Gilbert vows to give fans better experience
• Balance of Herd part of next matchup in series

Around the American Athletic Conference

Game Preview: UCF Visits Louisville for Prime Time Friday Matchup American Athletic Conference

No. 8 Bearcats sidestep speculation as trip to Indiana looms The Associated Press

No. 8 Cincinnati set to face Indiana for first time since 2000Cincinnati Enquirer

USF’s Jeff Scott: We started to turn the corner in second half defense still searching for first sack of season Orlando Sentinel

UCF can make statement against Power 5 opponent Louisville on Friday night Florida Today

247 Sports

• BC’s Hafley talks QB situation and his Temple transfers
• Bud’s Bets is 65% against the spread: College football gambling picks for Week 3
• Homecoming weekend for former Owls Graham-Mobley and Banks

Will power running game be Tulane’s solution to Ole Miss’s new defensive scheme? NOLA.com

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

Memphis Tigers vs. MS State football betting odds, point spread Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• After two season-ending knee injuries, TU linebacker Yohance Burnett relishes return to football
• TU preparing to play in front of 100,000 fans at Ohio State

Big 12 membership a recruiting boost for UH Houston Chronicle

Navy football assistant Ivin Jasper looking forward, not back, as he returns to work Annapolis Capital

Texas prep roots help Lauren McMahon star in middle for Wichita State volleyball team  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• QB McKenzie Milton gives Florida State offense a wrinkle to challenge Wake Forest
• CFB National Championship outlook: Clemson has the value
• WSSU’s first home football game will likely have restrictions for fans

Behind enemy lines: UNC scouting report for Virginia with insider perspective Fayetteville Observer

What does UNC football need to do to defeat Virginia?  Raleigh News & Observer

Old Dominion kicker Nick Rice could break a school record. His coach hopes he doesn’t get a chance. Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post Courier

• USC starts informing fans that masks will be required for the Gamecocks’ next 2 home games
• Formidable Georgia defensive front paramount in Gamecocks’ offensive minds
• The legend of Clemson freshman Will Taylor (aka ‘Maverick’) grows fast
• Charleston Southern quarterback Jack Chambers ‘refuses to fail’

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks hoping for balanced attack on offense against stacked box at Georgia
• Mask up, football fans. Face coverings now required at Williams-Brice
• ‘Celebration was absolutely crazy’: Memories vivid from USC’s 2019 upset win over UGA
• Checking in on Clemson’s odds to win their ACC opener and the conference title

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• South Carolina’s Zeb Noland finally gets to play between the hedges
• For Georgia Tech’s offensive line vs. Clemson, ‘a real trial by fire’
• Geoff Collins tries different approach with game captains

The Associated Press

• College Football Picks: Big Ten gets 5 big tests in Week 3
• No. 1 ‘Bama visits No. 11 Florida in SEC title game rematch
• Old Big 12 foes Oklahoma and Nebraska in anniversary renewal
• After tough L, Mizzou turns focus to SEMO, continued growth
• No. 19 Arizona State at No. 23 BYU tops Pac-12 this week
• Virginia’s trip to No. 21 UNC headlines ACC’s Week 3 slate
• No. 10 Penn St. looking to history to prep for No. 22 Auburn
• Baylor-Kansas features two of Big 12’s bright new coaches
• No. 5 Hawkeyes face Kent State in matchup of top defenses
• Reeling Illinois bracing for conference foe Maryland