Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• McWhirter’s Goal Helps ECU Top Houston 1-0
• ECU Completes Tri-Meet Sweep Saturday

East Carolinian

• ECU soccer will attempt to extend win streak at Tulsa
• Volleyball prepares to take on Wichita State

McWhirter, English earn weekly AAC awards  WNCT 9

247 Sports

• UCF game provides teaching moments for everyone, including Ahlers
• ECU thankful for midseason bye week, but also hungry for next opportunity
• Midseason superlatives for ECU
• Vols’ offense ‘very impressive’ to East Carolina WR commit during visit

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU coach talks UCF loss, bye week plan
• ECU women experience growth spurt

Zac Taylor will start D’Ante Smith if Jackson Carman can’t play vs. Lions SB Nation

Jake Verity: Dealing with injury CBSSports.com

Harold Varner III announces birth of son Liam, aka HV4 YAHOO!

Harold Varner III lends more than just name to Youth on Course program PGA Tour

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Men’s and Women’s Basketball Media Days to be Held October 13-14; Live Coverage on ESPN+
• SMU’s Grobler, Houston’s Deininger Claim Season’s First American Weekly Swimming And Diving Awards

Why the next two games will define the seasons for Florida, USF, Miami Tampa Bay Times

State of the AAC: A look at the standings through six weeks The Daily Cougar

Conference USA pitches regionalization concept to American that would realign teams between three leagues CBSSports.com

C-USA reaches out to AAC in hopes of jump-starting realignment among G5 Denton Record-Chronicle

Sports Illustrated

• Sources: C-USA Asks AAC to Consider a Reorganizing of Both Conferences
• After a Run of Injuries, UCF Football at a Crossroads

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF, Cincinnati rivalry has grown from seeds of success planted early on
• Injury-filled path leads to game-winning touchdown for UCF’s Mark-Antony Richards

Luke Fickell looks to get Cincinnati Bearcats running back Jerome Ford more involved Cincinnati Enquirer

Big News Network

• South Florida’s AAC losing streak looms large against Tulsa
• No. 3 Cincinnati faces dual challenge of big heads, UCF

Owls’ offense fails to score against Bearcats’ defense  The Temple News

Johnson to assume Temple AD job in November 247 Sports

LSU transfer Jalen Cook expected to play huge role for Tulane men’s hoops NOLA.com

Navy vs. Memphis Football Prediction and Preview Athlon Sports

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Tigers vs. Navy football scouting report, prediction
• Thursday Night Football: Memphis Tigers vs. Navy football betting line, over/under
•  Memphis Tigers vs. Navy football betting odds, point spread

5 questions about SMU midway through the season: Has the defense improved under DC Jim Leavitt? Dallas Morning News

Flag on the play: Since 2019, TU leads the nation in penalties Tulsa World

Navy QB Tai Lavatai learning on fly when it comes to reading triple-option Annapolis Capital

Brylee Kelly realizes potential in Wichita State volleyball’s 3-match winning streak Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• Appalachian State handled by Louisiana in Sun Belt showdown on Tuesday night
• Wake Forest’s Daivien Williamson, Isaiah Mucius helping each other grow to lead the Deacons
• J.R. Smith, former NBA star, humbled by experience of competing in first college golf tournament for N.C. A&T
• WSSU heads to next game armed with confidence after its first victory

Raleigh News & Observer

• As ‘titans’ Roy Williams and Coach K retire, where does ACC basketball go from here?
• Coach K shed light on Duke freshman AJ Griffin’s injury. How much will it set him back?
• Coach K at ACC Tipoff: The Duke coach on injuries, succession, and the one that got away
• UNC coach Hubert Davis talks about bringing his personality to the Tar Heels basketball program
• NC State’s Keatts is teeming with optimism as new season approaches
• Here’s what Duke’s Coach K had to say at his final ACC Tipoff

College football by the odds: Vegas preview and picks of every Week 7 game Las Vegas Sun

College Football Picks: Week 7 Predictions for Every Game Bleacher Report

UVA basketball figures to look dramatically different from last year Richmond.com

UVa men’s basketball team seeks offensive identity after loss of top 3-point threats Charlottesville Daily Progress

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Defense could be new-look Cavaliers’ trademark in basketball
• This time, Hokies basketball coach Mike Young is enjoying the experience

Fayetteville Observer

•  UNC coach Hubert Davis aims big on NCAA title, NBA careers for players
•  Top 10 quotes from the ACC Tipoff
•  Coaches pay tribute to Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski during ACC Tipoff
• NC State football at Boston College: Kickoff time, how to watch
•  Commissioner says ACC is exploring moving headquarters from Greensboro

• ‘Every game’s winnable.’ Don’t count the Gamecocks out, Nick Muse says
• Dabo Swinney asked about transfer portal (again and again). His stance isn’t changing
• Clemson men’s basketball coach Brad Brownell talks grad transfers, losing Aamir Simms

Charleston Post and Courier

• Change the operative word for ACC with Coach K’s last ride and NIL in full effect
• Gamecock safety Jaylan Foster’s leap of faith left parents confused, frustrated. Not anymore.
• For Clemson’s offensive line, success is all about communication

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• QB JT Daniels throwing more as No. 1 Bulldogs get healthy for Kentucky
• No. 1 Georgia’s Zamir White quietly having a Zeus-like season
• Georgia Tech players not giving up on braids for Josh Pastner

Houston Chronicle

• How ‘Friday Night Lights’ helped draw Antonio Johnson to Texas A&M
• Texas A&M fans’ celebration nets school a fine from SEC
• Rice notebook: Owls in upset mode against UTSA

The Associated Press

• Louisiana-Lafayette uses 4 takeaways to beat App State 41-13
• High 5: Pac-12 filled with offensive standouts
• Injuries highlight risk in having top players return kicks
• Like a paisley tie, solid Big 12 defenses are trendy again
• ‘Punting Is Winning’ shirts symbolize No. 2 Hawkeyes’ season