Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates ‘grinding’ with numerous newcomers Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Women Win Pirate Invitational
• Wichita State Edges East Carolina In Five
• Men’s Golf Heads To Wolfpack Intercollegiate

WNCT 9

• ECU women win Pirate Invitational at Lake Kristi, men place second
• Wichita State outlasts ECU in five sets

ECU football enjoying bye week eagerly awaiting next game WITN 7

247 Sports

• How ESPN’s Football Power Index has ECU’s final six games playing out
• Kirkpatrick knows ECU offense needs more consistency, points in second half of 2021

Transfer portal can help find right fit Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

‘We fought to the end:’ WSU volleyball wins fourth straight in five-set victory over East Carolina The Sunflower

Bengals put D’Ante Smith on IR; elevate Joe Bachie and Trayveon Williams SB Nation

Bengals Make Roster Moves Ahead Of Week 6 Matchup Against The Lions Cincinnati Bengals

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Late TD Completes Tulsa’s Rally Against South Florida
• Four TDs for Ford as No. 3 Cincinnati Stays Unbeaten
• Big Plays Push Memphis Past Navy, 35-17

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  Make it back-to-back 50 point games for UC football after UCF victory
• University of Cincinnati football now 6-0 after putting 56 up on UCF
•  Analysis: What we learned from No. 3/4 Cincinnati’s 56-21 rout of UCF
• Cincinnati Bearcats QB Evan Prater from Wyoming HS gets late touchdown run vs. UCF

The News Record

• Jerome Ford steals spotlight in win over UCF
• Opinion | Cincinnati undoubtedly looked like a Top-4 team against UCF

Jerome Ford, Bearcats Run Up the Score on UCF Down the Drive

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF coach Gus Malzahn leaves immediately after loss to Cincinnati to tend to hospitalized daughter
• ‘Everybody is devastated’ after UCF’s lopsided loss to No. 3 Cincinnati
• UCF’s Malzahn after Cincinnati hands him worst career loss: ‘We will remember this day!’ | Commentary
• 3 things we learned from UCF’s loss 56-21 at Cincinnati

Gus Malzahn Reportedly Dealing With Family Emergency The Spun

Analysis: Tulane football farther away from a breakthrough than it was three years ago NOLA.com

Tampa Bay Times

• South Florida ‘let it get away’ late in loss to Tulsa
• Armwood alumnus Jerome Ford has big day for No. 3 Cincinnati

Brooks’ late touchdown lifts TU to road win over USF Tulsa World

Memphis brings big-play lightning, bolts past Navy 35-17 Stars and Stripes

Who won the Wichita State-Texas Tech basketball scrimmage? Stats and details emerge  Wichita Eagle

The Associated Press

• Tulsa gets defensive stop, late TD to top USF 32-31
• Jerome Ford’s four TDs lead No. 3 Cincinnati over UCF 56-21

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State has a new all-time receptions leader, correcting a legacy that started rough
• Did NC State finally earn respect after its big win over BC? Dave Doeren hopes so
• NC State, Wake Forest climbing after ACC road wins
• UNC football embraces its flaws and identity in character-building win over Miami
• Wake Forest moves up after beating an unbeaten team, while the top teams remain steady
• NCAA coaches agree: College football targeting rules sometimes miss the mark

Winston Salem Journal

• Members of 2017 Wake Forest football team enjoy watching the No. 16 Deacons soar
• WSSU’s defense stands tall in 41-0 blowout of St. Aug’s at Bill Hayes Field at Bowman Gray Stadium
• Aggies’ offense stalls in 14-0 loss to 15th-ranked Kennesaw State in Big South Conference game

College Football Rankings 1 To 130: Week 7. More Major Changes College Football News

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Old Dominion, new starting quarterback can’t keep pace with Western Kentucky in Monarchs’ fifth straight loss
• Norfolk State overcomes mistakes in fourth consecutive win. But coach laments small crowd: ‘Homecoming should be a packed house.’
• QB Kenny Pickett, Pitt defense are too much for Virginia Tech as Hokies’ poor play draws boos at Lane Stadium
• Virginia runs ACC winning streak to three with dominating shutout against Duke
• Maine stifles Tribe early, hands W&M its first FCS loss
• Football restrictions at Virginia Tech due to ‘embarrassing’ student behavior

Columbia The State

• Fantastic finish! Late QB change powers Gamecocks past Vandy in dramatic fashion
• 5 things we learned in South Carolina’s exhilarating SEC win over Vanderbilt
• USC’s Xavier Legette delivers winner, despite ‘open wounds’ from motorcycle accident

Charleston Post and Courier

• Sapakoff: The Gamecocks’ win possibilities post-Zeb Noland thrill ride
• Zeb! Backup quarterback engineers comeback to avoid USC catastrophe
• Charleston Southern crushes Hampton
• Mistakes spoil The Citadel’s comeback effort at Furman

Huntington Herald-Dispatch

• Fast start propels Marshall past UNT
• Herd QB Wells etches name in history
• Chuck Landon: Chuck’s report card

Mountain West commissioner says several options on the table to help add value to conference The Gazette

At Boise State game, Mountain West commissioner predicts playoff expansion will ‘be at 12’ Idaho Statesman

Baylor showed BYU has a lot to work on before it enters the Big 12 Deseret News

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Michael Cunningham: No more knocks against Bulldogs, Bennett
• No. 1 Georgia keeps rolling with convincing win over No. 11 Kentucky
• Taking a closer look at Georgia’s win over Kentucky

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 Takeaways: Mullen faces scrutiny; No. 2 Iowa upset
• O’Connell, Bell carry Purdue past No. 2 Iowa, 24-7
• No. 4 Oklahoma beats TCU 52-31 in Williams’ starting debut
• Rising rallies Utah to 35-21 win over No. 18 Arizona State
• No. 13 Ole Miss beats Tennessee 31-26; fans pelt field
• Roberts powers Air Force to 24-17 victory over Boise State
• No. 22 North Carolina State beats Boston College 33-7
• Howell accounts for four TDs as Tar Heels hold off Miami
• No. 5 Alabama rebounds from loss to rout Mississippi St 49-9
• Charleston Southern dispatches Hampton 35-5 behind Chambers
• Colosimo leads Davidson to 70-35 romp over Presbyterian
• Big plays spark Furman to 24-14 victory over The Citadel
• Shepherd leads Kennesaw State over North Carolina A&T 14-0
• Fields, big-play defense lead SC State past Morgan State
• A-Smith 3 TDs, Baylor beats future B12 foe, No. 19 BYU 38-24
• Bennett, Bowers, D lead No. 1 Georgia past Kentucky, 30-13
• Ex-grad assistant Noland rallies South Carolina to 21-20 win
• No. 1 Georgia’s PAT streak ends with miss vs. Kentucky
• Armstrong, Cavaliers roll over hapless Duke, 48-0
• Davis-Price, LSU stun turnover-prone No. 20 Florida, 49-42
• Bo Nix leads Auburn to 38-23 upset of No. 17 Arkansas
• No 12 Oklahoma State rallies late to beat No. 25 Texas 32-24
• Pickett leads Pitt to 28-7 victory over Virginia Tech
• Raymond, Rice help VMI rout Mercer 45-7 in key SoCon matchup
• Zappe throws 5 TD passes, WKU rolls past Old Dominion 43-20
• UAB blanks Southern Miss 34-0
• UTSA routs Rice, reaches 7-0 for first time in team history