Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Falls Short At Memphis, 3-1
• Pirates Open AAC Championship At SMU
• Yourkavitch Claims All-AAC Accolades

‘Special night’: Houston happy with team’s play, especially on defense, in beating USF WNCT 9

ECU football with lots of positives coming out of Thursday night home win over South Florida WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU offense finds balance in rainy conditions against USF
• Pirates show plenty of fortitude with second-half response

SMU Volleyball Hosts Cincinnati, ECU This Weekend SMU Mustangs

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Answers from ECU’s win over Bulls
• Photo Gallery: ECU vs. USF on Thursday, Oct. 28

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Houston Stuns No. 16 SMU 44-37 on Late Kickoff Return
• Career Day for UCF’s Keene as Knights Top Temple 49-7
• No. 2 Cincinnati Pulls Away From Tulane 31-12; Improves to 8-0
• Late Touchdowns Push Navy Past Tulsa, 20-17
• East Carolina Forces Four Turnovers to Rally Past South Florida, 29-14
• Houston and Memphis Take Home Final Weekly Women’s Soccer Honors
• Field Set for 2021 American Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Championship
• Tulsa Wins Eighth Straight American Men’s XC Championship; Golden Hurricane Women Capture Third Consecutive Title

The Associated Press

• Jones returns kickoff 100 yards to lift Houston past SMU
• SMU at Houston 10/30/2021
• Keene throws 5 TDs, UCF rolls past Temple 49-7
• Ridder, Whyle, help No. 2 Cincinnati top Tulane, 31-12
• Cincinnati at Tulane 10/30/2021
• Navy comes from behind on Lavatai TD, upends Tulsa 20-17
• Navy at Tulsa 10/29/2021
• South Florida football, women’s basketball penalized by NCAA

USF committed NCAA violations under Charlie Strong, Jose Fernandez Tampa Bay Times

Jones returns kickoff 100 yards to lift Houston past SMU CBS Sports

Heartbreak in Houston: Mustangs lose perfect season on 100-yard kickoff return in final minute Dallas Morning News (sub req’d)

Houston Chronicle

• UH upsets No. 19 SMU with kickoff return for TD in final minute
• Marcus Jones, UH upend SMU for 7th straight win
• Cougars Extra Points: UH 44, SMU 37

Owls defeated by Knights The Temple News

Temple is overwhelmed again, this time by Central Florida, 49-7 Philadelphia Inquirer

Owls routed again by UCF, 49-7 247 Sports

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF plays ‘best game of season,’ Mikey Keene’s confidence blossoms in blowout of Temple
• 3 things we learned from UCF’s 49-7 win at Temple

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  No. 2 Cincinnati scores 17 unanswered points to drop Tulane, 31-12
• Golic Jr.: UC ‘committed the cardinal sin’ in first half vs. Tulane

Cincinnati Holds Off Tulane in Struggle Win SB Nation

Rod Walker: Tulane puts up another valiant effort against a No. 2 ranked team before coming up short NOLA.com

 How Andre Turner feels about making college coaching debut vs. Memphis Memphis Commercial Appeal

A look at Tulsa basketball: Key returners, important newcomers and storylines to watch Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• The Wolfpack react: NC State coach Dave Doeren and his players defend the defense
• NC State bent but it didn’t break. What we learned as the Wolfpack overcame Louisville
• Mack Brown reacts to UNC’s loss: ‘We’re not good enough not to make all the plays.’
• Notre Dame wore down UNC. What we learned in the Tar Heels’ loss to the Irish
• Clemson featured two new starters against FSU, but neither were at the spot you’d think

Winston Salem Journal

• With history made, the last month of the regular season looms for No. 13 Wake Forest
• No. 13 Wake Forest rolls, reaches 8-0 for first time in school’s football history
• PHOTOS: Wake Forest remains undefeated, beating Duke 45-7
• Appalachian State routs La.-Monroe, 59-28
• WSSU gets full ‘Duke experience’ playing inside a sold out Cameron Indoor Stadium
• PHOTOS: Duke 106, Winston-Salem State 38
• WSSU football team has its three-game win streak snapped by Shaw

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong injures ribs as No. 25 BYU pulls away for wild win in Provo
• ODU snaps 17-game FBS losing skid, edges Louisiana Tech on last-second field goal
• Old Dominion’s leap to Sun Belt became obvious choice after C-USA departures ‘changed a lot of our thinking,’ president says
• William & Mary routs No. 4 Villanova for first win over top 10 team in five years
• Norfolk State shrugs off slow start to win sixth straight game for the first time since 1984
• Virginia Tech snaps three-game losing streak as rushing attack, Tre Turner pace win over Georgia Tech
• Hampton falls at Robert Morris, though QB Duffey ties Pirates’ record with five rushing TDs

Fayetteville Observer

• NC State takeaways: Fourth-quarter explosion leads to needed win over Louisville
• Not enough to knock off Notre Dame: Takeaways from UNC’s loss to Irish
• Fayetteville State beats Livingstone to clinch CIAA championship berth for 4th straight season

Charleston Post and Courier

• Sapakoff: What Arch Manning saw at FSU vs. Clemson, and didn’t see
• Clemson-Louisville kickoff time set for Nov. 6
• Charleston Southern bounces back, tops Campbell at home
• Mercer hands The Citadel its fourth straight loss with 34-7 victory
• Clemson pulls out a 30-20 win over Florida State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs stay perfect, win East with victory over Florida
• As quarterback question simmers, Georgia rides defense past Gators
• Virginia Tech ruins Georgia Tech homecoming
• Georgia State stuns Ga. Southern on Williams’ last-minute touchdown