Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Close Fall Slate At UNCW Invitational
• McWhirter, Sanford Earn AAC Postseason Honors
• Hillestad To Play In Spirit Golf Championship

East Carolinian

• Pirate football looks to snap home win drought against Temple
• ECU volleyball prepares to face USF, UCF
• ECU women’s basketball prepares for 2021-2022 season

East Carolina vs. Temple College Football Odds, Plays and Insights Sports Illustrated

WNCT 9

• ECU’s McWhirter, Sanford earn AAC postseason honors
• Hillestad to play in Spirit Golf Championships
• Game times set for ECU’s Purple-Gold World Series this weekend

ECU preparing to be tougher than Temple for Saturday test WITN 7

East Carolina Prepares For Temple On Saturday  Rivals

ECU seeing defensive depth, rotations pay off in a big way 247 Sports

Mitchell running toward rarefied air Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis Cools Off SMU In Midweek Conference Match
• American Athletic Conference Announces 2021 Women’s Soccer Honors

USF’s Jaren Mangham draws inspiration from late grandmother Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• Winter Park native Alec Holler goes from loyal fan to walk-on to scholarship to UCF’s No. 1 tight end
• Come on, Nebraska, give Scott Frost one more year | Commentary

Report: UCF Coach Gus Malzahn on Cincinnati: ‘Right There’ With Alabama, Georgia  Sports Illustrated

The Daily Cougar

• State of the AAC: Looking back at week nine
• Drowning out the noise: UH football’s belief never wavered

SMU Travels To Memphis, Temple This Week SMU Mustangs

Temple said it has no quarterback controversy — but D’Wan Mathis and Justin Lynch will share snaps Philadelphia Inquirer (sub req’d)

Al Golden drawing interest in UConn football coaching search, per report 247 Sports

NOLA.com

• UCF no longer a powerhouse, but still a problem under new coach Gus Malzahn
• Sion James hot, almost everyone else cold as Tulane holds off Louisiana College

UH football: Cougars ready to move on after upset over SMU Houston Chronicle

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Tigers face dual problems at QB, SMU’s offense
•  Tigers Football Podcast: Can Memphis pull off upset vs. SMU

Happy birthday to TU basketball coach Frank Haith: Take a look back at his career so far Tulsa World

Eleven observations from Wichita State basketball’s season-opening exhibition win  Wichita Eagle

Underdog Dynasty

• Underdog Pawdcast: AAC Week 10 Preview
• Underdog Pawdcast: AAC Week 9 Review
• It’s Always Sunny (For UCF) In Philadelphia
• Will Cincinnati Make the Playoff? Nobody Knows, But Keep an Eye on These Three Teams
• AAC Power Rankings Through Week 9

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Bowl season is near. These 9 Carolinas teams’ chances are looking up, projections say
• Sam Howell and UNC finally have what they’ve missed all season. Just in time for Wake
• NC State has two of the ACC’s best RBs. So why can’t the Wolfpack run the football?

Underdog Dynasty

• FCS Programs Could be On the Move Amid Conference USA’s Push to Remain Afloat
• Underdog Pawdcast: Sun Belt Week 9 Recap and Week 10 Preview
• Three Things We Learned From Conference USA — Week 9
• C-USA East Heats Up: Five Takeaways From WKU’s Win Over Charlotte

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest’s route to the College Football Playoff? It’s crazy and chaotic, but it just might work.
• Wake Forest is No. 9 in season’s first College Football Playoff rankings
• WSSU to close out its season on Saturday at Southern Division champion Fayetteville State

He’s No. 1: William & Mary lineman Nate Lynn leads the country in two categories, paces Tribe’s defense Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Virginia basketball expecting to lean heavily on transfers Jayden Gardner and Armaan Franklin Richmond.com

Navy football players revel in opportunity to test themselves against the best through Notre Dame rivalry | NOTES Baltimore Sun

Columbia The State

• Once a student manager for Gamecocks men’s basketball, he returns as team DJ
• South Carolina’s not naming a starter, but Jason Brown might finally get his shot
• Frank Martin’s new-look Gamecocks are ready to take the court for the first time
• Zeb Noland or Jason Brown? Shane Beamer says he won’t name starter before Saturday