Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Basketball- COVID strikes again
• Bearcats lead AAC’s early signing push

ecupirates.com

• ECU’s Trip To SMU Postponed
• ECU-Wichita State Men’s Basketball Game Postponed
• ECU Picked As Preseason Favorites In The American
• ECU Athletics, Pirate Club Launch Bill Clark Homes Military Bowl Fund
• Thompson Named AAC Player Of The Week

ECU creates fund to help offset expenses from canceled Military Bowl WRAL Sports

East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• ECU men’s basketball home game with Wichita State postponed due to COVID-19
• ECU women’s trip to SMU postponed due to COVID-19 cases within Pirates
• ECU baseball picked preseason favorites in AAC
• ECU’s Thompson named AAC Player of the Week

N.C. State is first up for ECU on Labor Day weekend YAHOO!

WITN 7

• ECU men’s basketball game vs. Wichita State postponed ‘due to COVID-19 developments’ within ECU program
• ECU women’s basketball has cancelled its AAC opener due to COVID-19 within the program

247 Sports

• ‘Three Things I Know, Three Things I Think’ heading into a new year
• Bill Clark Homes donates $200K to help launch ECU’s Military Bowl fund
• ECU’s game with Wichita State called off due to COVID issues
• Three primary questions that will help decide if ECU can repeat as champs in 2022
• ECU once again picked as preseason favorite in the AAC
• LSU adds East Carolina transfer Slade Roy

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• SPORTS YEAR IN REVIEW: Pirates finish 7-5, Jaguars win 3rd straight
• ECU Notes: Faculty, staff named 2021 Treasured Pirates

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• College Football Playoff Preview: Cincinnati Faces Top-Seeded Alabama in CFP Semifinal
• UCF MBB Takes Down Michigan in Non-Conference Action
• SMU, Tulane Pick Up Wins in Conference Openers
• Tulane WBB Earns 72-62 Nonconference Win Over Wofford
• Memphis-South Florida Women’s Basketball Game Scheduled For Jan. 2 Postponed
• Temple-UCF Women’s Basketball Game Scheduled For Jan. 2 Postponed
• East Carolina-SMU Women’s Basketball Game Scheduled For Jan. 1 Postponed
• Wichita State-East Carolina Men’s Basketball Game Scheduled for Dec. 29 Postponed
• East Carolina Voted as The American’s Baseball Preseason Favorite

Cincinnati Enquirer

• It’s game day Cincinnati! Get ready for UC’s first College Football Playoff game
• Inside UC’s mindset before Playoff semifinal vs. Alabama
• What’s Arlington, Texas like right now? ‘You see red and black all over the city’
• Could Tre Tucker be X-factor for Cincinnati Bearcats in CFP semifinal?
• Toppmeyer: Is Alabama among four ‘disrespected’ underdogs in playoff?
• UC football feels prepared for big stage – and confident here to stay
• Preview: UC Bearcats men’s basketball to open AAC play against Tulane

College Football Playoff: Cincinnati playing for underdogs who never got chance ESPN

Cotton Bowl: Alabama vs. Cincinnati odds, picks and prediction USA Today

For Cincinnati, the College Football Playoff is both a burden and an opportunity Washington Post

The Associated Press

• Non-P5 Cincy takes CFP journey to Cotton semi against Bama 
• No. 1 Alabama faces upstart Bearcats in Cotton Bowl CFP semi

Tampa Bay Times

• What USF football can learn from Cincinnati’s College Football Playoff run
• USF offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. headed to Ole Miss: reports

UCF men’s basketball catches fire in 2nd half to knock off Michigan for 1st time Orlando Sentinel

Owls game against Wildcats postponed The Temple News

NOLA.com

• Tulane holds on for first win over Memphis since 2016
• Jeff Duncan: Take advantage of this hot college hoops trend while you can
• The Tulane women are still undefeated at home after their final game of 2021. Next: AAC play.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis basketball vs. Wichita State: Scouting report and score prediction
• Tigers’ All-AAC safety Quindell Johnson to return for 2022 season
• 5 takeaways from Memphis’ loss to Tulane

Kendric Davis’ 26-point outburst helps SMU extend winning streak to seven games Dallas Morning News

TU falters late, falls to SMU in conference opener Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• Cincinnati showcases names to keep in mind for NFL draft
• Houston’s Marcus Sasser has season-ending foot surgery
• Smith: With Houston and Cincinnati, AAC is peaking again
• Houston quarterback Sofian Massoud enters transfer portal
• How Dana Holgorsen’s vision for UH paid off — and what’s ahead
• UH rallies past Auburn for Birmingham Bowl victory, 12-win season
• The story behind UH’s Birmingham Bowl trophy unlike any other
• UH extra points: Clayton Tune-Jake Herslow connection delivers

Eyeing shot at NFL, former Navy football standout Jake Springer makes the most of opportunity at Ole Miss Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

• A complete guide to the 2021-22 American Athletic Conference men’s basketball season
• Wichita State’s basketball game postponed because of COVID-19 issues at East Carolina
• Former Shocker makes history with Washington Wizards as NBA’s first Colombian player

Houston defense shines in 17-13 Birmingham Bowl win over Auburn Underdog Dynasty

SDS’ Ultimate Cotton Bowl Preview: Give Cincinnati its due. But should you give the Bearcats a chance? Saturday Down South

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• N.C. State bowl cancellation could come with a costly price tag
• Holiday Bowl timeline: Details of days, hours before NC State, UCLA game was canceled
• NC State loses another RB to NFL draft. Zonovan Knight won’t return for Pack in 2022
• Gamecocks ran all over UNC in bowl despite game plan that was ’100% stop the run’
• UNC wasted much of the Sam Howell era. It’s time for him to go pro after bad bowl loss
• Did Sam Howell just play his final game for UNC? Here’s what he said after the bowl
• Mike Elko adds Texas A&M assistant to Duke football staff as defensive ends coach

‘No clue at all’: NC State coach sears NCAA over Holiday Bowl debacle New York Post

Opinion: Last-minute Holiday Bowl cancellation was a bad call San Diego Tribune

The Struggle of Assigning Blame, Coping With UCLA Football Backing Out of Holiday Bowl Sports Illustrated

Winston Salem Journal

• Preview: Wake Forest to face Rutgers in the Gator Bowl
• Wake Forest’s Jaquarii Roberson to skip bowl game
• Paying it forward takes on new meaning for former Wake Forest player, key donor Bob McCreary
• Dick Vitale taking extended break from ESPN college hoops

Trice, Long shine as ODU men open Conference USA play with win at FIU Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Disappointment doubles: UNC takeaways on loss to South Carolina in bowl game Fayetteville Observer

Columbia The State

• Mayo clinic: Gamecocks bowl over UNC to secure winning season in Beamer Year 1
• Bowl win gives Shane Beamer final chapter in storybook first season at South Carolina
• ‘Never give up on your dreams.’ Inside Dakereon Joyner’s bowl game to remember
• Thumbs up, thumbs down: South Carolina vs. North Carolina in Duke’s Mayo Bowl
• Unranked and shorthanded Missouri stuns No. 1 Gamecocks
• For Clemson, there’s one bigger goal that rivals winning a national championship
• New coordinators, familiar result as Clemson scores Cheez-It Bowl win over Iowa State

Charleston Post and Courier

• New coordinators, familiar result as Clemson scores Cheez-It Bowl win over Iowa State
• Sapakoff: Beamer’s mayo fun caps the most impressive Gamecocks debut
• Parker White sets new Gamecocks scoring record, ponders rib-eye reward
• Clemson stops Iowa State in Cheez-It Bowl to extend streak of 10-win seasons
• Sapakoff: So far, Clemson’s Wes Goodwin is an ‘all fun’ Cheez-It Bowl whiz
• 7 takeaways from Clemson’s bowl win over Iowa State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia Bulldogs will battle Michigan, expectations in Orange Bowl
• Steve Hummer: Facing Georgia is a revived Harbaugh, surprising Michigan
• Georgia-Michigan: TV, online, radio information
• Weekend Predictions: Victories for Bulldogs and Bama, defeat for Falcon
• Michigan State rallies past Pitt in Peach Bowl
• Georgia Tech’s five most significant events in 2021

Why Central Michigan playing the Sun Bowl is a lesson for us all: ‘You don’t bitch’ Detroit Free Press

The Associated Press

• Allen, Wisconsin hold off Arizona State in Las Vegas Bowl
• Utes want world to get loud for Jordan, Lowe at Rose Bowl
• Avoiding coronavirus part of quieter bowl week for CFP teams
• Thorne leads No. 11 Spartans past No. 13 Pitt in Peach Bowl
• Surprising Michigan takes run at Georgia’s dominant D in CFP
• Gator Bowl fill-in Rutgers ‘letting it hang out’ vs Wake
• Central Michigan ends wild trip west in Sun Bowl against WSU
• Purdue outlasts Tennessee 48-45 in OT in Music City Bowl
• Beamer gets mayonnaise bath as South Carolina wins Mayo Bowl
• Before Harbaugh, Smart play Orange Bowl they shared birthday
• Syracuse hires offensive coordinator, QB coach from Virginia
• Coan, Sanders looking to lead their teams to Fiesta Bowl win