Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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• Ryan Jones Named To Mackey Watch List
• ECU Duo Earns GCAA Academic Honors
• Mitchell Named To Doak Walker Watch List
• Steven Zarzycki Named Volleyball Assistant Coach

ECU’s Ryan Jones named to Mackey Watch List WNCT 9

WRAL

• ECU coach Mike Houston expects hot atmosphere, temperatures for opener vs. NC State
• WWE’s McMahon says he is retiring amid misconduct probe

247 Sports

• Bryson Worrell signs undrafted deal with Atlanta Braves
• Ryan Jones named to Mackey Award Watch List
• Phil Steele likes ECU’s chances at an upset against NC State
• Weekly rankings notes: Recapping eight new 4-stars and a few 2024 names to know
• Latest ECU 2023 commitment receives rating from 247Sports
• Keaton Mitchell named to Doak Walker Award Watch List

ECU baseball: Summer League check in Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

Jeff Scott says USF’s starting quarterback will be determined in preseason The Tampa Times

Tulane baseball hires Cal Poly’s Justin Bridgman as hitting coach NOLA.com

Remembering Cornell Webster, a key member of TU team in 1976 who gave back to community Tulsa World

Johnson adding final pieces to Temple administrative leadership team 247 Sports

Cincinnati tight ends Josh Whyle, Leonard Taylor named to John Mackey Award watch list Cincinnati Enquirer

Former UCF RB Latavius Murray waits his turn for another NFL shot  Orlando Sentinel

Wichita State turns up the heat, as AfterShocks deliver first TBT basketball blowout  Wichita Eagle

Sports Illustrated

• Winners and Losers of the Men’s College Basketball Offseason
• UCF Player Profile: DT Lee Hunter

University of Houston gets $10M gift for new football facility ahead of Big 12 move The Business Journals (sub req’d)

How moving to the Big 12 is affecting UH as a whole The Daily Cougar

Amid new conference realignment, UConn’s current position still makes the most sense, AD David Benedict says Hartford Courant

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL Pigskin Preview

• Doeren ‘feels great’ about future of ACC, believes NC State can win it
• ECU coach Mike Houston expects hot atmosphere, temperatures for opener vs. NC State
• NCCU coach Oliver concerned with FBS schools tampering FCS rosters
• UNC coach Mack Brown at 2022 ACC Kickoff: ‘Today is about hope’
• ACC, SEC reap benefits from transfers moving between leagues

Raleigh News & Observer

• Typically heavy on hype, this year’s ACC Kickoff highlighted by uncertainty, anxiety
• The ACC Coastal, college football’s most interesting division, readies for swan song
• Transfer portal windows? Unlimited movement? What proposed NCAA rule changes would mean

ACC football coaches weigh-in on impact of conference realignment WUNC

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Volunteers charged with 18 NCAA violations while coached by Jeremy Pruitt
• Georgia Tech players vowing to ‘prove everybody wrong’
• Georgia picked to win SEC East, 9 Bulldogs named preseason all-conference

It’s no secret in the CIAA, schools are chasing three-time defending champion Bowie State Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Forever linked by big moment, Brian Scott remembers Gamecock teammate Phil Petty
• Where will South Carolina finish in the SEC East? Here’s what the media think
• Finebaum’s forecast: What success looks like for Shane Beamer at USC in Year 2
• DJ or Cade? ACC analysts talk Clemson football’s 2022 quarterback outlook

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks predicted fifth in SEC East; 4 USC players make preseason All-SEC team
• Sapakoff: Tony Elliott’s ACC Kickoff shoes tell a life story

Hampton Roads Daily Press

• ‘Unfinished business’ brought Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong back for another season
• Hokies plan to bring back atmosphere from Beamer-Foster era