ECU’s Ahlers, Jones named to Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List… Blake Harrell’s staff setting the tone for ECU’s defense …The journey to 7 has ECU safety Stringer ready to be a leader for Pirates … Carter: We know ECU is a ‘hostile environment’ …Pirate Soccer Hosts Panthers Thursday Night

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Hosts Pirate Invitational To Kick Off 2022 Campaign
• Ahlers Named To Golden Arm Watch List
• Pirate Soccer Hosts Panthers Thursday Night
• Ahlers And Jones Named To Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List

NC State vs East Carolina Prediction, Game Preview YAHOO!

Opponent First Look: East Carolina SB Nation

Blake Harrell’s staff setting the tone for ECU’s defense CBS Sports

ECU’s Ahlers, Jones named to Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List WNCT 9

The journey to 7 has ECU safety Stringer ready to be a leader for Pirates WITN 7

Carter: We know ECU is a ‘hostile environment’ WRAL

247 Sports

• Isaiah Foote has the look of a starting lineman entering Year 3 at ECU
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 10 Mason Garcia
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 10 Xavier Smith
• Ahlers, Jones named to Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List
• Chris Foster updates RB battle behind Keaton Mitchell, Rahjai Harris
• Avery Jones giving ECU rare continuity at center position
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 11 Isaiah Winstead

ECU football: Freshman Gunn Jr. wins third running back job Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

UCF Selected Unanimous Favorite in American Athletic Conference Volleyball Preseason Coaches’ Poll American Athletic Conference

CFN Preseason All-American Athletic Conference Football Team, Top 30 Players: Preview 2022 College Football News

St. Petersburg’s Shaquem Griffin, NFL’s first one-handed player, retires The Tampa Times

 Tigers add cowbells to practice to simulate Mississippi State crowd Memphis Commercial Appeal

“Nippert at Night” returns for the 2022 season News Record

Tulane’s Chris Brazzell II playing for Willie Fritz 27 years after his dad NOLA.com

Opponent First Look: SMU SB Nation

Barkley, Noble among four walk-ons who have left the Owls 247 Sports

Former UCF star Shaquem Griffin announces retirement from pro football Orlando Sentinel

Former UCF star, Seahawks linebacker Shaquem Griffin announces retirement from NFL Daytona Beach News-Journal

How did UH linebacker Donavan Mutin go from silent to vocal? Let him tell you Houston Chronicle

Why Wichita State volleyball believes in defense, experience for breakout 2022 season Wichita Eagle

Projected Navy football starting fullback Anton Hall Jr. symbolizes new breed athletes playing the position Annapolis Capital

Navy’s Kip Frankland honors fallen teammate David Forney by wearing No. 68 Stars and Stripes

Denton Record-Chronicle

• Mike Bloesch confident as he adjusts to new role coaching UNT’s quarterbacks
• UNT launches NIL exchange website to facilitate deals between its athletes, businesses

UTSA, UAB look for another C-USA title in final season El Dorado News-Times

UTSA football records, milestones, notable players over the years My San Antonio

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Speas: You will never see Devin Leary have sweaty palms
• ACC looks for national regulation on NIL as players seek more opportunities
• UNC launches Carolina NIL Exchange Program
• UNC basketball scrimmage a chance for fans to see team, players to make money

Raleigh News & Observer

• After playing behind Ikem Ekwonu, Anthony Belton embracing new role with NC State football
• NC State, Duke, UNC among growing number of football teams using protective head gear
• ‘Ultra competitive’ Drake Maye credits his upbringing for winning UNC QB battle
• How HBCUs like NC Central, North Carolina A&T are navigating changing sports landscape

Fayetteville Observer

• What will NC State’s football depth chart look like in season opener?
•  Mack Brown, UNC to honor HBCUs during home game against Florida A&M

College Football News

• College Football Schedule, Predictions, Game Previews, Lines, TV: Week 1 Saturday
• College Football Odds: Opening Early Lines, Values Week 1

Wake Forest, Maryland agree to two-game football series Winston Salem Journal

Charlotte football’s ‘Big 3’ receivers key in 49ers bid for another bowl appearance  Charlotte Observer

FAU vs. Charlotte odds, spread, line: 2022 college football picks, Week 0 predictions from model on 43-31 run CBS Sports

Columbia The State

• All eyes on how, and where, South Carolina uses Jaheim Bell in 2022 season
• South Carolina has a QB battle going on, just not at the starter or backup spots
• New bowl predictions for USC include a game in Florida, or in Alabama

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson’s unanswered questions heading out of fall camp
• NFL great Earl Campbell’s style inspires his cousin, Charleston Southern’s Hawkins
• USC plans to own rights to new name of Gamecocks’ live rooster mascot
• Former Citadel star Raleigh Webb giving NFL long shot his best shot

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Virginia quarterback Brennan Armstrong postponed pro career to help ‘make this a special season.’
• Western Branch star Paul Billups Jr., the area’s top-rated football recruit, commits to North Carolina
• Hayden Wolff named Old Dominion’s starting quarterback for season opener vs. Virginia Tech

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Week Zero college football schedule: How to watch all 11 FBS games
• ‘This is crazy:’ Georgia’s AD Mitchell reflects on go-ahead TD vs. Alabama
• Georgia Tech’s Jordan Williams talks line, Hooters deal, cheese-averse teammate
• WATCH: What you need to know from Georgia Tech’s preseason camp
• Trevor Lawrence briefly back in Georgia before beginning second NFL season