Former ECU coach and player Ruffin McNeill speaks about return to campus as a visitor…Parker Byrd undergoes successful 16th surgery…Godwin Welcomes 17 Newcomers To Baseball Program….Jaguars Claim Former Colts Kicker Jake Verity …Veteran ex-Packer Kurt Benkert trying to find perfect fit …Week 0 of college football will include kickoffs from Dublin to Hawaii

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Return of Ruff imminent

ecupirates.com

• ECU Splits Opening Day Of 2022 Campaign
• Godwin Welcomes 17 Newcomers To Baseball Program

WNCT 9

• ECU baseball welcomes 17 newcomers to program
• Parker Byrd undergoes successful 16th surgery
• ECU volleyball team earns split in first day of invitational
• Pirates blank High Point for first win of Higgins …

WITN 7

• Former ECU coach and player Ruffin McNeill speaks about return to campus as a visitor
• Former ECU kicker Verity claimed off waivers by Jacksonville
• ECU volleyball opens season with win
• ECU blanks High Point, Higgins first win with the Pirates

Jaguars Claim Former Colts Kicker Jake Verity Sports Illustrated

Veteran ex-Packer Kurt Benkert trying to find perfect fit WI Sports Heroics

247 Sports

• Ruffin McNeill set for emotional homecoming to ECU, this time on the opposite side of a familiar rivalry
• Pirate veterans have gotten head start on prep for Wolfpack
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 8 Taji Hudson
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 8 Immanuel Hickman
• PODCAST: Final ECU 2022 Season Predictions and Over/Under Picks

ECU football: Ruffin McNeill returns to Dowdy-Ficklen as N.C. State assistant Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Opponent First Look: East Carolina SB Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

SMU Undefeated, Six American Squads Pick Up Win On Opening Day American Athletic Conference

Visa issues thwart USF men’s basketball player Russel Tchewa’s return to U.S. The Tampa Times

The History of Season Openers in the Fickell Era, Part 1 SB Nation

Here’s what the Memphis football coaching staff will make in 2022 Memphis Commercial Appeal

Notebook: Versatile Macon Clark back at nickel for Tulane after playing safety in 2021 NOLA.com

In transferring to SMU, WR Jake Bailey found a prototypical fit and a dream scenario  Dallas Morning News

Rebuilt TU offensive line developing chemistry under new position coach Tulsa World

D’Wan Mathis will start Temple’s season opener at Duke 247 Sports

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF’s Justin Hodges “faster, stronger, smarter” entering 2022 season
• Son of UCF coach, Winter Park safety Hudson Gibbs commits to Knights

Houston Chronicle

• West Orange-Stark safety Jamaal Shaw commits to UH
• Rice Owls 2022 football preview: 5 key questions

Navy football young and inexperienced at cornerback after losing two senior starters Baltimore Sun

North Texas gameday: UNT ready to tackle UTEP in electric environment to open season Denton Record-Chronicle

Underdog Dynasty

• 2022 Houston Cougars Football Season Preview: Defense and Special Teams
• 2022 Houston Cougars Football Season Preview: Offense
• 2022 Memphis Tigers Football Season Preview
• 2022 SMU Mustangs Football Season Preview
• Underdog Pawdcast: AAC 2022 Season Preview – Temple and USF
• Will Healy wants Charlotte to reach the next level — but what will it take
• Underdog Pawdcast: Will Healy is Ready For Week Zero
• 2022 Rice Owls Football Season Preview: Defense and Special Teams

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Week 0 of the college football season is upon us! Here are the games to watch WRAL

Charlotte 49ers football performance coach a feather in team’s cap as they prep for FAU  Charlotte Observer

Call it Charlotte, not ‘the little brother of UNC’ Axios

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

Fayetteville Observer

• Former coach Chuck Amato: NC State football could win national title
•  FAMU almost canceled game but will play UNC minus 20 ineligible players 

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC football opener will be played as scheduled despite Florida A&M eligibility issues
• Three things to watch as UNC football takes on Florida A&M in today’s Week 0 opener
• Former Duke AD calls Auburn ‘shameful’ for its treatment of AD Allen Greene

UNC vs. Florida A&M: Game Preview SB Nation

Miami Herald

• Florida A&M reached the FCS playoffs last year, and looks to take another step with a reinforced roster
• With Perry leading the way, FAU wants to finish its C-USA tenure with a conference title

NC State football: 3 bold Wolfpack predictions for 2022 season Clutch Points

Winston Salem Journal

• In CFB Week 0, public loves … Nebraska?
• Ram Ramblings: L’Tona Lamonte adds experience to her coaching staff with the hiring of Andrew Mitchell
• Freshmen Noah Marshall, David Eldridge making noise during preseason football camp at WSSU

Charleston Post & Courier

• Injury to Gamecocks’ punter leaves special teams with questions for opener
• NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers to hold preseason camp at The Citadel
• Clemson freshman tackle Blake Miller has always been ahead of the curve
• Gamecock great Tommy Suggs adds to USC legacy with 50th year in radio booth

Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry bringing back famed lunch pail with Bud Foster’s blessing Roanoke Times

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Taking a look at Georgia Tech’s 2022 football schedule
• Bradley: Having won it all, Georgia football is poised to win lots more