Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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• East Carolina Takes Care Of Norfolk State In Three
• Pirate Soccer Hosts Old Dominion Sunday

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• Former ECU star joining LIV Golf tour
• East Carolina takes care of Norfolk State in three

Sources: Open champ Cameron Smith, Harold Varner III, several other PGA Tour players expected to join LIV Golf ESPN

247 Sports

• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 6 Teylor Jackson
• 10 bold predictions for East Carolina’s 2022 football season
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 7 Gerard Stringer
• Ruffin McNeill set for emotional homecoming to ECU, this time on the opposite side of a familiar rivalry

Jake Luton waived once again by the Jaguars; kicker Jake Verity claimed off waivers from Colts Florida Times-Union

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

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Teams Finish Strong Opening Weekend American Athletic Conference

Tulsa World

• AAC: Who is the team to beat? What players draw the most attention?
• 2022 college football preview: All you need to know about TU, OSU and OU

Here are the top questions Tulane faces as the 2022 season begins NOLA.com

Three early questions as Duke prepares to open the Elko era against Temple on Friday 247 Sports

The Temple News

• Temple volleyball splits first matches of the season
• Owls draw even to Quakers in defensive stalemate

UCF football players react to John Rhys Plumlee being named starting QB Orlando Sentinel

Houston Chronicle

• Solomon: For UH, playoff contention isn’t out of the question
• Houston Cougars 2022 football preview: 5 key questions

Navy football young and inexperienced at cornerback after losing two senior starters Annapolis Capital

Denton Record-Chronicle

• Aune capitalizes on long-awaited opportunity to open season as UNT’s starter, guides UNT past UTEP
• UNT-UTEP notebook: Mean Green’s performance back’s up Seth Littrell’s take on team’s growth

UTSA Roadrunners 2022 football preview: 5 key questions San Antionio Express News

Charlotte QB Chris Reynolds injured, returns as 49ers drop opener at Florida Atlantic  Charlotte Observer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

The Associated Press

• Maye leads Tar Heels past Florida A&M 56-24 in first start
• Perry, McCammon lead FAU past Charlotte 43-13
• Northwestern rallies past Nebraska 31-28 in opener in Dublin
• Wright ignites Vanderbilt in 63-10 romp over Hawaii
• Aune leads North Texas to 31-13 victory over UTEP in opener
• Freshman Davis leads Alabama State past Howard 23-13
• Brown, DeVito lead Illinois past Wyoming 38-6 in opener
• Bonner’s 3 TD passes lead Utah State past UConn 31-20
• Florida St. runs over Duquesne in opener
• Webb leads Jacksonville State’s rally past S.F. Austin 42-17

Raleigh News & Observer

• Game that should’ve been all that’s right about college sports becomes all that’s wrong
• QB Drake Maye shines in debut as UNC football opens season with 56-24 win over FAMU
• NC State looks to end curse that has defined college football in North Carolina
• BYU bans fan, apologizes after racist incident during volleyball match with Duke

Perry, FAU pull away from Charlotte in Owls’ final opener in Conference USA Sun Sentinel

Teel: JMU, ODU likely to play leading roles if Sun Belt’s ascension continues Roanoke Times

Sapakoff: Clemson, South Carolina football predictions, for every game Charleston Post & Courier

South Carolina’s good-vibes offseason is over. What’s next under Shane Beamer? Charlotte Observer

College football’s new landscape: ‘It’s the Power 2 and everyone else’ New York Post

Is Texas ready for the SEC? This season will tell us all about the Longhorns’ progress Austin American Statesman

Inside Lincoln Riley’s Air Raid offense, known for constant evolution and misdirection AOL

Three things we learned from FSU’s 47-7 win over Duquesne Orlando Sentinel