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• Pirates Shutdown Seahawks For Third Straight Win
• ECU Hosts No. 13 NC State In 2022 Opener
• 2022 East Carolina Football Kickoff
• Pirates Trek To Durham For Duke Invitational
• Pirates Open 2022 at Elon

The importance of Pirate Nation to ECU football The East Carolinian

No. 13 NC State opens season at instate foe East Carolina AP News

Charlotte Observer

• NC State vs ECU football: Three things to watch as Wolfpack opens season in Greenville
• Ready for ECU return, NC State assistant Ruffin McNeill ‘looking forward to the competition’

NC State vs. East Carolina Football Prediction and Preview Athlon Sports

ECU preps for big weekend of football with NC State coming to town WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU offensive and defensive line depth, experience has Pirates well prepared for season
• Greenville businesses prepare for opening weekend between ECU and NC State

247 Sports

• Season-opening crowd expected to be the biggest in years for ECU
• College football predictions: ESPN FPI predicts every Week 1 game
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 2 Keaton Mitchell
• Five NC State players to know ahead of ECU’s season opener
• PODCAST: Diving into the matchups that will decide ECU/NC State
• A look back at the series history between East Carolina and NC State
• Electric RB Keaton Mitchell will now get a chance to change games as a return man

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• GAMEDAY ECU-N.C.STATE: Coming off winning season, Pirates chase higher expectations
• GAMEDAY ECU-N.C. STATE: Three players to watch
• Gameday ECU-N.C. State: Numbers game

Dave Doeren talks with the media one final time before football opener at ECU CBS 17

NC State vs. East Carolina Football Prediction and Preview Athlon Sports

N.C. State-East Carolina line, picks: Advanced Computer College Football Model releases selections for Week One SportsLine

NC State vs East Carolina Odds, Picks and Predictions: Wolfpack Splintered by Pirates Covers

How to watch NC State football vs. East Carolina on TV, live stream Fayetteville Observer

Jordan Houston is NC State football’s biggest question mark. The RB has a response ready vs ECU YAHOO!

Newest LIV Golfers Cameron Smith and Harold Varner Seem Shocked By Realities of Joining LIV Golf The Big Lead

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Five TDs From Plumlee Push UCF Past South Carolina State, 56-10
• Cincinnati, SMU Stay Undefeated with Thursday Wins
• Game Preview: Temple Visits Duke Friday to Open Stan Drayton Era

AAC Week 1 College Football Games: Live Stream and TV Channel Info ForTheWin

The Tampa Times

• A brief history of USF Bulls’ decades-long football stadium saga
• USF men’s basketball player Russel Tchewa headed back to Tampa
• College football Week 1 viewing guide, and other nuggets

USF hosts BYU with much at stake for Bulls, Scott YAHOO!

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  ‘Very different’ Memphis football team because of two new coaches
•  Memphis football vs. Mississippi State scouting report, prediction

Longtime Tulane radio color analyst Steve Barrios still loves what he does NOLA.com

Why SMU’s Jayden Jones pulled out of the transfer portal to stay on the Hilltop Dallas Morning News

TU Sports Extra podcast: Reason for excitement Tulsa World

Temple-bound QB Tyler Douglas opens season with 4-TD night 247 Sports

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  Three keys, prediction: No. 23 Cincinnati set for No. 19 Arkansas
•  Scouting report: A look at Arkansas, Cincinnati’s opening opponent

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF opens crucial season with electrifying new QB, blowout victory | Commentary
• QB John Rhys Plumlee fires up UCF in blowout of S.C. State to open season
• 3 things we learned from UCF’s season-opening win over South Carolina State

Smith: Underdog Rice not retreating amid college sports upheaval Houston Chronicle

Navy football tri-captain Bijan Nichols, kickoff returner Maquel Haywood lead special teams units | NOTES Annapolis Capital

An offensive lineman named Jett? UNT tackle may have earned new nickname after first start Denton Record-Chronicle

Charlotte QB Chris Reynolds won’t start in 49ers’ home opener against William & Mary  Charlotte Observer

The Associated Press

• No. 13 NC State opens season at instate foe East Carolina
• No. 13 NC State opens season with road test at East Carolina
• No. 19 Arkansas, No. 23 Cincinnati meet in marquee opener
• Mississippi St, Memphis meet in clash of prolific offenses
• Temple-Duke matchup pairs 2 first-time head coaches
• No. 24 Houston opens season of promise vs. UTSA
• Houston facing familiar foe in return to national spotlight
• No. 25 BYU launches season of high expectations at USF
• South Florida eyes opportunity against No. 25 BYU in opener
• Plumlee, rugged defense lead UCF rout of South Carolina St.
• Brown, defense help UAB jump out early, rout Alabama A&M

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• With UNC coming to town, App State and Boone brace for a Saturday unlike any other
• How a year in Boone helped UNC football coach Mack Brown and App State program evolve
• Looking to snap road losing streak, stopping the run could be key for UNC at App State

The college football teams, conferences and coaches with something to prove in Week 1 NCAA

Winston Salem Journal

• No. 22 Wake Forest beats VMI 44-10 in season opener on Thursday night at Truist Field
• PHOTOS: Wake Forest beats VMI, 44-10, in season opener
• Mitch Griffis calls his first start for Wake Forest at quarterback ‘a dream come true’
• No. 4 Clemson opens in primetime with Georgia Tech

Rival NC HBCU football teams to meet at Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte. What to know  Charlotte Observer

Columbia The State

• South Carolina vs Georgia State football kickoff time, odds, stream, radio, weather
• Shane Beamer downgrades Corey Rucker’s status for season opener vs. Georgia State
• What’s new in food at Williams-Brice Stadium this USC football season? Take a look

Charleston Post & Courier

• Citadel offense sputters in season opening loss to Campbell
• Clemson counts on improved run game to take pressure off QB DJ Uiagalelei
• He’s back: ‘Sir Big Spur’ re-adopted as name of Gamecocks’ live rooster mascot
• Gamecocks star Cam Smith focused on this season before NFL calls
• The Citadel hopes more depth on defense means more wins
• Gamecocks’ iconic ‘Under a Carolina sky’ video explained by its creators
• 5 things to watch as SC college football teams kick off the season

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Old Dominion’s Ricky Rahne and Virginia Tech’s Brent Pry have a friendly rivalry. They bonded over football, music, poker and cold beer.
• Molinaro: As Old Dominion opens against Virginia Tech, fans should recall impact Taylor Heinicke had on rising program
• Hampton University readies for leap to challenging CAA, but Howard rivalry game comes first
• Tony Elliott helped build a dynasty as an assistant at Clemson. Can he guide Virginia to sustained success as a head coach?
• Old Dominion suspends second-leading rusher Elijah Davis as season opener against Virginia Tech looms

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Tipped pass costs former Bulldog J.T. Daniels in West Virginia debut
• Weekend Predictions: Big wins for Georgia over Oregon, Clemson over Tech
• WATCH: Can Georgia Tech find a spark against Clemson?

The Associated Press

• Devonshire’s late Pick 6 lifts No. 17 Pitt over WVU, 38-31
• No. 22 Wake Forest tops VMI behind Griffis, Turner, Morin
• Sanders helps No. 12 Oklahoma State beat Central Michigan
• James rallies FIU to 38-37 overtime win over Bryant
• Burden shines as Mizzou rolls past Louisiana Tech, 52-24
• Florida QB Richardson ready for better health, more heroics
• Auburn QB T.J. Finley’s Dad: “Son, the job isn’t done”