Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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ecupirates.com

• Northeastern Tops East Carolina, 3-1
• Sam Wornom Family Makes Transformational Gift To Pirates Unite Campaign

The importance of Pirate Nation to ECU football The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• No. 13 NC State opens season with road test at ECU
• ECU volleyball team opens Duke Invitational with win

ECU fan enthusiasm helps businesses, tickets sold out for Saturday game WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU’s opener against NC State officially declared a sellout
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 1 Malik Fleming
• How to Watch: No. 13 NC State vs. ECU 2022

NC State vs. East Carolina football preview, prediction Sports Illustrated

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Football fans expected to fill Ficklen: Officials aim to keep mayhem on the field
• Gameday ECU-N.C. State: Coming off winning season, Pirates chase higher expectations

Know your enemy: Scouting NC State football’s Week 1 opponent, ECU YAHOO!

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

WRAL

• Former ECU coach Ruffin McNeill to face former team as NC State assistant while forming special bond with Dave Doeren 
• Giglio: Defense matters to NC State, not old losses

Wolfpack Set For In-State Battle vs East Carolina Carolina Blitz

BTP Pigskin Predictions: East Carolina SB Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Game Preview: Tulsa Heads to Wyoming for Season-Opener
• Game Preview: Houston Visits UTSA to Open 2022 Season
• Game Preview: Top-25 Showdown as Cincinnati Visits Arkansas
• Game Preview: Navy Welcomes Delaware for Saturday Matinee
• Game Preview: In-State Battle Saturday as East Carolina Hosts No. 13 NC State
• Commissioner Aresco on Today’s Announcement by the CFP Board of Managers

The Tampa Times

• A chance to take care of his family is all the motivation USF’s Ajou Ajou needs
• College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by 2026 season
• John Rhys Plumlee, rugged defense lead UCF rout of South Carolina State

 Memphis football vs. Mississippi State scouting report, prediction Memphis Commercial Appeal

After a season of tribulations, Tulane’s focus squarely on football again NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• Watch: SMU releases video with Eric Dickerson in gold Trans Am
• It’s about time: Rhett Lashlee’s ready to lead SMU in a role he was made for

Multiple challenges for Tulsa in opener on road against Wyoming Tulsa World

 After a lengthy wait, Cincinnati CB Ja’Quan Sheppard’s time has come Cincinnati Enquirer

Insider breakdown of Bulls’ 2022 schedule Orlando Sentinel

Houston Chronicle

• No. 24 Houston at UTSA: 5 things to watch in Cougars’ opener
• Holgorsen: UH ‘on the lookout’ for UTSA’s fake crowd noise

San Antionio Express News

• UTSA vs. Houston: 5 things to watch
• UTSA defense preparing for early test against No. 24 Houston
• UTSA reacts to Holgorsen’s remarks on fake crowd noise

First-year head coach Ryan Carty embraces high expectations for Delaware football ahead of opener against Navy Annapolis Capital

Denton Record-Chronicle

• North Texas gameday: Arrival of new coach at SMU adds mystery to UNT’s home opener
• American Athletic Confernce, C-USA officials celebrate move to expand College Football Playoff

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

Charlie Goode’s blocked punt powers UAB to rout of Alabama A&M AL.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Your guide to college football’s opening weekend in North Carolina WUNC

Heels, Wolfpack facing in-state rivals Salisbury Post

Fayetteville Observer

• NC State football season 2022: Here’s everything you need to know
• How to watch NC State football vs. East Carolina on TV, live stream
• Big Four and More: Week 1 is here

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State football’s moment is here. If it’s ever going to happen for Pack, this is it
• With UNC coming to town, App State and Boone brace for a Saturday unlike any other

College football Week 1 picks against the spread NBC Sports

JMU football officially steps into FBS era Saturday, with home bout versus Middle Tennessee Richmond

Winston Salem Journal

• College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by ’26 season
• College football heads to 12-team playoff as soon as 2024
• Week 1 College Football Odds, Predictions
• Mitch Griffis calls his first start for Wake Forest at quarterback ‘a dream come true’

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks, Dawn Staley cancel series after racial incident at BYU
• Clemson’s defense has more potential starters than it can actually start
• College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams by 2026
• Charleston Southern hosts Western Carolina in first of just 4 home games

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• S.B. Ballard Stadium comes alive as ODU kicks off season against Virginia Tech
• Old Dominion’s Ricky Rahne and Virginia Tech’s Brent Pry have a friendly rivalry. They bonded over football, music, poker and cold beer.
• Norfolk State ready to challenge for MEAC title with overhauled offense and veteran defense

Charlotte Observer

• Duke’s Mayo Classic expecting a big crowd with HBCU lineup
• Rival NC HBCU football teams to meet at Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte. What to know

AP College Football Headlines