Sowa, English Earn AAC Player of the Week Nods… Ahlers breaks AAC completions record in loss to Pack… ODU is on a hot streak dating back to last season. How? ‘Plugging away.’ …. As Saturday proved, we need more college football games like NC State-ECU, UNC-App State

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Sowa, English Earn AAC Player of the Week Nods ecupirates.com

Soccer ties with VCU The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• Ahlers breaks AAC completions record in loss to Pack
• Sowa, English earn AAC soccer Player of Week nods

Pirates open as double-digit favorites over Monarchs 247 Sports

MASON: Winners get to write history, ECU has plenty more chances to do so Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

East Carolina vs. Old Dominion odds, tips and betting trends sportsbookwire

ODU is on a hot streak dating back to last season. How? ‘Plugging away.’ Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF’s Melville, Wichita State’s Foster Claim Volleyball Weekly Honors
• Cincinnati, East Carolina, SMU Earn Weekly Honors
• Houston’s Tune, Baxa Join Tulane’s Clark as Football Players of the Week

 Tigers’ trio listed as day-to-day for Navy after injuries Memphis Commercial Appeal

Drayton says Duke loss led him to ‘get back to reality’ 247 Sports

No. 23 Cincinnati Bearcats drop opener at No. 19 Arkansas Razorbacks Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF football seeking revenge vs. Louisville on Friday Orlando Sentinel

Houston Chronicle

• UH’s Clayton Tune, Bubba Baxa get conference honors
• UH football notebook: Upcoming opponent Texas Tech loses starting QB for 3-6 weeks

Wichita State makes unprecedented investment in softball with new contract for coach  Wichita Eagle

Navy football coach Ken Niumatalolo not pleased with number of mistakes, lack of effort during Delaware loss Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• As Saturday proved, we need more college football games like NC State-ECU, UNC-App State
• NC State coach Dave Doeren not second-guessing decisions on goal-line offense at ECU
• NC State LB Payton Wilson not seriously injured, but TE Trent Pennix will miss time
• UNC football vs Georgia State first look: Top storylines, players to watch and odds
• Duke vs Northwestern football first look: Series history, players to watch and odds

Triangle teams have mixed results with tackling over the weekend CBS 17

No. 13 Wolfpack loses TE Pennix for 4-6 weeks to injury WRAL

Winston Salem Journal

• Florida State blocks PAT, holds off Kelly’s LSU, 24-23
• Analysis: Will a bigger College Football Playoff be better?
• Five TDs from Sanders, 3 defensive scores power Jackson St.
• Day proud of No. 2 Buckeyes’ ‘ugly’ opening win over Irish

Columbia The State

• Dabo Swinney talks QBs, says Clemson wasn’t running up score with Cade Klubnik TD
• Clemson wins big over Georgia Tech, but Tigers offense still under microscope
• Making sense of South Carolina’s offensive line struggles against Georgia State
• Spencer Rattler, MarShawn Lloyd rally to support of South Carolina offensive line

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Clemson progress part of a rare good start for ACC football
• Clemson surges in second half to beat Georgia Tech, 41-10
• The Citadel offense needs to clean up mistakes before home opener against ETSU
• Gamecocks’ offense back under scrutiny after challenging first game

The Associated Press

• No 4 Clemson overcomes sluggish start, beats Ga Tech 41-10
• No. 13 Wolfpack loses TE Pennix for 4-6 weeks to injury
• Victorious debut provides validation for Napier at Florida
• No. 3 Georgia shows deep offense ready to play new lead role
• STAT WATCH: Georgia offense hot from start with 7 TDs in row
• No. 15 Mich St loses Snow for season, Henderson indefinitely
• Syracuse LB Thompson, FB Elmore injured, out for season
• Ewers’ QB debut at Texas included touchdowns, towed car
• Texas Tech QB Shough sidelined again by left shoulder injury