High-powered QBs headline tilt between UCF, East Carolina… Pirates set to paint it black against UCF; Wood Selected AAC Defensive Player Of The Week… ECU baseball prepares for the fall season starting against Clemson… Despite closing strong lately, UCF coordinators still search for perfect game … Memphis proposing $684M sports upgrade, new soccer stadium

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU defense deceptively good

Pirate Preview vs. UCF

ecupirates.com

• Coach Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
• Pirates Wrap Up Competition At ITA Carolina Regional
• Wood Selected AAC Defensive Player Of The Week

The East Carolinian

• ECU baseball prepares for the fall season starting against Clemson
• Pirates set to paint it black against UCF
• Soccer looks to advance in conference record against UCF
• ECU football squeezed by with a win against Memphis in four overtimes

Houston talks ECU 4 OT victory, preps for USF  WNCT 9

Wood, Pirates defense pick up ECU in 4 OT victory over Memphis WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU releases depth chart for UCF game
• What UCF coach Gus Malzahn said about ECU
• Betting odds released for ECU’s matchup with UCF
• ECU safety Julius Wood named AAC Defensive Player of the Week
• Stock Up: Five players who showed out in Saturday’s win over Memphis

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU football: Memorable win over Memphis sets up big game with UCF
• MASON: Pirates give reason for hope after most important win of season

Watch: UCF Football Now – Knights throttle Temple, look ahead to ECU Orlando Sentinel

High-powered QBs headline tilt between UCF, East Carolina CBS Sports

UCF at East Carolina: 4 Pirates Offensive Players to Know Sports Illustrated

UCF vs. East Carolina: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel | October 22 ForThe Win

UCF vs. East Carolina odds, tips and betting trends SportsbookWire

49ers Sign Benkert, Hollman to the Practice Squad San Francisco 49ers

Thoughts from East Carolina’s 47-45 bizarre 4OT comeback win over Memphis SB Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UCF’s Plumlee, ECU’s Wood, Memphis’ Howard Named American Players of the Week
• Tulsa’s Power, Cincinnati’s Walker Named Cross Country Athletes of the Week
• UCF’s Melville, Houston’s Georgiades Claim Weekly Volleyball Awards
• UCF, Memphis, South Florida Earn Weekly Honors

YAHOO!

• Does USF coach Jeff Scott deserve a fourth season? The case for and against
• Memphis football to honor Glenn Rogers Sr., program’s first Black player

AAC Week 8 College Football Games: Odds, Tips and Betting trends SportsbookWire

AAC Week 8 College Football Games: Live Stream and TV Channel Info ForThe Win

Sports Illustrated

• Is Tulane a Legit AAC Contender?
• Luke Fickell: Bye Week Came at ‘Pretty Good Time’

ForThe Win

• Houston vs. Navy: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel | October 22
• Tulane vs. Memphis: How to watch online, live stream info, game time, TV channel | October 22

Despite closing strong lately, UCF coordinators still search for perfect game Orlando Sentinel

The Tampa Times

• Does USF coach Jeff Scott deserve a fourth season? The case for and against
• USF’s Gerry Bohanon out for season with shoulder injury

‘It puts us in another league’: Memphis proposing $684M sports upgrade, new soccer stadium WREG

Memphis OC Tim Cramsey explains the Tigers’ missed two-point attempt in second OT vs. ECU Memphis Commercial Appeal

U of M’s first Black football player will be honored at Tulsa game Daily Memphian

NOLA.com

• Tulane’s Tyjae Spears is as tough on himself as he is on opponents
• LSU-Tulane might make for a good game — so why don’t they play anymore? There are reasons.

TU Notebook: Davis Brin not 100 percent yet but feeling better after bye week Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• Breaking down UH’s No. 3 ranking in AP preseason basketball poll
• Rice football: Mike Bloomgren challenges defense for shutout

Navy football looks to rebound from head-scratching loss against former division rival Houston Annapolis Capital

UTSA QB Frank Harris has UNT’s attention heading into key showdown Denton Record-Chronicle

Traylor Talk: UTSA coach ahead of curve on fourth-down… San Antionio Express News

South Florida QB Gerry Bohanon (shoulder) done for season Winston Salem Journal

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• As UNC looks to ‘make this season special,’ Mack Brown wants team to ignore accolades
• For NC State, it’s time to regroup, reset and refocus. Wolfpack has done it before.
• Coach K wins Heisman Humanitarian Award for his work with Durham’s Emily K Center

Charlotte Observer

• Former Charlotte AD Judy Rose opens up on Title IX, Pat Summitt and starting football
• Bowls, offense and beyond: Sizing up South Carolina goals for season’s second half

Who are the UNC System’s highest-paid coaches? YAHOO!

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest men picked ninth in ACC preseason basketball poll
• USC coach Lincoln Riley knows how to go from October loss to College Football Playoff
• Purdue faces Wisconsin, tries for fifth straight win
• Maryland QB Taulia Tagovailoa (knee) game-time decision

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Rahm answer to Mickelson’s PGA Tour rip part of odd CJ Cup
• Clemson men’s basketball picked to finish 11th in the ACC
• Clemson’s first-year coordinator Wes Goodwin learning to demand more from Tigers’ defense
• Tennessee grabs another high-profile receiver from South Carolina
• After struggling at Wofford, Citadel defense readies for one of SoCon’s top offenses

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU football notebook: Tiny numbers make a huge difference for Monarchs
• What’s in ODU’s new $3.5 million locker room? 116 cushy lockers, a 14-speaker stereo system, 11 flat-screen TVs
• UVA picked to finish third in ACC preseason basketball poll; Virginia Tech seventh
• Weekend Sports Review: ODU’s signature victory, Heinicke’s probable return, Hampton U’s heart-stopping win, NSU’s struggles
• ‘Underdog story’ gets another chapter: Former ODU star Taylor Heinicke named Washington’s starting quarterback

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• With Georgia Tech needing fundraising help, J Batt introduced as AD
• Excitement returns to Bobby Dodd Stadium with Georgia Tech-Virginia matchup
• Bell indicted on federal conspiracy charges against Georgia Tech’s Josh Pastner
• Georgia State’s running game in gear for midweek game with Appalachian State
• ‘Road to Atlanta’ still runs through Athens and No. 1 Georgia
• A midseason look at the Bulldogs: Offense comes to life

The Associated Press

• North Carolina is No. 1 in the preseason AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, ahead of Gonzaga, Houston and Kentucky
• New Georgia Tech AD Batt in no hurry to hire football coach