Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Conrad’s kick closes ECU win at BYU

ecupirates.com

• ECU Clinches Bowl Eligibility With Buzzer-Beating Win At BYU
• Tulane Trips Up East Carolina In Five Sets
• ECU Men 7th, Women 9th at AAC Championships
• Ahlers Named To Manning Award Midseason Watch List

WNCT 9

• Conrad’s FG as time expires gives ECU win over BYU
• Tulane trips up ECU volleyball in five sets

WITN 7

• Conrad walk-off field goal lifts ECU over BYU
• Ahlers named to Manning Award Midseason Watch List

247 Sports

• ECU wins it, 27-24, on walk-off field goal at BYU
• FINAL: ECU 27, BYU 24

ECU football: Pirates take down BYU with game-winning field goal Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Conrad’s line-drive FG as time expires gets ECU past BYU USA Today

Pirates of pain: East Carolina hands BYU 4th straight loss KSL

Desert Sun 

• Cougars find their long-lost rushing attack, but fail to pick up the really important yards in 27-24 loss to East Carolina
• Highlights, key plays and photos from BYU’s 27-24 loss to East Carolina
• Sliding Cougars don’t have the ‘it factor’ in heartbreaking loss to East Carolina

With no margin of error left, BYU loses heartbreaker to East Carolina. Now, a team that was supposed to contend for 10 wins faces postseason elimination South Bend Tribune

Virginia baseball team’s last trip to Greenville left Jake Berry motivated to get better during the offseason The Daily Progress

Chris Johnson gets Hall of Fame endorsements from Titans franchise greats YAHOO!

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Game Preview: Houston Battles South Florida in ESPN2 Matinee
• East Carolina Gains Bowl Eligibility With Last-Second Win at BYU

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF can return favor to Cincinnati by ending its lengthy conference win streak
• Watch: UCF Football Now — Following ECU loss, Cincinnati awaits

YAHOO!

• KNOW YOUR FOE: No. 19 Cincinnati puts 19-game AAC win streak on the line at UCF
• 3 THINGS TO WATCH: UCF football aims to rebound from ugly loss, topple No. 19 Cincinnati
• Houston vs USF Prediction, Game Preview

Staff Final Score Predictions: Cincinnati at UCF Sports Illustrated

Cincinnati Enquirer

•  Three keys, prediction: Can Bearcats overcome penalties, get past UCF?
•  How to watch and stream the Bearcats play UCF
•  Scouting report: A look at No. 20 UC’s next opponent, the UCF Knights

Tulane is entering its open date with a realistic shot of making the Cotton Bowl NOLA.com

 Tigers want to ‘bring the punch first’ and that starts vs. Lane Sunday Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• Another nail-biter in store when SMU visits for TU homecoming
• Tulsa vs. SMU: Top storyline, key matchup, player to watch and who wins on Saturday

SMU’s defense turned a corner vs. Cincinnati, looks to keep momentum rolling at Tulsa Dallas Morning News

Houston Chronicle

• UH vs. USF: 5 things to watch in Week 9
• Rice vs. Charlotte: 5 things to watch in Week 9

Navy football seniors brought closer together through ‘shared adversity’ faced during pandemic Annapolis Capital

North Texas gameday: UNT to tackle Western Kentucky as it looks to bolster title game hopes Denton Record-Chronicle

Who will be the Charlotte 49ers’ next head football coach? A look at 8 candidates Charlotte Observer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Sam Hartman is nation’s most overlooked quarterback — and perhaps its most resilient
• What we learned from UNC basketball’s 101-40 exhibition win over Johnson C. Smith
• UNC defense has been much improved in ACC play — especially in second half of games
• NC State pulls out 22-21 thriller over Virginia Tech. Closer look at how Pack did it.

Winston Salem Journal

• Liberty extends coach Hugh Freeze through 2030
• Legendary Georgia coach Vince Dooley dies at 90
• Wake Forest picks up final ACC regular-season victory with 3-0 win over ninth-ranked Louisville

Charleston Post & Courier

• Charleston Southern visits Kennesaw State in final non-conference game
• For No. 25 Gamecocks, field position key against Missouri
• Three ways to play Phillies-Astros in World Series Game 1: Best Picks for Oct. 28

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• UVA, coming off a victory, hopes to build momentum at home against Miami
• ODU running back Blake Watson is turning in record-breaking games and big plays. But he keeps it mellow for the Monarchs.

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia’s Vince Dooley: The man who knew so much
• Vince Dooley list of accomplishments
• Georgia-Florida: TV, online, radio information
• Homecoming for Georgia Tech assistant (and FSU legend) Chris Weinke
• 5 things to know about Georgia Tech-Florida State
• With support of Georgia Tech Foundation, J Batt launches fundraiser
• Week 9 college football schedule: How to watch all 48 FBS games