Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates land coveted Spartanburg quarterback

ecupirates.com

• Game Times Set For 2022 Purple-Gold World Series
• Ahlers Named To Davey O’Brien QB Class Of 2022
• Conrad Named AAC Special Teams Player Of The Week

The East Carolinian

• ECU baseball concludes the fall season
• ECU volleyball hits the road for back-to-back games
• TEC Athlete of the Month: C.J. Johnson

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Ahlers named to Davey O’Brien QB Class of ’22
• ECU football bowl projections after Week 9

WITN 7

• Ahlers, Maye, Hartman named to Davey O’Brien award class of 2022
• Conrad named AAC Special Teams Player of the Week, Mitchell AAC Honor roll
• ECU women’s basketball eager to start season, hold media day in Greenville

247 Sports

• True Freshmen Redshirt Tracker: Updating where things stand nine games into the season
• ECU enters late-season bye with momentum, and the need to recover

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU women’s basketball: Pirates stick to defensive roots, will slow down offensive tempo
• Patrick Mason: Pirates’ freshmen come through

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Houston’s Tune, UCF’s Celiscar, ECU’s Conrad Named Players of the Week
• Tulane, UCF in First College Football Playoff Rankings
• Wichita State’s Minarik Set for ITA Fall Nationals
• Cincinnati’s Gingerich, Tulane’s Bernat and Houston’s Svedenskiold Named American Golf Players of the Month for October
• Cincinnati’s Pace Named Semifinalist for Bednarik and Butkus Awards

Temple hosts USF as both teams search for first AAC win National Post

UCF lands at No. 25 in first College Football Playoff ranking Orlando Sentinel

Conference realignment: How much USF missed out on when Big 12 chose UCF The Tampa Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Tigers hope home cooking restores season vs. No. 25 UCF
•  Will Tigers football reach bowl eligibility? We explain how

Two years later, Tulane defense light years better than it was in mind-boggling loss to Tulsa NOLA.com

TU ignoring frustration, motivated by last season’s drive to become bowl-eligible Tulsa World

What SMU, Tanner Mordecai learned from recent weeks with Mustangs’ hampered QB room Dallas Morning News

Xavier Arline takes over as Navy starting quarterback just in time for brutal stretch of games Annapolis Capital

Eye on the Y: Can BYU football end its skid and find a way to become bowl eligible? Salt Lake Tribune

What the Analytics are Saying About BYU’s Chances against Boise State Sports Illustrated

Bowl projections: Why BYU’s next game could impact the New Year’s Six race Deseret News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke looks to improve during exhibition after missing open shots in scrimmage at Houston
• UNC’s Caleb Love says goodbye to Jordan 11 shoes he wore during Tar Heels’ Final Four run
• How Duke DT Ja’Mion Franklin saved father’s life and is now supporting sick mother
• NC State quarterback Devin Leary taking things ‘day by day’ after season-ending injury

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson’s initial CFP ranking revealed
• Clemson’s pass game looking to rediscover ‘Beaux Time’
• Gamecocks’ Jaheim Bell: Lack of touches ‘very frustrating’ for USC standout
• No. 5 Clemson at Notre Dame odds preview: Spread, prediction for Tigers vs. Fighting Irish

JMU has experienced roller-coaster ride after diving into Sun Belt Conference, full FBS schedule Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

The Associated Press

• CFP’s first top 4: Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia, Clemson
• Northwest Missouri State hoops on verge of becoming dynasty
• College hoops to play on Election Day after NCAA rule change
• Deion Sanders forbids Jackson St from leaving Houston hotel
• Portal chaos puts pressure on hoops coaches in lower levels