Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Purple … Gold … World Series

ecupirates.com

• Ferguson Named AAC Rookie of the Year; Three Pirates Earn All-Conference Honors
• Game Times Set For 2022 Purple-Gold World Series
• Ahlers Named To Davey O’Brien QB Class Of 2022

The East Carolinian

• ECU volleyball hits home for back-to-back games
• TEC Athlete of the Month: C.J. Johnson

ECU’s Ferguson named AAC Rookie of the Year; three …  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• Mike Houston feeling validated after ECU earns bowl eligible status in October
• Former Conley star English makes second team All-AAC, Ferguson Rookie of the Year

247 Sports

• Everything ECU coach Mike Houston said during his bye week press conference
• PODCAST: A bye week chat with ECU OLB Jeremy Lewis, plus more
• How ESPN’s Football Power Index sees ECU’s chances in the final three games

ECU football: Bye week allows for self-scouting, reflection Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

BYU 1-on-1: Where Cougar football lost the ECU game and positives to build on Daily Herald

Mississippi State Athletic Director Search: Potential Candidates to Replace John Cohen Sports Illustrated

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Houston Wins Fourth Straight Sweep
• American Athletic Conference Announces 2022 Women’s Soccer Honors
• Tulane, UCF in First College Football Playoff Rankings

Analysis: UCF faces key questions before heading to Memphis Orlando Sentinel

CBS Sports

• No. 25 UCF unsure who will play QB against Memphis
• Temple hosts USF as both teams search for first AAC win

 Golf, trash talk fuels Tigers’ Howard, Doyle to kicking success Memphis Commercial Appeal

NOLA.com

• Jaylen Forbes hot from outside as Tulane coasts past Spring Hill in exhibition opener
• After grandmother’s death, Shaadie Clayton-Johnson has new name and inspired game

Scouting Cincinnati’s next opponent the Navy Midshipmen Cincinnati Enquirer

Unranked Cincinnati fixed on sinking Navy Tulsa World

Scouting report: A look at Cincinnati’s next opponent, the Navy Midshipmen USA Today

SMU’s shuffling of Jaylon Thomas on O-line could help with NFL potential Dallas Morning News

Sam Brown emerging as a top target for UH’s offense Houston Chronicle

Bill Wagner: New cut blocking rules have hurt Navy’s ability to execute the triple-option | COMMENTARY Annapolis Capital

Wichita State basketball claims Siena is preventing transfer Colby Rogers from playing Wichita Eagle

‘We’re frustrated’: UAB seeking to end 2-game skid against UTSA AL.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• What we learned about Duke basketball in exhibition win ahead of Monday season opener
• ‘Gave it my all’: NC State linebacker Payton Wilson wants strong finish to final season
• What we learned about NC State basketball in exhibition win ahead of Monday opener

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: How the Gamecocks can get more out of No. 97 Spencer Rattler
• Gamecocks debut new-look team with sizzling exhibition win over Mars Hill
• Gamecocks’ Marcus Satterfield explains himself after Missouri debacle
• Tyler Venables’ adventures aside, Clemson avoiding repeat of last year’s run of injuries

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU is among the worst FBS teams in the country on third down. ‘Obviously, it’s alarming,’ coach Ricky Rahne says.
• JMU has experienced roller-coaster ride after diving into Sun Belt Conference, full FBS schedule

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Heisman Trophy favorite Hendon Hooker gives Tennessee reason to believe again
• Life after Nolan Smith: Georgia’s outside linebacker legacy seems safe
• Walk-on Joe Fusile takes advantage of opportunities to make lineup
• Georgia Tech working to limit opponent’s big plays

Does BYU have puncher’s chance against Boise State? Deseret News