Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

The win that got away

Pirate Preview vs. Houston

ecupirates.com

• Chris Foster Named Nominee For Broyles Award
• Coach Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
• Martin And Melissa Anderson Make Investment In Pirates Unite Campaign
• Pirates Host High Point for Education Day
• ECU Wraps Up Three-Game Homestand Against Hampton
• C.J. Johnson Named To 2022 Biletnikoff Award Watch List

The East Carolinian

• Football headed home one final time this season to face Houston
• Men’s basketball will focus on starting the season 3-0 against Hampton
• MBB Pirates pull off another comeback against Presbyterian
• ECU volleyball faces UCF, USF for the second time this season

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Foster nominated for Broyles Award
• Houston talks loss to Cincinnati, preps for Cougars
• ECU latest bowl projections after Week 11
• Martin, Melissa Anderson make investment in Pirates …
• ECU’s Johnson joins Winstead on 2022 Biletnikoff …

ECU football back to practice, plan to have Mitchell and Johnson for Saturday’s game with Houston WITN 7Football headed home one final time this season to face Houston

247 Sports

• What to expect, and how to watch as ECU hosts Hampton
• Five years later as he preps for Senior Day, Holton Ahlers has made his legacy felt at ECU
• ECU RB coach Chris Foster nominated for Broyles Award
• ECU releases depth chart for Houston game

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU football: Ahlers reflects on career ahead of final home game
• Mason column: ECU shows progress, but next step is to finish

CBS Sports

• East Carolina looks for bounce-back win over Houston
• How to watch East Carolina vs. Hampton: NCAAB live stream info, TV channel, time, game odds

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

Marshall University observes 52nd anniversary of football team, booster plane crash WSAZ 3

Marshall athletic director reflects on time spent at 1970 plane crash site West Virginia MetroNews

Marshall Fountain Ceremony in Huntington, West Virginia, honors the 75 killed in 1970 plane crash MSN

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Dunn’s 38 Not Enough as Temple Falls to Vanderbilt
• UCF, Houston Grab Tuesday Night Wins
• SMU’s Mordecai Selected As Semifinalist For Davey O’Brien Award
• UCF, Houston Pick Up Monday Victories
• Three Golden Hurricane Reach Double-Figures Against Arkansas
• Houston’s Georgiades, UCF’s Melville Claim Volleyball Weekly Honors
• South Florida Sweeps First Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
• Cincinnati’s DeJulius, Houston’s Walker Earn Weekly Honors
• UCF’s Plumlee, Tulsa’s Wright, Memphis’ Howard Named Players of the Week

Charlotte hires Biff Poggi: 49ers call on key Michigan assistant to lead program after firing Will Healy CBS Sports

Charlotte 49ers football program has decided on a new head coach. Here’s what we know Charlotte Observer

Former Gilman and St. Frances football coach Biff Poggi named head coach at Charlotte Baltimore Sun

Michigan Assistant Biff Poggi Lands Charlotte Coaching Job Sports Illustrated

USA Today

• Michigan football’s Biff Poggi hired as new head coach of Charlotte 49ers
• Cincinnati Bearcats enter CFP rankings for first time this season

USF football coaching search: What types of hires win big at programs like the Bulls? Tampa Bay Times

 What we learned in Memphis’ narrow loss at Saint Louis Memphis Commercial Appeal

NOLA.com

• Why is Tulane’s nonconference home schedule light? Let Ron Hunter explain.
• Notebook: Tulane’s Tyjae Spears says he will be ready for SMU

Owls waste career night from Dunn in loss to Commodores  Temple News

Don’t call SMU a one-trick pony: The evolution of the Mustangs’ offense Dallas Morning News

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF jumps to No. 20 in College Football Playoff rankings
• Navy football closes out tough three-game stretch at American Athletic Conference leader No. 20 UCF

Navy football closes out tough three-game stretch at American Athletic Conference leader No. 20 UCF Annapolis Capital

Houston Chronicle

• Houston Cougars’ bowl projections entering Week 12
• No. 3 UH’s depth, experience on display in rout of Oral Roberts
• Rice football notes: Owls look to continue recent upset trend

‘That won’t be tolerated’: Wichita State basketball demands effort for Richmond road game Wichita Eagle

Loss to UAB shows UNT’s margin for error wasn’t as big as it appeared Denton Record Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlottesville Daily Progress

• UVa shooting victim Mike Hollins made it safely out of surgery
• UVa’s Tony Elliott remembers 3 players in first comments since the shooting
• Virginia set to host Coastal Carolina in wake of tragedy
• Virginia women’s basketball team will wear tributes on their warmup shirts to honor Davis, Chandler and Perry
• Fifth person shot at UVa identified; malicious wounding charges added

Roanoke Times

• After shootings, UVa hasn’t decided yet if it will play football again this season
• Teel: Scarred by experience, Hokies coach Brent Pry grieves for Virginia’s football program

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Future of UVA football season unclear as community grieves: ‘It feels like it’s a nightmare.’
• Virginia Tech coach Brent Pry offers support to UVA: ‘Our hearts go out to them’
• After victory. ODU’s Jeff Jones gets emotional talking about Charlottesville
• ODU football coach Ricky Rahne and his players express sympathy for UVA players and coaches, eight weeks after facing them.

Raleigh News & Observer

• Duke falls to Kansas, 69-64, in a back-and-forth heavyweight college basketball battle
• What we’ve learned about Duke basketball following its loss to Kansas Tuesday night
• What we learned as NC State basketball overwhelmed FIU to run its record to 3-0
• UNC basketball moves to 3-0. What we learned in Tar Heels’ 72-66 win over Gardner-Webb
• Exclusive: UNC’s Roy Williams opens up on Jordan, Dean, Duke and why he really retired
• ‘It’s a mystery.’ NC State football unsure which Louisville quarterback it will face

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake barely gets past Utah Valley in OT
• PHOTOS: Wake Forest basketball 68-65 over Utah Valley in overtime
• Georgia still No. 1, Oregon slides in new CFP rankings
• Clemson moves up slightly in latest CFP rankings; top 4 unchanged
• No. 1 Georgia pushing for perfection at Kentucky
• John Clay: The secret to Georgia’s football success? Kirby Smart’s recruiting obsession.
• No. 2 Ohio State fixed on Maryland with Michigan up next

Columbia The State

• ‘Time flies’: USC football seniors prepare to say goodbye to Williams-Brice Stadium
• Why South Carolina WR Josh Vann is still smiling, optimistic amid down final year
• Clemson moves up slightly in latest CFP Top 25. Here’s the new ranking
• When Shane Beamer told USC fans to ‘find some joy,’ this is what he meant by it
• Dabo Swinney discusses QB DJ Uiagalelei’s future at Clemson ahead of Senior Day

Charleston Post & Courier

• Virginia’s Tony Elliott: Woodland’s Lavel Davis would ‘light up the room’
• Sapakoff: Gamecocks must lock up Lembo to avoid special teams limbo
• Clemson’s Mafah shows he’s more than just Shipley’s sidekick with pile push
• Clemson takes a step forward in latest CFP rankings
• The Citadel sets school record with 69 rebounds in blowout of Morris College
• Gamecocks roll with Rattler as Shane Beamer explains backup QB situation

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Bulldogs, Ohio State, Michigan, TCU maintain top four playoff spots
• Georgia’s Smael Mondon gains confidence daily in starting role
• ‘Tough, physical’ battle awaits No. 1 Georgia vs. Kentucky
• Georgia Tech’s Jeff Sims to be apart from team indefinitely for medical treatment
• Dwon Odom’s late heroics lead Georgia State past Mercer in OT

The Associated Press

• Hold steady: UGA, Ohio St, Michigan, TCU remain CFP top 4
• Michigan State outlasts Tshiebwe, No. 4 Kentucky in 2OT
• No. 6 Kansas rallies late to beat No. 7 Duke 69-64