Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ECU ends Shockers’ mastery

Pirates Upend Wichita State, 79-69 ecupirates.com

Unwanted history: East Carolina beats Wichita State basketball for first time in AAC game The Sun News

Pirates go on road, upend Wichita State, 79-69 WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU-Coastal delivers highest Birmingham Bowl viewership in five years
• Pirates take down Shockers in Wichita, 79-69
• PODCAST: What we’ll remember most about the 2022 ECU football season

Unwanted history: East Carolina beats Wichita State basketball for first time in AAC game Wichita Eagle

Wichita State loses home AAC opener to East Carolina, falls to 0-2 in conference KWCH 12

Inside the Michigan locker room, players ponder if TCU loss ruined entire season MLive

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, Houston Earn Conference Wins Saturday
• Houston, South Florida, Temple, Tulsa, Wichita State Start American Play with Wins

Tulane’s Fritz wins prestigious coach of the year award WGNO

The Associated Press

• Tulane’s Pratt, Spears last game together in Cotton vs. USC 
• USC D doing more, still giving up lots into Cotton vs Tulane

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Tigers part ways with three assistants, including special teams coordinator
•  Tigers hire UAB’s Larry Smith as next WR coach

Golden Hurricane looks for quick start in 2023 at SMU Tulsa World

NOLA.com

• Cotton Bowl notebook: Tulane players say they have been treated like kings
• Tulane’s toughest challenge against USC could be winning the turnover battle

Top 10 Sports stories of 2022  Temple News

Bearcats survive second half scare, hold off Tulane for AAC win Cincinnati Enquirer

No. 3 Houston gets 71-65 home win over UCF  Orlando Sentinel

No. 3 Houston basketball converts turnovers into win over UCF Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• How Duke basketball regained its edge over the break to power past Florida State
• Duke basketball caps 2022 with a dominant 86-67 ACC win over Florida State
• ‘I’m going to miss them.’ Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren losing special group of players

The Associated Press

• Defending champ Georgia vs. Cinderella TCU for CFP title
• No. 1 Georgia rallies to beat No. 4 Ohio State 42-41 to advance to face No. 3 TCU in national championship game
• Stroud, Ohio State come up just short, lose Peach Bowl 42-41
• No. 1 Georgia rallies to beat No. 4 Ohio State 42-41 in semifinals
• TCU’s defense holds on in Fiesta Bowl win over Michigan
• Young throws for 5 TDs, Alabama tops K-State in Sugar Bowl
• Iowa posts 1st Music City Bowl shutout, tops Kentucky 21-0
• BYU offensive lineman Veikoso dies in construction accident
• No. 22 Xavier hands No. 2 UConn its 1st loss, 83-73
• Stumbles by No. 19 Kentucky, Louisville dull rivalry meeting
• Wofford men’s basketball coach McAuley resigns

2023 College Football Conference Realignment: Every Move, New FBS Members Sports Illustrated

Winston Salem Journal

• Today in sports history: Jan. 1
• ‘Almost a saint’: Roberto Clemente is as influential as ever 50 years after his death
• From Yazoo to the NFL: For cousins Kenny Gainwell and Fletcher Cox, it started in the Mississippi mud
• Drew Brees embracing interim role as Purdue QB coach for Citrus Bowl
• Ben Bolch: Four sorely needed fixes for UCLA football heading into the 2023 season
• J. Brady McCollough: Georgia vs. TCU a Hollywood-worthy Duggan vs. Goliath title matchup
• No. 1 Georgia rallies, wins 42-41 thriller over No. 4 Ohio State

Columbia The State

• If this was Spencer Rattler’s final South Carolina chapter, what a ride it was
• South Carolina football losing linebacker to transfer portal
• South Carolina football to lose one of its long snappers to transfer portal
• Shane Beamer, South Carolina have set a foundation for future despite Gator Bowl loss
• What’s next for Clemson after ‘incredibly disappointing’ Orange Bowl loss?
• Missing the point: Clemson struggles to score in Orange Bowl loss to Tennessee

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• No. 13 Virginia uses 25-0 run to rout Georgia Tech, help coach Tony Bennett tie school record for wins
• Wake Forest leads for entire second half, fends off a Virginia Tech team missing 2022 ACC Tournament MVP

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Bulldogs back to national championship game!
• Stetson Bennett directs stunning fourth-quarter comeback
• Incredible comeback nets Georgia a shot at back-to-back championships
• Bradley: Ohio State could have won. Georgia did win
• Georgia finally stops Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud
• Cunningham: Georgia takes C.J. Stroud’s best shot and still wins
• Next up for Georgia: TCU in national title game
• Georgia Tech turnovers lead to pummeling by No. 13 Virginia