Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Hosts Tri-Meet Saturday For Senior Day
• Pirates Travel to SMU Saturday
• Pirates Open 2023 Indoor Season in Chapel Hill

Brrr! ECU’s Eakin Student Rec Center looks to get students in the water for annual Polar Bear Plunge WNCT 9

Former ECU, D.H. Conley wide receiver C.J. Johnson invited to NFL Combine WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU WR Andre Pegues enters transfer portal
• Three Pirate players enter the transfer portal
• How to watch ECU’s Holton Ahlers, Noah Henderson in the Hula Bowl
• ECU lineman Hampton Ergle placed on scholarship after four seasons as a walk-on

ECU roundup: Pirate Club announces record year Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

South Florida visits East Carolina following Harris’ 31-point performance WTOP

SMU looks to continue home cooking vs. East Carolina in battle of top defenses Dallas Morning News

High School OT

• ECU offers Havelock WR/DB Jonathan Williams
• ECU first to offer Providence freshman QB Jackson Debe

Around the American Athletic Conference

Simply slumping or fatally flawed? A look at Memphis’ long road ahead Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• TU women look to stay unbeaten in league play against Houston on Saturday
• TU Sports Extra podcast: Recruiting also means retention for new football coach Kevin Wilson

Hooping it up: Tulane offense tough to stop for anyone in American Athletic Conference NOLA.com

SMU football great Jerry LeVias recalls how a chance meeting with MLK shaped his life Dallas Morning News

Wes Miller’s Cincinnati Bearcats hit road for Dallas, SMU Mustangs USA Today

Cincinnati at SMU odds, picks and predictions Indy Star

Navy linebacker John Marshall, Maryland quarterback Taulia Tagovailoa are Touchdown Club collegiate award winners Baltimore Sun

Houston Chronicle

• UTSA football coach Jeff Traylor shows no signs of wanderlust
• Marcus Sasser returns to his old self, and UH is glad

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Clemson hires TCU’s Garrett Riley as next offensive coordinator Charleston Post & Courier

Meet New Clemson Offensive Coordinator Garrett Riley Sports Illustrated

What Garrett Riley’s big move means for Clemson, Dabo and TCU ESPN

Columbia The State

• Clemson hires Garrett Riley as new offensive coordinator. Here are contract details
• Top offensive tackle recruits in the state face a choice: South Carolina or Clemson?

Raleigh News & Observer

• How one NC company hopes to gain from an NIL deal with Armando Bacot, Jeremy Roach
• How to watch, stream Duke vs. Clemson ACC college basketball
• NC State basketball’s big man with a soft touch quickly becoming Wolfpack fan favorite

Bills coach Sean McDermott hailed by many, including his former W&M coach, for his leadership during an emotional time Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Capacity crowd expected at Georgia Bulldogs’ national-championship celebration
• More Georgia Bulldogs leaving via transfer portal
• Atlanta already getting ready to host 2025 national-championship game
• Salaries for new Georgia Tech assistant coaches Faulkner, Wade released