ECU running back Rahjai Harris named to Doak Walker Award watch list… Trio Of ECU Golfers Earn GCAA Academic Honors… SMU’s Offer To The ACC Shows How Deep Its Donors’ Pockets Truly Are… Gov. Cooper urges NCAA to reinstate UNC wide receiver

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Trio Of ECU Golfers Earn GCAA Academic Honors
• Harris Named To Doak Walker Watch List

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Harris named to Doak Walker Watch List
• Trio of ECU Golfers earn GCAA academic honors
• ECU grad actor, director’s horror movie now streaming on multiple platforms

ECU running back Rahjai Harris named to Doak Walker Award watch list WITN 7

Sights and sounds from ECU’s Aug. 9 preseason practice CBS Sports

247 Sports

• Jhari Patterson coming into his own with the Pirates this preseason
• ECU Basketball: Just how important is Jaden Walker’s versatility?
• ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 24 Tymir Brown
• SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Pirates grind through Wednesday practice

5 things to know about Terrell Williams, the Tennessee Titans’ acting head coach The Nashville Tennessean

Former North Carolina A&T coach Terrell Williams set to lead Tennessee Titans in preseason opener Clutch Points

33 NFL training camp standout players you need to know in 2023 USA Today

Star recruit Donnie Freeman is the prototypical forward Adrian Autry wants to bring to Syracuse (video) Syracuse.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

Four American Quarterbacks on Davey O’Brien Watch List American Athletic Conference

USF’s Manny Hickman has a new look to help the Bulls win ABC Action News

Michigan, Ole Miss, Clemson, Missou highlight Memphis’ non-conference (full non-conference list) WMFS

The reporting of an in-depth Kevin Wilson profile. How did it all come together? Tulsa World

Tulane tight end Alex Bauman ready for star turn after Cotton Bowl heroics NOLA.com

Temple to partner with Fanatics, offer football and basketball jerseys  Temple News

247 Sports

• Allan Haye chose football after being told, ‘You’re not LeBron’ 
• Utah transfer TE Landon Morris will have to sit out 2023 season

Dallas Morning News

• SMU to the ACC? What fans should know before thinking about conference relocation
• Introducing the Big 18: Why SMU should join Big 12, form 18-team conference

SMU’s Offer To The ACC Shows How Deep Its Donors’ Pockets Truly Are brobible

Navy offensive line returns four starters, led by senior captain Lirion Murtezi: ‘We have some really tough dudes up front’ Annapolis Capital

Wichita State basketball finishes with 3-0 record to conclude exhibition trip to Greece Wichita Eagle

Denton Record Chronicle

• Heat could give UNT huge advantage in season opener against Cal
• UNT soccer team tunes up for season opener by rolling past ACU

FAU Owls football practices in pads for the first time under Tom Herman Palm Beach Post

AL.com

• UAB fall practice report: Exceeding expectations and taking a trip to Home Depot
• UAB football unveils new uniforms for 2023 season

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

What Does The Latest Round Of Conference Realignment Mean For College Baseball? Baseball America

Preseason Hot Seat Rankings Of All 133 College Football Coaches College Football News

WRAL

• Gov. Cooper urges NCAA to reinstate UNC wide receiver
• Tez Walker, UNC still battling to restore talented receiver’s eligibility
• SEC schools highlight NC State men’s basketball non-conference schedule
• Armstrong: The guys are starting to see it and feel how explosive we’re trying to be
• ACC keeps Stanford, Cal in limbo as presidents choose not to vote on western expansion

Raleigh News & Observer

• ‘Everybody can run the ball’ but can NC State run it well enough this season?
• UNC basketball’s full nonconference schedule is out. Who the Tar Heels play, and when
• NCAA says Tez Walker can’t play football for UNC. What are the Tar Heels doing about it?

Report: ACC’s pursuit of Cal and Stanford has hit “Significant roadblocks” Sports Illustrated

‘Telling our story’: How UConn will react after being bypassed again in Power Five conference realignment SF Gate

Virginia going shorter at corner this football season? Richmond.com

Winston Salem Journal

• Northwestern AD blasts football staffers over shirts supporting Fitzgerald
• Northwestern AD Derrick Gragg upset over ‘Cats Against the World’ shirts
• ACC keeps Stanford, Cal in limbo as presidents pass on west expansion vote
• Junior Snow, a former college baseball star, hitting it out of the park at Bowman Gray Stadium
• John Clay: Nick Saban has Pete Rose speak to Alabama football team about dangers of gambling

Columbia The State

• ‘Beamer gets to play the no-respect card’ after USC’s Top 25 snub, national writer says
• From true freshmen to seventh-year senior, all USC edge rushers expected to step up
• How one O-line position change should help South Carolina’s offense be more consistent
• How South Carolina’s Xavier Legette raised his offseason game to prep for final season
• What USC’s Dakereon Joyner has seen, and liked, through the first camp practices

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson WR Collins working to make 2023 ‘Beaux Time’ again
• Gamecocks’ freshman WR Elijah Caldwell makes quick impression
• Sapakoff: ‘Without Dabo, Clemson is West Virginia’ in realignment talk

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU harkens back to 1975 with new football helmet design for homecoming game
• ‘Everything he does has purpose.’ UVA’s Jahmeer Carter takes methodical approach on defense
• ‘Feel is one thing but we need confirmation.’ Norfolk State might have its QB1, but coach isn’t ready to name a starter

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• College football countdown – 16 days: Don’t expect more expansion from SEC
• Sugiura: In the best way, Georgia’s Brock Bowers is a handful to coach
• Dylan Leonard leading Tech tight ends into 2023