Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

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ecupirates.com

• Mike Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
• Northcross Named AAC VB Defensive Player Of The Week
• Ferguson, Steck Earn American Athletic Conference Weekly Soccer Honors

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Houston talks Michigan, Marshall, home opener
• Episode 2 of ‘Inside Pirate Athletics’
• ECU’s Ferguson, Steck Earn AAC weekly soccer honors

WITN 7

• ECU Head Football Coach Mike Houston finds “several areas” they can quickly improve upon
• Seattle Seahawks re-sign former D.H. Conley and ECU quarterback Ahlers to practice squad

Sports Illustrated

• Seahawks Re-Sign QB Holton Ahlers to Practice Squad
• WATCH: Top Plays From Michigan’s Week One Victory Over ECU

East Carolina vs. Marshall: Odds, spread, over/under and other Vegas lines – September 9 WECT

247 Sports

• ECU wide receiver Kerry King to miss 2023 season with injury
• Jack Powers’ targeting suspension overturned by NCAA
• Opening odds released for ECU’s home opener against Marshall
• College football bowl projections after Week 1: Colorado shows out, Alabama strengthens

Mason: Pirates will learn a lot about themselves on Saturday Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Lipscomb Academy win streak ends in Kevin Mawae debut, but IMG Academy plays at another level | Kreager Austin American-Statesman

Huff: ‘We had to start with base football’ WOWK

Close call vs. Albany shows Herd must focus The Register-Herald

Wolverine Confidential: Jim Harbaugh suspension begins, ECU takeaways, plan for UNLV MLive

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, South Florida Bring Home Volleyball Weekly Honors
• Charlotte, East Carolina, Memphis Earn Weekly WSoccer Honors
• Charlotte’s Scudder, Tulane’s Rebollo Earn First Cross Country Weekly Honors
• Tulane’s Pratt, Temple’s Rigby, Memphis’ Morgan Take First Weekly Football Honors

Big-time underdog TU relishes `opportunity’ at 10th-ranked Washington Tulsa World

NOLA.com

• Tulane will miss a key defender vs. Ole Miss. See why the Wave will be shorthanded.
• Injured Tulane linebacker Corey Platt will not play against Ole Miss

No. 20 Ole Miss faces early challenge at No. 24 Tulane Big News Network

Honorary single-digit Tywan Francis’ interception seals win in first game  Temple News

Temple’s acting president, JoAnne Epps, has thoughts (and concerns) about college sports Philadelphia Inquirer

Rewinding Trent Dilfer’s weekly UAB press conference AL.com

Dallas Morning News

• ‘Did I just do that?’ Oklahoma transfer Kori Roberson relives special moment in SMU debut
• UNT coach Eric Morris pulls no punches while looking back on season-opening loss to Cal

Texas State’s upset of Baylor boosts stakes for UTSA matchup San Antonio Express News

Ranking the five best games of UTSA’s football season The Paisano

Rice turns attention to UH and Bayou Bucket after loss to Texas and positive signs against Longhorns Houston Chronicle

Rice needs a competitive season opener, not a blowout The Rice Thrasher

Navy football slotback Brandon Chatman brings heart, toughness to position: ‘He’s what our football team is all about’ Annapolis Capital

Army Football Coach Jeff Monken Addresses AAC Rumors Sports Illustrated

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• While Duke football’s dreams came true by beating Clemson, Blue Devils insist they belong
• Spectacular Duke upends pedestrian Clemson — and the ACC as we know it — in wild upset
• ‘Heaps of emotion’: North Carolina’s British Brooks makes impactful, tearful return
• New AP Top 25 football poll: Duke Blue Devils earn first ranking since 2018; UNC moves up
• Duke football stuns No. 9 Clemson as Blue Devils take advantage of Tigers’ mistakes
• What NC State coach Dave Doeren said about Notre Dame, realignment, new clock rules
• Duke vs Lafayette football first look: Odds, key matchup and Blue Devils player to watch
• NC State football injury report: Who’s in and who’s out against Notre Dame?
• Behold the mighty ACC, ascendant just in time for its purported demise

Recapping the action from Week 1 of college football NCAA

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Which loss was worse? A Gamecocks-Tigers Myrtle Beach Bowl?
• Gamecocks’ Jalon Kilgore leads freshman contingent
• Clemson’s ‘weirdest game’ loss to Duke: 5 takeaways
• Gamecocks lose Mo Kaba for season due to knee injury

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Region/state roundup: UVA quarterback Tony Muskett will be game-time decision vs. JMU
• New receivers make immediate impact for Hokies in victory vs. Old Dominion

The Associated Press

• Colorado, Duke surge into the AP Top 25 after huge upsets; Florida State climbs into top five
• NC State’s Ashford won’t play against No. 13 Notre Dame after leaving opener on stretcher
• Leonard helps Duke stun No. 9 Clemson 28-7 in a lopsided ACC opener
• Receiver Keon Coleman is No. 4 Florida State’s latest and maybe greatest transfer portal find
• Family beckoned Georgia hero Adonai Mitchell home to Texas. The Longhorns are loaded at receiver
• Big 12 faces a week of big-time matchups after a tough start to the college football season
• South Carolina starting linebacker Mohamed Kaba out for season with left knee injury
• With ‘Prime Time’ in rearview, T.C. Taylor is powering a new era of Jackson State football
• No. 22 Colorado off to flying start by following lead of unconventional coach Deion Sanders
• The Pac-12 announces it will not go quietly with a perfect start to the season
• Arrivals of West Coast schools could cause Big Ten to depart from its traditional smashmouth style
• STAT WATCH: Shedeur Sanders’ passing numbers best for FBS first-timer, and he’s just getting started
• Jaxson Dart is Mississippi’s starting QB after strong camp and opener, coach Lane Kiffin says
• No. 4 Alabama, No. 11 Texas meet in rematch of last year’s down-to-wire game
• Baylor QB Blake Shapen out 2-3 weeks with MCL injury. A transfer QB will start vs. No. 14 Utah
• Georgia football staffer Jarvis Jones arrested for speeding, reckless driving
• Coach Prime’s matchup with Nebraska’s Matt Rhule will be a contrast in program building methods