Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates go back to Boone after 44 years

ecupirates.com

• Busse Takes Medalist Honors At River Run
• Pirates Tie For Sixth At Golfweek Fall Challenge
• Pirates Add Debogory to Track & Field Staff
• Mike Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes

ECU falls to Marshall in a thundery home opener The East Carolinian

Houston discusses upcoming game with ASU, Marshall loss  WNCT 9

WITN 7

• ECU football has to quickly put Marshall behind them as they look to App State
• ECU vs. Appalachian State Coverage On WITN

247 Sports

• Backed against the wall after 0-2 start, ECU hoping for a repeat of recent history
• Everything Mike Houston said at his App State week press conference
• ECU opens as road underdog heading to Appalachian State

Mason column: ECU has to figure out its offensive identity Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

East vs. West: The enduring rivalry between App State and East Carolina The Appalachian

ECU Parker Moorer on responding to 0-2 start CBS Sports

Marshall, East Carolina share enduring bond from 1970 plane crash ESPN

Huff, Herd use delay to their advantage Beckley Register Herald

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Tulsa Sweeps Volleyball Weekly Honors
• SMU, Tulsa Earn Weekly Honors
• Rice’s Daniels, UTSA’s Moore, Allen Named Football Players of the Week

Navy at Memphis odds, picks and predictions Sportsbookwire

USF blocking out Alabama hype, but can Bulls block the Crimson Tide? Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football ‘didn’t point fingers’ after starting with 3-and-outs
•  Memphis AD: ‘Moment of truth’ with football stadium project deadline

Bill Haisten: For Kevin Wilson and TU, intelligent aggression is a must against OU Tulsa World

Navy football looks to snap four-game losing streak to Memphis on Thursday night at the Liberty Bowl The Baltimore Sun

NOLA.com

• Will he or he won’t he? See what Tulane’s Willie Fritz says about QB Michael Pratt’s status
• Will he play? See what Tulane’s Willie Fritz says about QB Michael Pratt’s status.

Teel: SMU’s Rick Hart convinced Mustangs won’t be ‘dead weight’ in ACC Richmond

Ian Stewart sidelined six weeks with stress reaction in foot 247 Sports

Dallas Morning News

• Preston Stone, SMU offense flashed potential against Oklahoma. Now they need to finish
• Plano guard Tyran Mason finds connection with UNT staff, commits to Mean Green
• Best in Texas poll (9/12): Longhorns back on top; TCU, Texas Tech, Rice on the rise

Frank Harris’ status remains unclear as UTSA prepares for Army San Antonio Express News

Rice football: Owls look to build off momentous Bayou Bucket win over UH Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NCAA Division I board ‘troubled’ by UNC officials’ remarks in Tez Walker eligibility case
• Tez Walker’s NCAA eligibility subject of closed-door UNC trustee meeting. What we know
• NC State hopes to glean lessons from Notre Dame loss, work on ‘complimentary football’
• ACC Week 2 | Panthers work-in-progress | Play more in-state football games | Ovies + Giglio podcast
• One NC State football defender is out for the season after suffering injury at UConn.

Clark: Appalachian State wants to play more in-state rivals Winston Salem Journal

Charleston Post & Courier

• Georgia’s Kirby Smart claims Gamecock player ‘called out’ Bulldog fans
• Gamecocks’ QB LaNorris Sellers drops jaws in debut
• Clemson’s Cade Klubnik trying to be elite ‘responder’ to critics
• Citadel coach Maurice Drayton to Bulldogs: Go and SIN no more
• Clemson’s kickoff time with Florida State set
• Gamecocks finalize kickoff time against Mississippi State

Region/state roundup: Virginia Tech wide receiver Ali Jennings ruled out for Rutgers game, according to report  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Roanoke Times

• In the region: Virginia Tech swim coach makes hall of fame
• Pry looking forward to challenge of Rutgers
• ‘You flush it’: After 0-2 start, Virginia football turns attention to Maryland
• Virginia Tech women’s coach Kenny Brooks gave UConn game ‘a hard no’

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Cunningham: Nick Saban has come back before, but it feels different this time
• Ladd McConkey, Javon Bullard might miss Georgia’s game vs. South Carolina
• Ole Miss, Georgia Tech have familiar connections

The Associated Press

• Ohio State coach Ryan Day says Kyle McCord will be starting quarterback going forward
• Deion Sanders rapidly raising profile of No. 18 Colorado on and off the field
• Youth not a detriment for Arizona State football coach Kenny Dillingham
• NCAA rejects Iowa defensive lineman Noah Shannon’s appeal of season-long suspension for gambling
• Conference pride is on the line this weekend with Big Ten matched against ACC in 6 games
• Big 12 aims for 3-game sweep of mighty SEC after Longhorns’ win at Alabama
• Florida coach Billy Napier gets another shot at ending rivalry skid vs No. 11 Tennessee
• NCAA troubled by UNC criticism of handling of Walker waiver, says committee members received threats
• UConn loses its starting quarterback to injury for the 2nd straight season
• Alabama walk-on football player arrested on sodomy charge
• More about culture than competition, HBCU classics are like a family reunion in the Black community
• Roy Kidd, who guided Eastern Kentucky to 2 NCAA Division I-AA football championships, dies at 91