Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Game Day Weather

ecupirates.com

• ECU Heads To Boone For Showdown With App State
• East Carolina Men 5th, Women 6th at Adidas XC Challenge
• East Carolina Rolls Past Duquesne, 3-0
• East Carolina Hosts Clemson In Fall Exhibition Oct. 15
• Pirates Battle Spartans in Greensboro Sunday

Pirates face App. State after rough start The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

• ECU heads to Boone for showdown with Appalachian State
• East Carolina baseball hosts Clemson In fall exhibition on Oct. 15
• East Carolina men 5th, women 6th at Adidas XC Challenge
• East Carolina volleyball rolls past Duquesne, 3-0

ECU knows it needs to swing big plays its way to win at App State WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU vs App State: Final Game Day Predictions
• ECU hoping to have more of an answer for App’s offense this time around
• ECU vs App State: How to watch, listen and stream
• ECU defense looking to learn from mistakes, ‘finish’ going forward

More than 40,000 expected for App State vs ECU football game Saturday Watauga Democrat

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU GAMEDAY: ECU eyes better performance in pivotal game at App State
• ECU GAMEDAY: The Numbers Game
• ECU GAMEDAY: Three players to watch

Scott Van Pelt’s ‘Winners’ for CFB Week 3: Gators keep it close vs. Vols ABC 7 Chicago

College Football News

• AAC College Football Predictions, Previews: Week 3
• Sun Belt College Football Predictions, Previews: Week 3

Virginia baseball team will play exhibitions against East Carolina, Maryland during fall season The Daily Progress

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UTSA Unable to Overcome Army’s Fast Start in 37-29 Defeat
• SMU Ties Single-Game Conference Record in 6-3 Win at Rice

San Antonio Express News

Tigers overcome turnovers against Navy in AAC opener WREG

To players’ delight, Miami all but empties bench. Next up: first road trip to Temple YAHOO!

Tampa Bay Times

 Unpacking Blake Watson’s breakout Memphis-Navy game — and what it means Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• Oklahoma at Tulsa: Who wins and why?
• Analyzing OU vs. Tulsa matchups as Brent Venables’ Sooners face Kevin Wilson’s Hurricane

NOLA.com

• Predicting the outcome of the Tulane-Southern Miss game
• Keys to victory: four things Tulane needs to do to win at Southern Miss
• Tulane run defense looking even better than last year

What you need to know about Temple’s Week 3 matchup against Norfolk State  Temple News

Norfolk State at Temple: Long road trip, long odds and a $350,000 payday  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

AL.com

• Alabama vs. South Florida by the numbers: 129 games since back-to-back losses for Tide
• Position-by-position breakdown for UAB vs. Louisiana

UAB Football to Host Louisiana on Saturday Night thecutoffnews

Dallas Morning News

• Rhett Lashlee, SMU not overlooking Prairie View A&M after Oklahoma letdown
• Cornerback Ridge Texada headed back to familiar territory for UNT’s game at Louisiana Tech

Rice vs. TSU: 5 things to watch Houston Chronicle

Clemson takes on Florida Atlantic: 4 things to watch Charleston Post & Courier

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Why NC Central football is facing UCLA at the Rose Bowl: ‘It’s bigger than the game’
• NC Central’s long trip to UCLA is a novelty. For ACC, it’s a glimpse of what’s to come
• VMI coach not deterred by underdog status. What he said about NC State game

WRAL

• NC State looks to bounce back against VMI
• No. 21 Duke aims for a for 3-0 start and fifth straight win against Northwestern
• NCCU, band make trip to Rose Bowl for game vs. No. 24 UCLA
• No. 20 UNC is leaning on a productive ground game entering a matchup with Minnesota

Winston Salem Journal

• Tennessee vs. Florida predictions: Odds, picks and best college football promos for Sept. 16
• South Carolina vs. Georgia predictions: Odds, picks and best college football promos
• Guard Jao Ituka of Wake Forest likely out for the season after undergoing knee surgery
• Maui Invitational moving to Honolulu in wake of fires
• Mississippi player sues coach Kiffin, school for lack of support during mental health crisis
• Penn State vs. Illinois predictions: Odds, picks and best CFB promos for Sept. 16
• Mark Kiszla: For his next trick, CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders could drive CSU football into oblivion
• Reports: No. 10 Alabama makes quarterback switch
• Former Wake Forest golfer trails in Mid-Amateur Championship finals
• No. 20 Wake Forest men’s soccer team has key game on Saturday at Spry Stadium against No. 7 Syracuse

Charleston Post & Courier

• Bear Bryant’s great-grandson a wise elder in Clemson’s QB room
• Gamecocks at No. 1 Georgia: 4 things to watch

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Hampton University athletic director says ‘multiple’ athletes do not meet NCAA eligibility requirements
• Virginia takes early lead but gets blown out at Maryland, falls to 0-3

Huff hopes Marshall capitalizes on early off week to correct noticeable mistakes West Virginia MetroNews

Bourne Leaves Dukes With Desirable Job To Fill Daily News Record

The Associated Press

• Deion Sanders makes most of rival coach’s comments about him always wearing sunglasses and a hat
• Maryland blows out Virginia 42-14 in first meeting since 2013
• Mississippi player sues coach Lane Kiffin, school for lack of support during mental health crisis
• Blake Watson rushes for 169 yards and a TD to help Memphis beat Navy for the 5th straight time
• Van Dyke accounts for 3 TDs, No. 22 Miami routs FCS member Bethune-Cookman 48-7