ECU Set For In-State Clash With Gardner-Webb; Football searches for first win.. Tailgating for ODU’s homecoming canceled because of bleak weather forecast… NC State transfer Brennan Armstrong faces former team Virginia in ACC opener… Grainger, Carroll team up to give Georgia State best start ever with 30-17 win over Coastal Carolina.., Christian McCaffrey and the 49ers win 13th straight in the regular season, beat the Giants 30-12

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville Pregame Show

Weather.com

• Greenville, NC Weekend Weather Forecast 
• Greenville, NC Weather and Radar Map

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Draw UAB, 1-1
• East Carolina Resumes Fall Slate At Elon
• ECU Set For In-State Clash With Gardner-Webb
• Pirates To Compete At Lady Paladin Invitational

The East Carolinian

• Football searches for first win against Gardner Webb
• Amiya Joyner on the upcoming WBB season

WITN 7

• ECU volleyball drops AAC opener to Wichita State
• ECU football expects improved quarterback play as they prepare for Gardner-Webb

247 Sports

• Pirates aiming to fix second half woes with new emphasis at practice this week
• ECU hoping to put penalty problems in the rearview mirror
• What Gardner-Webb coach Tre Lamb said about ECU
• True freshman Antione Jackson showing the stage isn’t too big

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU GAMEDAY: Pirates searching for first win in final nonconference game
• ECU GAMEDAY: Three players to watch

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• North Texas, UTSA, Rice Earn First American Athletic Conference Wins
• ALL American – Sept. 20

College football Week 4: FSU vs. Clemson, Deion and UCF’s Big 12 debut Tampa Bay Times

Is Memphis vs. Missouri a neutral site game or Missouri home game? Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa can’t afford to overlook Northern Illinois Tulsa World

NOLA.com

• Jeff Duncan: Buddy Teevens ‘changed thousands of lives,’ and Archie Manning was among them
• Michael Pratt to return as Tulane’s starting quarterback vs. Nicholls on Saturday

Joquez Smith takes command of rushing attack against Norfolk State  Temple News

Temple could make football history against No. 20 Miami this weekend. Here’s how. Philadelphia Inquirer

Dallas Morning News

• Why Chandler Morris-led TCU could be best offense SMU faces in 2023
• SMU, TCU play last Iron Skillet before Mustangs’ ACC membership levels playing field
• North Texas’ longtime athletics administrator Ryan Peck leaving for TCU

Charlotte 49ers football: Poggi will utilize two-QB system starting with Florida game Charlotte Observer

San Antonio Express News

• UTSA’s Jimmori Robinson matures into reliable defender
• UTSA defense still seeking year’s first takeaway

Rice notebook: Mike Bloomgren focused more on USF than AAC debut Houston Chronicle

The Associated Press

• Illinois looks to get season back on track against FAU before diving into Big Ten play
• No. 25 Florida looks to continue defensive turnaround when it hosts Charlotte in the Swamp
• Missouri tries to build on upset of K-State with a game against Memphis in St. Louis
• TCU, SMU meet in ‘Iron Skillet’ rivalry that isn’t on the schedule beyond 2025

Navy football loses starting center, captain Lirion Murtezi to career-ending injury  Annapolis Capital

When and where Wichita State basketball will play Iowa in ‘secret’ scrimmage next month Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Does NC State basketball have a Tez Walker case on its hands? Sort of
• NC State opens ACC play this week at Virginia. Here’s how to watch
• He won on the football field and mourned off it. Now NC State’s Armstrong returns to UVA
• NC State’s running back room just got smaller. Senior Jordan Houston to redshirt

NC State transfer Brennan Armstrong faces former team Virginia in ACC opener WRAL

Roanoke Times

• Virginia defensive line looking for ways to generate more pressure on QBs
• Teel: Any postseason hopes for Hokies likely hinge on beating Marshall

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Seminoles in SC, headless Osceola, Coach Prime, FSU-Clemson
• ‘Tree don’t drive,’ but rookie boosting Gamecocks’ line
• Clemson frosh Tyler Brown flashes fearlessness, playmaking

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Region/state roundup: Tailgating for ODU’s homecoming canceled because of bleak weather forecast
• UVA will try to end early-season skid in Friday night game against N.C. State, former star QB
• ACC this week: No. 4 Florida State at Clemson, No. 17 North Carolina at Pitt headline Week 4

The Associated Press

• Grainger, Carroll team up to give Georgia State best start ever with 30-17 win over Coastal Carolina
• What’s next in major college football realignment? How about a best-of-the-rest league
• Ole Miss’s Dart thriving after fighting off challenges, next test is Alabama
• Washington State, Oregon State hope to get answers in the next month about the future of the Pac-12
• Cincinnati opens inaugural Big 12 slate against No. 16 Oklahoma
• No. 2 Michigan gets Jim Harbaugh back for matchup with Rutgers
• Louisville police credit Cardinals players for help in rescue of overturned car near their stadium
• No. 6 Ohio State gets a chance for a big statement in Saturday night showdown at No. 9 Notre Dame
• Syracuse hosts Army with a shot at opening the season with four straight wins
• Louisville hosts Boston College in return to ACC play, aiming to retain share of first place
• Deion Sanders and No. 19 Colorado facing their first big test against No. 10 Oregon and Bo Nix