Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Augustsson Wins Ironwood Collegiate Classic
• Kaylee Hamblin Named AAC Swimmer Of The Week
• Sowa Named to College Soccer News Team of the Week

WNCT 9

• ECU’s Augustsson wins Ironwood Collegiate Classic
• ECU partners with Duke, NCCU to assist public schools in NC

247 Sports

• Pirates enter bye week still looking for best way to utilize both quarterbacks
• A few plays the difference between a win or loss for ECU at Rice

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Mason column: Pirates have a touchdown problem
• ECU roundup: Women’s soccer pair earn AAC weekly honors

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina, FIU Earn Weekly Swimming and Diving Honors
• Charlotte’s Scudder, Wichita State’s Ndungu Earn Cross Country Weekly Honors

AAC QB Rankings 2023: Michael Pratt Continues to Play At Elite Levels Hosted

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• See where Ryan Silverfield’s salary ranks among AAC coaches
•  Silverfield wants to fix what nearly doomed Memphis in win over Boise State

Tulsa QB Cardell Williams named AAC Offensive Player of the Week Tulsa World

See what Tulane player will get his first career start against Memphis on Oct. 13 NOLA.com

As realignment scrambles college sports, some football coaches are due raises. Big ones. USA Today

Growing injury list has Drayton talking recruiting strategy 247 Sports

UNT aiming to dig out of last nationally in rushing defense against potent Navy attack Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA searching for answers to slow start as AAC season opens San Antonio Express News

Predicting the UTSA Men’s Basketball AAC conference schedule The Paisano

Rice notebook: Owls aren’t taking 0-5 UConn lightly Houston Chronicle

Navy football looks to regain home-field advantage when it hosts North Texas Annapolis Capital

Wichita State track community mourns death of longtime pole vault coach Pat Wilson Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Jared McCain is already a TikTok star. He’s ready to be a star on Duke basketball court
• Key NC State football starter returning, and coach Dave Doeren addresses state of Wolfpack
• NC State football makes a change at QB. Who will lead the Pack’s struggling offense?
• How did UNC football prepare for Syracuse during a bye week? Tar Heels had a ‘study plan’

NC State football looks to rebound against Marshall NCSU Technician

Nick Saban, Dabo Swinney once again top list of highest-paid coaches Hosted

Winston Salem Journal

• Top ACC QBs clash as Syracuse visits No. 14 UNC
• No. 11 Alabama eyes revenge for last trip to Texas A&M
• Wake Forest announces exhibition game that will raise money for stroke center in Winston-Salem
• No. 17 Miami gains reinforcements for Georgia Tech visit
• No. 20 Kentucky seeking rare win at No. 1 Georgia
• No. 15 Oregon State expecting a challenge at Cal

Columbia The State

• Better or worse? Comparing USC’s key football statistics from last year to now
• USC men’s basketball to host charity exhibition game. Here are the details

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks’ report card: Grading Shane Beamer’s team near midpoint
• Citadel rival Furman builds program the old-fashioned way
• Gamecock baseball: A look at fall ball with Mark Kingston

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia Tech coach Brent Key felt team needed ‘new voice’ on defense
• Georgia Bulldogs excited to finally put up some shots in Stegeman Coliseum

The Associated Press

• Oklahoma-Texas is the top game in Week 6. LSU heads to Missouri after defensive meltdown
• ACC quarterbacks, sometimes under the radar, are driving success across the league
• Pac-12 teams falling into a pecking order following undefeated starts
• Iowa QB Cade McNamara out for season with a torn ACL. Deacon Hill will start against Purdue
• Big 12 bids goodbye to the Red River Rivalry. Replacing the Texas-Oklahoma hype could be difficult
• Injured receiver/defensive back Travis Hunter helps Colorado by lending his expertise as a coach