Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates set for Thursday night lights

ecupirates.com

• ECU Welcomes SMU To Greenville For Thursday Night AAC Affair
• Augustsson Finishes Tied For Sixth At USF Invitational
• Bryant And Anna Ward Invest $100,000 In Pirates Unite Campaign
• Pirates Host No. 10 Memphis Wednesday
• “Starry” Night Of The Boneyard Set For Thursday
• Mike Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
• ECU Snags 17 Victories At Liberty Hidden Duals
• McNeal Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year; Pirates Picked Second in Preseason Poll
• Felton Named To Preseason Second Team; Pirates Picked Fifth In Preseason Poll

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• Bryant, Anna Ward invest $100,000 in Pirates Unite campaign
• ECU’s Augustsson finishes tied for sixth at USF Invitational
• ‘Starry’ Night of the Boneyard set for Thursday
• ECU, Charlotte host homecoming ‘Run the Ball’ event to promote mental health awareness, suicide prevention

WITN 7

• ECU knows major offense will be needed against SMU on Thursday
• ECU football is facing a tough SMU team Thursday night, hopes for homefield crowd advantage

247 Sports

• ECU offense hoping for much-needed breakout game against SMU: ‘We’re going to shoot our shot’
• Julius Wood setting the tone for ECU’s defense
• New coaching arrival Mark Adams likes what he sees early on at ECU
• ECU’s homecoming kickoff time versus Charlotte set; Tulsa game date confirmed as Nov. 25
• Everything ECU’s Mike Schwartz said at AAC media day
• Everything Mike Houston said at his SMU week press conference
• ECU slated fifth in AAC preseason basketball poll

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU roundup: McNeal picked as preseason POY; Swimming & diving moves to 4-0; Volleyball tops North Texas
• ECU roundup: Tennis picks up 17 victories

SMU vs. East Carolina Prediction, Odds, Picks – October 12 Fox Sports

SMU at East Carolina odds, picks and predictions SportsbookWire

SMU vs East Carolina Odds, Picks, and Predictions: Stangs’ D Holds Court Covers

SMU vs. East Carolina odds, spread, time: 2023 college football predictions, Week 7 picks from proven model SportsLine

SMU vs East Carolina Experts Picks, Predictions, Week 7 Hosted

‘I don’t want to have regrets.’ USC’s Lincoln Riley tries to balance family and football Los Angeles Times

Anthony Richardson Replacement? Colts Work Out 4 QBs Sports Illustrated

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Florida Atlantic, Tulane Earn Weekly Honors
• SMU Sweeps Weekly Volleyball Honors
• FAU, Memphis, USF, SMU Earn Weekly Honors
• UAB’s Brown, Navy’s Pirris, Florida Atlantic’s Lupo Are Football Players of the Week
• South Florida Selected as 2023-24 American Women’s Basketball Favorite in Preseason Coaches’ Poll
• Florida Atlantic Named 2023-24 American Men’s Basketball Preseason Favorite

AAC QB Rankings 2023: Michael Pratt Continues to Play At Elite Levels College Football News

AAC leaders: Time to outsource NCAA enforcement in ‘almost anything goes’ era on3

Stats and notes of interest ahead of Tulane-Memphis showdown Crescent City Sports

Tulane, SMU, Week 7 AAC Football Power Rankings WebCenter

UTSA still working to fix issues with inconsistent defense MSN

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Why excellence is becoming a habit for No. 12 North Carolina’s defense this season
• UNC football coach Mack Brown on Tez Walker, the NCAA and super conferences
• Who will be Duke football’s starting QB against NC State? What coach Mike Elko said

Wake Forest Notebook: Improvement in the Red Zone a priority for the Demon Deacons Winston Salem Journal

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: Not the worst Gamecocks O-line ever, it just looks that way
• Gamecocks’ Shane Beamer urges more NIL money for team
• Gamecocks’ Juice Wells week-to-week, says Shane Beamer

Rick Lovato, ODU’s first NFL player, is still a long snapper for the Eagles. And he’s fine if no one knows.  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Franklin: PSU’s non-conference scheduling strategy ‘magnified’ with Big Ten expansion The Times Leader

The Associated Press

• Hensley makes field goal as time expires and Coastal Carolina gets first win at App State
• Unbeaten Liberty already bowl eligible after 31-13 win over Jacksonville St
• Vattiato throws for 2 TDs and Middle Tennessee eases past Louisiana Tech for first conference win
• No. 8 Oregon at No. 7 Washington is a juicy Week 7 matchup with high-flying offenses, Heisman hype
• Troy Dannen jumps at rare opportunity to take over as athletic director at Washington
• Deion and Shedeur Sanders have Colorado rolling toward bowl eligibility after taking over 1-11 team
• USC’s Caleb Williams, Colorado’s rise in mix in Associated Press Pac-12 midseason football awards
• Clemson OC Riley says attack too inconsistent during first half of the season
• South Carolina’s Beamer said WR Wells doubtful to play vs. Florida
• Florida is making some schedule tweaks in hopes of ending road woes at South Carolina
• TCU quarterback Chandler Morris likely to miss multiple games with sprained MCL in left knee
• Oklahoma reaches midpoint of final Big 12 season with top coach and players in AP vote
• Cristobal, coaches take full blame for Miami’s decision to not run out clock
• QB Riley Leonard’s status is unclear for No. 17 Duke vs. NC State due to an ankle injury
• Eyeing a ‘spark’ after a 1-4 start, Pitt benches QB Phil Jurkovec in favor of Christian Veilleux
• Costly upkeep, less-than-ideal weather lead most college football stadiums to use artificial turf
• AP Top 25 Reality Check: Rankings stagnant with few big upsets pushing voters to shake-up the poll