Stone’s 3 TD passes, McGill’s pick-6 help SMU win defensive battle with ECU 31-10… Pirates Gear Up For UNCG Invite… Former ECU QB Ahlers back with Seahawks… 49-yard Hail Mary as time expires helps Houston beat W. Virginia 41-39, get 1st Big 12 win… Castellanos hits 2 homers again, powers Phillies past Braves 3-1 and into 2nd straight NLCS

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• SMU Tops East Carolina, 31-10
• Pirates Gear Up For UNCG Invite
• East Carolina Visits Temple For Crucial AAC Set

Pirates baseball release fall exhibition schedule The East Carolinian

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• Stone’s 3 TD passes, McGill’s pick-6 help SMU beat …
• Former ECU QB Ahlers back with Seahawks
• Pirate fans come out to show support for ECU, tailgate before game

Turnovers in the fourth dooms ECU against SMU WITN 7

Stone’s 3 TD passes, McGill’s pick-6 help SMU win defensive battle with ECU 31-10 The Associated Press

247 Sports

• SMU 31, ECU 10: How it looked from the sidelines
• ECU shut out in second half as offensive ineptitude continues
• ECU RB Javious Bond injured on opening kickoff

ECU football: Pirates falter late, lose to SMU at home Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Preston Stone helps SMU football top ECU in Greenville for first time in nearly 7 years Dallas Morning News

Watch: ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10 highlights Memphis women’s soccer goal from win over ECU Memphis Commercial Appeal

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Stone’s 3 TDs and Stout Defense Lead SMU Past East Carolina, 31-10
• No. 9 Memphis Defeats East Carolina, 1-0, in Battle of Division Leaders

Will USF football, FAU Owls become rivals? Should they?  Tampa Bay Times

Tennessean

• Why Memphis football has recent history on its side in critical AAC game against Tulane
• ‘We are ready to join the Big 12’: Documents reveal how University of Memphis tried to woo Big 12

Memphis football’s Ryan Silverfield has a chance vs. Tulane few coaches get | Giannotto Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulane vs. Memphis prediction, picks: Who remains atop the American Athletic? NOLA.com

Temple Football has a long way to go to reach its goals Temple News

A new team — and a new journey — for Nikhai Hill-Green as Charlotte football hosts Navy Charlotte Observer

UTSA coach Jeff Traylor is an AAC top earner Axios

Same matchup, different conference as UTSA hosts UAB at Alamodome San Antonio Report

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• What can Duke basketball do with its bevy of backcourt ball handlers? ‘Play differently’
• How to watch No. 12 North Carolina’s football ‘story’ continue against No. 25 Miami
• All eyes on QBs in Duke vs. NC State game Saturday. How to watch, stream, betting odds

Columbia The State

• How to watch South Carolina football game vs. Florida: TV, time, odds
• South Carolina football gets best point spread against Florida in 6 years

Sapakoff: CCU to the ACC in Ted Lasso college football relegation plan Charleston Post & Courier

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ACC this week: No. 12 North Carolina hosts No. 25 Miami to headline the Week 7 slate
• ACC midseason awards: UNC’s Maye, NC State’s Wilson and Louisville’s Brohm headline the midyear honorees

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia’s Kirby Smart has ‘no reaction’ to NIL remarks
• Five things to know as Georgia Bulldogs carry No. 1 streak to Vanderbilt
• Future Yellow Jackets: A weekly look at Georgia Tech football commitments
• Georgia Tech baseball has first fall exhibition Saturday
• Defensive coordinator change pays immediate dividends for Georgia Tech

The Associated Press

• 49-yard Hail Mary as time expires helps Houston beat W. Virginia 41-39, get 1st Big 12 win
• Northwestern State football player shot and killed near campus, coach calls it ‘a tremendous loss’
• Iowa State’s Jack Trice Stadium remains only major college football stadium named for a Black man
• No. 23 Kansas looks to build on strong start against Oklahoma State
• No. 14 Louisville looks to avoid letdown when the Cardinals visit struggling Pittsburgh
• No. 19 Washington State looks to rebound from first loss hosting pesky Arizona
• No. 18 UCLA is bringing one of the nation’s top defenses to No. 15 Oregon State