Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

New rivalry ready to roll

ecupirates.com

• ECU Gears Up For ITA Carolina Regional
• East Carolina Meets Memphis For Two-Match AAC Set
• Pirates Travel to SMU Thursday
• Pirates Finish Third Behind Modder’s Career Performance At Edisto Island Invitational
• Mike Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes

The East Carolinian

• Pirates look to win on homecoming against Charlotte
• Conference media day wins Pirates awards

WNCT 9

• Jim Szoke, voice of Panthers & Pirates
• Houston talks loss to SMU, homecoming football game
• Episode 8 of ‘Inside Pirate Athletics’ show

Elijah Morris says ECU locker room holding strong: ‘We’re right there’ CBS Sports

247 Sports

• What Charlotte head coach Biff Poggi said about ECU
• Everything Mike Houston said during his Charlotte week press conference
• Kickoff time, television coverage announced for ECU-UTSA on Oct. 28

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU football: Garcia improving; Pirates still looking to finish games
• Mason: Pirates keep saying all the right things, but wins haven’t followed

East Carolina vs. Charlotte Prediction, Odds, Picks – October 21 FOX Sports

East Carolina vs. Charlotte Picks, Best Bets and Prediction – October 21 Athlon Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Tulane’s Makuvire, Rebollo Named Cross Country Athletes of the Week
• South Florida’s Puisis Named to Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List
• SMU’s Glover, Wheeler Earn Volleyball Weekly Honors
• Memphis, South Florida, UTSA Earn Weekly Honors

AAC Week 8 College Football Games: Live Stream and TV Channel Info ForTheWin

AAC Games Today: How to Watch AAC Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options – Week 8 KWTX

SMU vs. Temple prediction, odds, pick, how to watch College Football Week 8 game Hosted

Dallas Morning News

• SMU is winning games, but can Mustangs improve offense against Temple?
• North Texas relishes opportunity to take on ranked team in No. 23 Tulane

SMU needs a balanced team effort to get into AAC title contention Gulf Live

SMU vs. Temple Prediction, Odds, Picks – October 20 FOX Sports

247 Sports

• Patterson aims to ‘make those wrongs right’ in next start
• Everything SMU DC Symons said ahead of Temple game
• Drayton updates Warner’s status; breaks down defensive issues

USF football and the ‘rollercoaster of success, failure’ in Year 1 Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis-Tulane was most-viewed AAC intraconference game since 2019
• Why Memphis football is heading to UAB with a 94-pound rack of ribs
•  Memphis quarterback Seth Henigan says Tigers ‘not where we want to be’
•  UAB’s Trent Dilfer, a ‘disrupter’ at Lipscomb, brings edge to Memphis rivalry

Tulsa World

• Tulsa enters Rice matchup with greater confidence in passing game
• Tulsa vs. Rice: Top storyline, key matchup, player to watch and who wins

NOLA.com

• Tulane men’s hoops pacing itself after representing U.S. at World University Games
• Notebook: See what Tulane’s Chris Brazzell thought of the interference call that nullified a long TD

UTSA’s Joshua Cephus violates DWI terms of release, records show San Antonio Express News

Rice at Tulsa: 5 things to watch Houston Chronicle

Annapolis Capital

• College Football Hall of Fame inductee, former Navy football coach Paul Johnson to be honored during Air Force game
• Navy football set to host No. 22 Air Force in the first leg of the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy series

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• How ‘halftime adjustments’ have helped keep No. 10 North Carolina football undefeated
• How to watch or stream online No. 16 Duke football at No. 4 Florida State
• Four weeks in August: How NC State went from ACC expansion skeptic to voting to allow it
• Will Duke QB Riley Leonard play at Florida State? Mike Elko provided an upbeat update

 

WRAL

• Rivalry games, travel demands are top concerns as ACC officials plan to tackle new scheduling format
• Tar Heel Tez, a headbutting punter and Courage receipts in the sports moments of the week
• No. 10 UNC is making the right changes after halftime entering Saturday’s visit from Virginia
• UNC System board wants more oversight over schools changing conferences
• Barton: There’s no hiding from it, FSU is a big game

Can undefeated James Madison find a way to a bowl game? ESPN

Winston Salem Journal

• Beth and Larry Hopkins are honorees for The UNITE Award given to each school by the ACC
• ESPN’s Debbie Antonelli excited about what’s ahead as college basketball is fast approaching
• Wake Notebook: Status of QB Mitch Griffis unclear heading into Pitt game

Columbia The State

• Why has USC’s defense struggled so much this season? The solution might be simple
• South Carolina football facing biggest point spread against Missouri in 4 years
• Dabo Swinney walks back comments ripping ‘terrible mindset’ of Clemson football fans
• Gamecock athletics, radio community mourn death of Tommy Moody
• Pat Forde called Dabo Swinney a D-plus hire. 15 years later, he still hears about it
• Paul Finebaum rips Shane Beamer for how Gamecocks’ coach broke his foot

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson’s Swinney brothers hold — literally — a unique role in father Dabo’s program
• Gamecocks’ defense examines everything after collapse against Gators
• Gamecocks’ offensive line injury woes mounting
• Gamecock athletics mourn death of Tommy Moody
• Clemson frosh Khalil Barnes has mindset and ‘heart-set’ to play early

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ACC this week: No. 16 Duke gets an ACC measuring-stick game with a visit to No. 4 Florida State
• Region/state roundup: ODU linebacker Jason Henderson named a midseason All-American by AP and The Sporting News
• Key offensive players ‘doubtful’ this week as Hampton prepares for No. 7 Delaware
• Norfolk State looking to start fast against Howard in MEAC opener, set tone for rest of conference play
• Rubama: ‘There’s only one first.’ Former Granby player remembers inaugural Oyster Bowl 73 years ago.

Roanoke Times

• Jordan McCloud, JMU’s passing game starting to click heading into Marshall game
• Ja Morant gives his shoes to Radford men’s basketball team
• Teel: Star turn for Hokies’ Jenkins; Dudley Award to a defensive player?

The Associated Press

• Rivalry games, travel demands are top concerns as ACC officials plan to tackle new scheduling format
• No. 16 Duke gets an ACC measuring-stick game with a visit to No. 4 Florida State in Week 8
• No. 10 UNC is making the right changes after halftime entering Saturday’s visit from Virginia
• Kiffin and Freeze history in mix as No. 13 Ole Miss visits Auburn, eager to keep SEC momentum
• No. 20 Missouri flying high as disheartened South Carolina visits Faurot Field
• Big 12 has a rematch of last year’s title game and the league’s top QB is facing his old team
• No. 14 Utah goes on the road, tries to keep up success against Lincoln Riley, No. 18 Southern Cal
• Minnesota heads to Iowa City looking to break No. 24 Hawkeyes’ stranglehold on Floyd of Rosedale
• No. 17 Tennessee visits No. 11 Alabama for rivalry tilt a year after their dramatic top 10 showdown
• No. 11 Alabama hosts No. 17 Tennessee to top SEC slate. Vols have lost 9 in a row at Crimson Tide
• Pavia accounts for all four TDs in New Mexico State’s 28-7 win over UTEP
• Jenkins leads FIU to 33-27 victory over Sam Houston in 2OT
• SEC coaches are more accepting of youthful mistakes amid roster engagement in the portal era
• College football picks: No. 7 Penn St and No. 3 Ohio St begin Beasts of Big Ten East round-robin
• Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. highlights AP midseason All-America team loaded with experience