Pirates Drop Home Finale to Charlotte, 3-1… East Carolina Travels West To Rice And Tulsa … ECU Battles AAC Newcomer UTSA In San Antonio…Hokies’ offense breaks out trick plays, rolls to win over Orange… Arizona Diamondbacks take series of slights into surprise World Series against Texas Rangers

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville Pregame Show

Opponent Preview: UTSA

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Drop Home Finale to Charlotte, 3-1
• East Carolina Travels West To Rice And Tulsa
• ECU Battles AAC Newcomer UTSA In San Antonio
• Pirates Set To Wrap Up Fall Slate At Landfall Tradition

ECU soccer team drops home finale to Charlotte, 3-1 WNCT 9

ECU coordinators weigh in on Michigan sign stealing scandal WITN 7

247 Sports

• Dontavius Nash performs well in first start in ECU uniform
• What UTSA coach Jeff Traylor said about ECU

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU GAMEDAY: Pirates preparing for tough test in conference-leading UTSA
• ECU GAMEDAY: Three players to watch

UTSA vs. East Carolina Prediction, Odds, Picks – October 28 FOX

East Carolina vs. UTSA: Promo Codes, Betting Trends, Record ATS, Home/Road Splits – October 28 WECT 6

UTSA’s defense key to 3-0 start in conference play San Antonio Report

Freshman WR Devin McCuin quickly emerges as standout for UTSA San Antonio Express News

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Seeding Set for the 2023 American Women’s Soccer Championship
• United States Military Academy at West Point to Join American Athletic Conference

AAC Week 9 College Football Games: Live Stream and TV Channel Info For The Win

AAC Games Today: How to Watch AAC Games, TV Schedule, Live Streaming Options – Week 9 KOLO

Memphis football vs. North Texas: Score prediction, scouting report Memphis Commercial Appeal

Commissioner: ‘This is a great day for Army and the American Athletic Conference’ Tulsa World

No. 22 Tulane looks for its sixth straight win in a visit to Rice The Associated Press

Tulane-Rice has a history that goes back decades. The Green Wave are looking to end a skid. NOLA.com

Army joins AAC as football-only member  Temple News

Fisher says Owls will play ‘a lot of guys early on’ 247 Sports

Charlotte 49ers football hosts Florida Atlantic with a chance to turn its season around Charlotte Observer

Charlotte vs. FAU odds, line, spread: 2023 college football picks, Week 9 predictions from proven model CBS Sports

Staff Predictions: Owls predicted to get back in the win column against 49ers University Press

Three takeaways from Charlotte football’s first AAC victory Niner Times

SMU QB Preston Stone, Mustangs offense want to up their own expectations vs. Tulsa Dallas Morning News

UNT falls to SMU, misses AAC soccer tournament Denton Record Chronicle

Rice notebook: Owls host ranked opponent for first time since ’16 Houston Chronicle

Army joins Navy in American Athletic Conference as football-only member starting in 2024 Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Roanoke Times

• Hokies’ offense breaks out trick plays, rolls to win over Orange
• Teel: Hokies surging into bowl, ACC contention after rout of Syracuse
• Hokies football notebook: Pollard, with lunch pail, helps Tech dominate on defensive line
• Hokies’ report card: Did Tech record its first A+ of the season?
• Trio of former Timesland high school football players make debuts in Hokies’ prime-time win over Syracuse
• College Football Forecast: UVa, UR, and JMU

Raleigh News & Observer

• No. 17 UNC after a football rarity: beating Georgia Tech in Atlanta. How to watch
• ACC basketball preseason gathering feels like the end of an era, in more ways than one
• How to watch No. 20 Duke at No. 18 Louisville in Saturday’s key ACC football game

WRAL

• Media pick Duke to finish first in ACC; UNC is 3rd, NC State 7th
• N.C. Central wins fifth straight game, crushes South Carolina St. 62-28
• WRAL documentary ‘Ghosts in the Stadium’ examines unknown past of four iconic football stadiums in the Carolinas
• ACC basketball tournament likely won’t include all teams in future, Phillips says
• No. 2 Duke opens Year 2 under Jon Scheyer with 4 returning starters and a top recruiting class
• North Carolina made unwanted history last year. No. 19 Tar Heels have overhauled their roster

High flying and high scoring Florida State will play Wake Forest on Saturday Winston Salem Journal

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson places 5th in ACC preseason poll
• Gamecocks’ youngsters growing quickly, and they have to
• Clemson hopes a beefed-up slate improves NCAA tourney odds
• Sapakoff: Gamecocks can’t let Gators game beat them again at Texas A&M

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• Molinaro: Virginia is the only state to boast two of the remaining FBS unbeatens
• ODU is learning that every play matters in balanced and rugged Sun Belt Conference
• ‘Virginia will go to war on this’: State lawmakers unite on JMU vs. NCAA

The Associated Press

• NCAA investigators interview Jim Harbaugh’s staff about sign-stealing scheme, AP source says
• Coach-to-player technology could have prevented sign-stealing scandal hitting college football
• Tuten, Virginia Tech rush to 38-10 win over Syracuse
• Richard accounts for 7 TDs in NC Central’s 62-28 romp over SC State
• Brin guides Georgia Southern over Georgia State 44-27
• Glascoe, LIU defense spark 24-23 comeback win over Central Connecticut
• No. 11 Oregon State facing tough test in the desert against Arizona
• No. 14 Notre Dame looks for fourth straight win over Pitt
• No. 14 Notre Dame and Pittsburgh renew old rivalry without the bells and whistles
• No. 19 Air Force takes a 7-0 record into a road game against rival Colorado State
• Northwestern State cancels its football season in the wake of a player’s shooting death
• DirecTV expands its reach into college sports as the new title sponsor of the Holiday Bowl
• Florida turns to Steve Spurrier for advice before playing No. 1 Georgia in the ‘Cocktail Party’
• Bahamas Bowl moving to Charlotte due to football stadium renovations in Nassau
• Coach Prime brings rested and reeling Colorado into Rose Bowl for matchup against No. 23 UCLA
• No. 18 Louisville, No. 20 Duke look to overcome losses and stay in the ACC championship picture
• No. 25 James Madison’s perch atop the Sun Belt’s East Division on the line against Old Dominion
• Virginia and Miami to meet, after both got big victories last weekend
• No. 17 North Carolina looks to bounce back from shocking loss as it faces Georgia Tech
• No. 21 Tennessee, looking to move past Alabama loss, visits rested Kentucky in SEC border rivalry
• South Carolina, Texas A&M looking to ease fans frustrated with disappointing seasons
• No. 10 Penn State looking to bounce back against struggling Indiana
• Kansas is No. 1 in the preseason men’s AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue next as 5 teams get first-place votes
• Kansas is No. 1 in the preseason men’s AP Top 25; Duke, Purdue next as 5 teams get first-place votes
• Caitlin Clark can’t do it alone. No. 3 Iowa got big boost when Martin and Marshall decided to return