Pirates prepare for clash with Old Dominion; Wide receiver Chase Sowell nearing return for ECU’s offense… Pirate soccer off to unbeaten start; volleyball opens at 3-0 … AD: Memphis expects to lose more than $750k in 2024 revenue because of stadium renovations… Rice Owls baseball’s national championship-winning manager Wayne Graham dies at 88… Pro Picks: Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs will begin three-peat quest with a win over the Ravens

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

East Carolina Set To Host 2024 Pirate Invitational ecupirates.com

The East Carolinian

• Pirates prepare for clash with Old Dominion
• Pirates look to extend winning streak after most dominant win of the season
• ECU volleyball set to host Pirate Invitational

247 Sports

• UNC headlines North Carolina college football programs as state’s ‘top dog,’ Charlotte coach Biff Poggi says
• Wide receiver Chase Sowell nearing return for ECU’s offense
• ECU coaching up QB Jake Garcia to slide after first start: ‘It’s been an ongoing conversation’

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU roundup: Pirate soccer off to unbeaten start; volleyball opens at 3-0
• ECU reports enrollment growth

East Carolina Pirates vs. Old Dominion Monarchs odds, tips and betting trends | Week 2 USA Today

Suffolk News-Herald

• Best Bets, Predictions & Odds for the Old Dominion vs. East Carolina Game – Saturday, Sept. 7
• Old Dominion vs. East Carolina: Odds, spread, and over/under – Sept. 7

Around the American Athletic Conference

AAC Football Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Week 2 oxfordeagle

Memphis adding high-profile assistant coach to staff Athlon Sports

USA Today

• AD: Memphis expects to lose more than $750k in 2024 revenue because of stadium renovations
• How Brandon Thomas found himself — and earned a critical role for Memphis football
• Navy Midshipmen vs. Temple Owls odds, tips and betting trends | Week 2

Memphis aware of letter alleging potential NCAA violations in men’s hoops program New York Times

dailymemphian

• Here’s everyone who has worked for Penny Hardaway — and what happened to them
• How decathlon helps Tigers running back thrive in football

ABC 24

• Memphis’ Greg Desrosiers | A better running back because of time on the track
• 4 coaching staff members with Memphis men’s basketball team fired, Penny Hardaway announces

Tulane Green Wave Defenders Have Record-Setting Season Openers Hosted

Saints come to Tulane’s rescue again with the arrival of bad weather NOLA.com

Legendary Rice Owls baseball coach Wayne Graham dies at age 88 KHOU 11

Rice Owls baseball’s national championship-winning manager Wayne Graham dies at 88 ABC 13

Wayne Graham, who led Rice baseball to seven College World Series, dies at 88 Houston Chronicle

The Oracle

• USF football coordinators unveil plan to upset Alabama
• USF football preview: 3 things you need to know about Alabama

USF hopes to get ‘process’ right with Crimson Tide on the horizon YAHOO!

Ikaika Ragsdale back to lead UNT running game after quick recovery from torn ACL Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA, Texas State football programs to collide in I-35 rivalry KSAT

San Antonio Express News

• UTSA, Texas State both looking for leap entering Week 2 matchup
• Owen McCown showing early comfort in new role as UTSA’s starting quarterback

Navy football position report: Snipes need to be versatile playmakers  Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• The Tar Heels have a standard to meet: How to watch, stream UNC football vs. Charlotte
• ‘Why not commit?’ How a top college football recruit from Wake Forest decided on Duke
• Watching from afar or have DirecTV? How to catch the NC State-Tennessee football game

WRAL

• Ahead of clash with No. 14 Tennessee, NC State sticks at No. 24 in AP poll
• No. 24 NC State looking to make mark against red-hot QB Nico Iamaleava, 14th-ranked Vols
• UNC, Harrell look to turn negatives into positives against Charlotte
• UNC considers six options, including two off-campus sites, for Smith Center replacement

Dave Doeren focuses on improvements after the Wolfpack’s opener WCTI 12

Holding Court: UNC Needs Harrell To Improve Quickly Chapelboro

ACC schools have a new path to more revenue: Just win… in the postseason Newsday

Winston Salem Journal

• WSSU players from Greensboro excited about chance to play at N.C. A&T
• Sam Pendleton, a former Reagan star, makes first career start for Notre Dame
• Which college football national champ had longest odds to win?
• Hank Bachmeier gets the nod to start at QB for Wake Forest on Saturday

Columbia The State

• Beer in Death Valley? Clemson weighs changes to alcohol policy at football games
• South Carolina football reveals first SEC-mandated ‘availability’ report. Take a look

Roanoke Times

• JMU’s first FCS national title 20 years ago put Dukes on path to FBS success
• Teel: Dusted-off research shows radical changes to college football landscape
• DeAngelo Hall’s visit helps Hokies ‘move through adversity’ following Vanderbilt loss
• New Ferrum football coach Sherman hopes to live up to mentors
• College Football Week 2 picks & predictions: Texas vs. Michigan, Tennessee vs NC State, Iowa vs. Iowa State
• Bowl projections for Hokies after Week 1: Radical changes after one loss

What’s the UNCW men’s basketball schedule? 18 home games and maybe the No. 1 team in America Wilmington Star News

College football Week 2: Boise’s Heisman hopeful, how Dairy Queen explains a Texas rivalry and more ESPN

Michigan football is used to big games, but hasn’t faced team like Texas this early YAHOO!

Vols heading to Charlotte looking for wins on and off the field Chattanooga Times Free Press

The Associated Press

• No. 24 NC State gets big matchup with No. 14 Tennessee to headline ACC’s Week 2 slate
• No. 14 Tennessee looks to carry momentum into neutral site matchup vs 24th-ranked NC State
• No. 25 Clemson looks to move past critics, get in win column against tricky foe Appalachian State
• No. 12 Miami set for home opener against Florida A&M, winner of 13 straight games
• Big Ten’s Week 2 schedule is topped by No. 3 Texas’ visit to No. 10 Michigan
• Big game at the Big House as No. 4 Texas visits No. 10 Michigan for 1st regular-season clash
• Cyclones visit No. 21 Hawkeyes for CyHawk game. Ferentz says rivalry ‘underappreciated’ outside Iowa
• Baylor faces new Big 12 member No. 11 Utah in nonconference game this week
• South Carolina visits Kentucky in stand-alone SEC opener as others play non-conference showdowns
• With a daunting schedule ahead, No. 1 Georgia has easy one against FCS team Tennessee Tech
• Texas A&M looks to bounce back from season-opening loss when McNeese visits