East Carolina Undone In Second Half at Liberty; Fans bide time during long delay waiting for Pirates to play … ECU VB Swept By Marquette In Non-Conference Finale… Horvath’s 6 TDs Keep Navy Unbeaten As Mids Top No. 23 Memphis; UTSA jumps out early and rolls past Houston Christian 45-7 … ‘Embarrassing day, shocking day’: James Madison hangs 70 points on Tar Heels… Focus on QB Andy Dalton as Panthers visit the Raiders looking for first win of the season

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Another lead slips away at Liberty

ecupirates.com

• Liberty Rallies Past East Carolina In Second Half
• ECU VB Swept By Marquette In Non-Conference Finale

247 Sports

• ECU sees another early lead slip away in 35-24 setback at Liberty
• FINAL: Liberty 35, ECU 24
• Liberty 35, ECU 24: How it looked from the sidelines
• College football bowl projections in Week 5: Clemson returns to playoff, Group of Five sparks chaos

Kaidon Salter throws 4 TD passes, 3 the Reese Smith, and Liberty rallies, beats ECU 35-24 The Associated Press

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU football: Pirates can’t hang onto early lead, lose to Liberty
• ECU football: Fans bide time during long delay waiting for Pirates to play

Flames overcome delay, 17-point deficit to down East Carolina 35-24 behind Smith’s three scores The News & Advance

Kaidon Salter throws 4 TD passes, 3 the Reese Smith, and Liberty rallies, beats ECU 35-24 ESPN

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina Undone In Second Half at Liberty
• South Florida Falls To No. 8 Miami
• Florida Atlantic Unable To Keep Pace With UConn
• Tulsa Takes Wild OT Win At Louisiana Tech
• Running Game, Defense Lead North Texas Past Wyoming
• Horvath’s 6 TDs Keep Navy Unbeaten As Mids Top No. 23 Memphis
• Temple Pulls Away For 45-29 Win Against Utah State
• UTSA Cruises Past Houston Christian, 45-7
• Charlotte Falls At Indiana
• Army Wins Seventh Straight; Gets To 2-0 In AAC With Win Against Rice
• Tulane Takes 41-33 Road Victory At Louisiana

Report: AAC Schools Face $27.5M Exit Fee Amid Pac-12, Conference Realignment Rumors Bleacher Report

The Associated Press

• Kaidon Salter throws 4 TD passes, 3 the Reese Smith, and Liberty rallies, beats ECU 35-24
• Cam Ward tops 15,000 career passing yards in No. 8 Miami’s 50-15 rout of South Florida
• Tulsa pulls out 23-20 win over Louisiana Tech in strange overtime on Morgan’s third field goal
• Robinson, Brown near mirror images leading UConn past FAU 48-14
• Simon accounts for 6 TDs, Trujillo’s 64-yard FG spurs Temple to 45-29 rally past Utah State
• Blake Horvath accounts for 6 touchdowns to power Navy to 56-44 victory over Memphis
• Hughes, special teams help Tulane hold off Ragin’ Cajuns 41-33
• Daily rushes for 3 scores, passes for 2 more, to lead Army over Rice 37-14
• Kurtis Rourke, Ty Son Lawton combine for 4 TDs to help unbeaten Indiana rout Charlotte 52-14

The Baltimore Sun

• Navy football stuns Memphis, 56-44, behind QB Blake Horvath, late pick-six
• Navy football’s offense under coordinator Drew Cronic is fun, creative, diverse — and historic

Blake Horvath accounts for 6 touchdowns to power Navy to 56-44 victory over Memphis ESPN

dailymemphian

• A hot Memphis defense cools off at Navy
• Martin: Crushing loss to Navy brought max pain for Memphis football

Navy’s Blake Horvath tallies 6 touchdowns vs. Memphis as Midshipmen move to 3-0 ABC 7

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football’s College Football Playoff hopes are over and other overreactions
• Memphis vs Navy score today: Final score, highlights from Week 4 game

Devastating: Memphis FB essentially shipped out of CFB Playoff by Midshipmen WMFS

Time to take No. 8 Miami Hurricanes seriously after crushing USF Tampa Tribune

No. 8 Hurricanes crush USF, moving to 4-0 before conference play begins Orlando Sentinel

Dominant second half helps No. 8 Miami Hurricanes rout USF Bulls to start season 4-0 Miami Herald

USF falls 50-15 to No. 8 Miami as Cam Ward tops 15,000 career passing yards WUSF

Tulsa survives near blown road game in overtime victory against Louisiana Tech Tulsa World

NOLA.com

• Tulane’s Makhi Hughes ties career high despite not feeling well
• Tulane football team overcomes defensive lapses, holds on to beat UL

Sports Illustrated

• WATCH: Tulane Green Wave Defender Makes Pivotal Pick Six Before Halftime
• Is Tulane One of Pac-12’s ‘Swing for the Fences’ Move in Realignment?

POSTGAME REACTION: Tulane earns 41-33 road victory over Louisiana WDSU

Tulane’s critical kickoff return infuriates Cajuns’ head coach in loss to Green Wave The Advocate

Record FG kick-starts Temple’s comeback to first win over season, 45-29 over Utah State The Philadelphia Inquirer

Simon’s six touchdowns lead Temple’s comeback win against Utah State  Temple News

YAHOO!

• Temple kicker hits longest college football field goal in 16 years
• USF can play formidable first halves with anyone. Now, about the second
• Charlotte football plays at Indiana: 3 takeaways from the 49ers’ loss to the Hoosiers
• UTSA Football Set to Debut “NIL Flash Give” Following Touchdowns This Season

North Texas routs Wyoming in bounce-back win, bolsters bowl hopes Dallas Morning News

North Texas runs over Wyoming to drop Cowboys to 0-4 on season Casper Star-Tribune

UNT posts dominating bounce-back win over Wyoming to bolster bowl hopes Denton Record Chronicle

UTSA cruises past Houston Christian in tuneup for AAC play San Antonio Express News

UTSA jumps out early and rolls past Houston Christian 45-7 KENS 5

McCown throws 3 TD passes, UTSA jumps out early and rolls past Houston Christian 45-7 ESPN

Army offense, special teams continue to shine in 3-0 start and a home win over Rice Times Record

Army Football: Black Knights Move To 3-0, Obliterate Rice in West Point Sports Illustrated

Robinson, Brown dominant in leading UConn past FAU 48-14 Sun-Sentinel

UConn football sets rushing records, rolls past Florida Atlantic at Rentschler Field, 48-14 Hartford Courant

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• “Embarrassing. Shocking”: North Carolina football stunned after JMU routs Tar Heels, 70-50
• Three takeaways as James Madison hands North Carolina football 70-50 loss
• Photos: North Carolina hammered 70-50 by James Madison in college football action
• Clemson blows out NC State, 59-35, as Wolfpack opens ACC play with a stunning loss
• NC State’s loss against Tennessee was bad – the one at Clemson might’ve been worse
• ‘We weren’t in this game’: NC State gives up program-highs in first-quarter, total points
• Duke football rolls to fourth win. Three takeaways from Blue Devils’ 45-17 win at MTSU

WRAL

• ‘Embarrassing day, shocking day’: James Madison hangs 70 points on Tar Heels
• Klubnik, No. 21 Clemson beat NC State in Atlantic Coast Conference opener
• NC Central beats NC A&T in third straight season, 66-24
• Duke beats MTSU 45-17 behind chaos-causing defense

YAHOO!

• “Embarrassing. Shocking”: North Carolina football stunned after JMU routs Tar Heels, 70-50
• UNC football vs James Madison final score: Dukes embarrass Tar Heels in Chapel Hill

James Madison hangs 70 on North Carolina; NC State routed Winston Salem Journal

Calls Mount for Longtime College Football Coach to Retire After Saturday’s Game Athlon Sports

College football bowl projections in Week 5: Clemson returns to playoff, Group of Five sparks chaos 247 Sports

Charleston Post & Courier

• Hamilton: Textile Bowl is personal even when it’s not personal
• Clemson offense fuels another blowout in ACC-opening win over NC State
• Robby Ashford steps into role as starting QB as Gamecocks destroy Akron
• Citadel falls at Mercer; Bears player rushed to hospital

Roanoke Times

• Barber: Virginia Tech’s reality suddenly bleak after Rutgers loss
• Special teams woes continue for Hokies
• Ballot glance: Rocky Top moving up in Damien Sordelett’s AP Top 25 vote
• VMI football falls to 0-4 after lopsided loss to Norfolk State
• In the region: W&L football loses in Texas

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• No. 19 Louisville scores special-teams, defensive touchdown to beat Georgia Tech
• Takeaways from a Georgia Tech loss at No. 19 Louisville
• ‘College GameDay’ will be on hand for Week 5 game between Georgia football-Alabama
• Alabama, Georgia quietly prepare for monumental matchup Sept. 28 in Tuscaloosa

Washinton Post

• James Madison pushes football into the realm of the absurd in 70-50 win
• Nico Iamaleava is a star, but Tennessee’s excellence runs much deeper

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 Takeaways: Who is better off? Lincoln Riley’s new (USC) and old (OU) teams hoping for more
• Mullings’ 2nd TD with 37 seconds left lifts No. 18 Michigan to 27-24 win over No. 11 USC
• BYU forces 3 turnovers, gets 90-yard punt return TD in 38-9 rout of No. 13 Kansas State
• Texas A&M fails to impress early in first season under Elko after Fisher’s firing
• Sanders connects with Wester on Hail Mary in regulation, Colorado beats Baylor 38-31 in overtime
• Josh Heupel wins in return to Oklahoma as No. 6 Tennessee tops the Sooners 25-15
• Jaxson Dart throws 4 TD passes as No. 5 Ole Miss routs Georgia Southern 52-13
• Gresock and Holmes combine for 266 yards rushing, 5 TDs and Gardner-Webb tops Presbyterian 42-21
• Harris accounts for 4 TD, Taylor runs for 126 yards and 2 TDs, NC Central beats NC A&T 66-24
• Robby Ashford throws for two touchdowns and runs for a third in South Carolina’s 50-7 win over Akron
• Reed throws two TD passes to help No. 25 Texas A&M outlast Bowling Green 26-20
• Florida State defense records seven sacks, Seminoles edge Cal for first win of 2024
• QB Smith collects 4 TDs to send Mercer past The Citadel 38-21
• SMU gets 4 TDs from Smith and three more with offense watching, beats TCU 66-42 after Dykes ejected
• Maalik Murphy throws for 216 yards, 3 TDs to lead Duke over Middle Tennessee 45-17
• No. 7 Mizzou overcomes mistakes once again, escapes with a 30-27 double-OT win over Vandy
• Roland Dempster runs for 179 yards with 2 scores and Stony Brook defeats Campbell 24-17
• Bernard runs for 182 yards and No. 12 Utah wins Big 12 debut, beating No. 14 Oklahoma State 22-19
• Snipes runs for 2 2nd-half touchdowns as Hampton tops longtime rival Howard 27-20
• Brooks, Holloway come up big in second half to help No. 19 Louisville outlast Georgia Tech 31-19
• Jai Patel’s late field goal lifts Rutgers over Virginia Tech 26-23
• Ah Yat runs for 4 touchdowns, Gillman runs for 175 yards as Montana tops Western Carolina 46-35
• Garrett Greene throws two late TD passes and West Virginia beats Kansas 32-28
• Daniels throws for 3 TDs and Norfolk St. adds to VMI woes with 32-10 win
• Xavier Brown leads way with 171 yards, Virginia runs over Coastal Carolina in 43-24 win
• North Carolina coach Mack Brown says ‘embarrasing’ 70-50 loss to James Madison is his fault
• No. 3 Ohio State wraps up nonconference schedule by running away from Marshall 49-14
• Klubnik, No. 21 Clemson beat NC State 59-35 in Atlantic Coast Conference opener