Mike Houston talks Liberty loss, looking ahead to UTSA; Pirates and 49ers will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU… Pirates Hold First Official Practice Of 2024-25 MBB Season… Pac-12 humiliated yet again as Memphis, Tulane, USF, UTSA stay in AAC… Chiefs Heiress Gracie Hunt Confirms Relationship With Former ECU QB …Rookie Jayden Daniels nearly flawless for Commanders in 38-33 win over Bengals

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Rest is priority after return from Liberty

ECU lands prospect from quarterback hotbed

ecupirates.com

• Mike Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
• Pirates Hold First Official Practice Of 2024-25 MBB Season

WNCT 9

• ECU men’s basketball preparing to tip off season
• ECU football head coach Mike Houston talks Liberty loss, …
• Episode 5 of ‘Inside Pirate Athletics’

WITN 7

• ECU Men’s Basketball bonds with six transfers in The Bahamas
• ECU’s Houston: you got “to go foot on the gas”

247 Sports

• Everything Mike Houston said during his UTSA week press conference
• Kickoff time, TV set for ECU’s game at Charlotte on Oct. 5

ECU football head coach Mike Houston talks Liberty loss, looking ahead to UTSA YAHOO!

Charlotte vs. East Carolina Football Tickets, How to Watch & Game Info – Oct. 5 SF Gate

Chiefs Heiress Gracie Hunt Confirms Relationship With Former ECU QB Athlon Sports

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• We Are The American Athletic Conference
• Florida Atlantic, Rice, Tulane Earn Volleyball Weekly Honors
• UAB, Charlotte, UTSA Earn Weekly Honors
• Navy, Temple, Tulsa Standouts Named Players Of The Week

Pac-12 expansion chaos: Mountain West in survival mode as Utah State defects, AAC schools rebuff interest CBS Sports

Memphis Tigers Lead the Group of Five College Football Playoff Predictions College Football Network

Sports Illustrated

• Four Programs Reaffirm Commitment to American Athletic Conference Amid Pac-12 Interest
• Amid Pac-12 Talk, Tulane Green Wave Prepare to Open Conference Play
• AAC Football Power Rankings – Week 5
• Tulane Green Wave Summer Conditioning Delivered Victory in Scorcher

Memphis, Tulane, South Florida, UTSA reaffirm commitment to AAC after Pac-12 talks The New York Times

Memphis, South Florida, UTSA, Tulane pledge to stay in American Daily Journal

Air Force commits to Mountain West Conference amid AAC interest Clutch Points

USF joins other ACC teams in declining an invitation to join the Pac-12 WUSF

AAC spurns Pac-12 expansion advances, leaving SDSU and new league to settle for Utah State The San Diego Union-Tribune

YAHOO!

• Pac-12 humiliated yet again as Memphis, Tulane, USF, UTSA stay in AAC
• Sources: Memphis, Tulane, USF and UTSA to remain in AAC after Pac-12 discussions
• Why USF joining Pac-12 expansion was worth considering and declining

AAC Football Predictions, Computer Picks & Best Bets | Week 5 Salisbury Post

USA Today

• Memphis is staying in AAC after rejecting Pac-12. So what happens next?
• Memphis announces it is staying in the AAC, despite Pac-12 courtship

USF to stay in AAC, won’t join Pac-12 expansion effort Tampa Tribune

Staying put: Tulane commits to American Athletic Conference after overture from Pac-12 NOLA.com

Tulane makes right call in staying in American Crescent City Sports

Navy football must put big win behind, get ready for first road game at UAB The Baltimore Sun

Denton Record Chronicle

• American Athletic Conference staves off Pac-12 raid in positive turn for UNT
• What we learned: More UNT transfers on the rise as Mean Green continue rise

UTSA recommits to American Athletic Conference after Pac-12 speculation San Antonio Express News

Memphis, Navy, Week 5 AAC Football Power Rankings Houston Chronicle

Charlotte football vs. Rice first look: Betting odds, key matchup, player to watch Charlotte Observer

AL.com

• UAB football player affected by deadly Birmingham mass shooting, Coach Dilfer says
• 4 AAC schools staying put, not joining Pac-12

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Why UNC football coach Mack Brown regrets his reaction to Saturday’s loss to James Madison
• NC State football’s 2023 sacks leader gone from roster. What coach Dave Doeren said Monday
• Could Bradly Nadeau make the Carolina Hurricanes’ roster at 19? There is recent precedent

WRAL

• New Lenovo Center renderings unveiled: Here’s what the $1 billion redevelopment could look like
• ‘Disappointed in me’: UNC’s Mack Brown says he handled James Madison loss poorly
• No depth chart: Doeren promises changes for Wolfpack after loss to Clemson
• UNC, Duke, NC State learn opponents for season-opening ACC/SEC Challenge

Liberty football post-ECU notebook: Cooley battles back from injuries to rush for 100-plus, and more The News & Advance

Mountaineer Monday: App State is starting behind too early, too often ABC 13

Roanoke Times

• Hokies ‘just got to capitalize’ on big pass play opportunities
• Teel: JMU’s special teams symmetry, trust evident in upset of North Carolina
• ACC basketball openers announced for Virginia Tech, UVa men and women
• Virginia football QB Grady Brosterhous embraces short-yardage role

Utah State reportedly accepts offer to join Pac-12 Conference YAHOO!

AAC schools turn down Pac-12 as Gonzaga discusses potentially joining conference 4 Washington

The Associated Press

• UNC’s Mack Brown ‘disappointed in me’ after locker-room comments following James Madison loss
• Kirby Smart no longer has to fret about his mentor-turned-nemesis in Tuscaloosa
• Reggie Bush sues USC, Pac-12 and NCAA to seek NIL compensation from football career 2 decades ago
• No. 21 Oklahoma switches to freshman Michael Hawkins Jr. at quarterback to replace Jackson Arnold
• Texas QB Ewers back in practice but still questionable for No. 1 Longhorns’ SEC opener
• Michigan State football’s Armorion Smith is raising 5 siblings since his mother’s death
• Pac-12 adding Utah State, in talks with Gonzaga, as Mountain West tries to hold UNLV, AP sources say