Pirates Secure First Ever Unbeaten Road Record, Defeat Florida Atlantic 2-0… Rice fires seventh-year coach Mike Bloomgren as program heads toward 10th straight losing season…Jayden Daniels’ Hail Mary TD to Noah Brown gives Commanders 18-15 win over Bears… Facundo Torres, Martin Ojeda, Pedro Gallese lead Orlando City past Charlotte 2-0 in playoff opener

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Nathan O’Neal Finishes Tied For 10th At Steelwood Collegiate Invitational
• Pirates Secure First Ever Unbeaten Road Record, Defeat Florida Atlantic 2-0

ECU football coaching search 2024: Candidates, hot board, names to watch by Pirates insiders CBS Sports

ECU tops Temple in AAC action, 56-34 WNCT 9

ECU downs Temple 56-34 in Harrell’s 1st game as Interim HC WITN 7

247 Sports

• Pirates come through in Blake Harrell’s first game as interim head coach
• ECU 56, Temple 34: How it looked from the sidelines

ECU football: Pirates smash Temple, end two-game skid in Harrell’s first game as interim coach Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

As college football’s hot-seat season gets hotter, understand this uncomfortable truth Charlotte Observer

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Memphis Clinches No. 1 Seed for American Women’s Soccer Championship
• Rice, Tulsa Players Take Singles Titles; Tulsa, Charlotte Tandems Win Doubles Crowns At American Tennis Championships
• Memphis, Tulsa Earn Saturday Wins

AAC Football Power Rankings for Week 10 Salisbury Post

Rice fires seventh-year coach Mike Bloomgren as program heads toward 10th straight losing season The Associated Press

Rice fires coach Mike Bloomgren Reuters

Rice has let go Mike Bloomgren footballscoop

BREAKING: Rice fires football head coach Mike Bloomgren The Rice Thresher

Rice fires football coach Mike Bloomgren Houston Chronicle

Rice football coaching job profile: Pluses, minuses and candidates to replace Mike Bloomgren The New York Times

Rice fires football coach Mike Bloomgren after 24-52 record ABC Sports

Charlotte football stands tough but falls in final minute to the Memphis Tigers niner times

Celebrations of life set for USF coach Amir Abdur-Rahim Tampa Tribune

Memphis vs Alabama scouting report for exhibition vs Crimson Tide Memphis Commercial Appeal

Sports Illustrated

• Green Wave Star Running Back Focused on Team Effort Following Career Game
• Forde-Yard Dash: College Football Playoff Hopefuls Starting to Separate

No time to relax: Tulane faces quick turnaround for Thursday game at Charlotte NOLA.com

5 big questions about Big 5 men’s basketball teams this season The Philadelphia Inquirer

AAC Week 9 2024 college football games: live stream and TV channel info For the Win

North Texas football update: UNT-Tulane highlights, AAC standings, stats and more Denton Record Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Homecoming, and then a beatdown: Inside Duke basketball’s dismantling of Arizona State
• Final tuneup: 3 takeaways from UNC basketball’s exhibition win over Johnson C. Smith
• A triumphant day for App State was a reminder to Western NC residents: ‘This is home’
• First look: NC State football looks for second ACC win in first meeting with Stanford
• First look: After its first ACC win at Virginia, UNC football headed to Florida State
• First Look: Duke football plays No. 6 Miami as Manny Diaz returns to face Hurricanes

WRAL

• Hurley’s return to Duke ends in an exhibition blowout loss — but with plenty of love, too
• No. 9 UNC cruises in final exhibition game vs. Johnson C. Smith
• No. 22 SMU beats Duke 28-27 in overtime after Blue Devils fail to convert winning 2-point conversion
• UNC wins first game since Tylee Craft’s passing 41-14 at Virginia

The New York Times

• How the 12-team College Football Playoff will affect the timing of the coaching carousel
• College Football Playoff Bubble Watch: Could ACC tiebreaker leave SMU out in the cold?

Winston Salem Journal

• No. 2 Wake Forest women lose 2-0 to top-ranked Duke at Spry Stadium
• Shakeia Taylor: Big Ten football teams are making the case for College Football Playoff rankings in Week 9
• Miami running back honors father with emotional TD in rivalry game with Florida State
• Wake Forest tames Stanford winning another close road game
• PHOTOS: Appalachian State beats Georgia State, 33-26

Charleston Post & Courier

• Revenue-sharing awaits Clemson, NCAA schools. But will collective bargaining follow?
• No. 1 Gamecocks ready for second and final exhibition
• Clemson’s kickoff time with Louisville announced
• Hamilton: Gamecocks men bucking their own sad history

ACC announces kickoff time, network designation for Hokies’ matchup at Syracuse Roanoke Times

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 Extra Points: Washington State’s season debut in poll at No. 22 point of pride for Pac-12
• Mountain West reprimands Wyoming coach Jay Sawvel for profane remarks about officiating
• CFP Bracket Watch: BYU claims No. 4 seed with top 3 the same; A&M at Texas penciled in for 1st round