Pirates Host Howard for Education Day Wednesday… Felton Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week… ECU finds a new way to win under Blake Harrell, this time through adversity… UNT hoping coordinator switch brings confidence back to struggling defense… Marlins introduce Clayton McCullough as the ideal fit for their rebuilding franchise 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Host Howard for Education Day Wednesday
• Felton Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
• Pirates Unveil 2025 Lacrosse Schedule
• Pirates Announce Signings Of Madison Rizzo and Isabella Taylor-Stokes

Jacksonville State Gamecocks and the East Carolina Pirates square off The Associated Press

ECU football’s Harrell knows he could be coaching …  WNCT 9

Interim HC Blake Harrell speaks on his future with ECU Football WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU finds a new way to win under Blake Harrell, this time through adversity
• What North Texas coach Eric Morris and players said about ECU
• Everything Blake Harrell said at his North Texas week press conference
• Here are the postseason possibilities for bowl-bound East Carolina

Mason column: Pirates turned around season, now look for more Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

North Texas vs. East Carolina Football Prediction & Game Preview – Nov. 23 SF Gate

Marlins introduce Clayton McCullough as the ideal fit for their rebuilding franchise NBC Sports

Who is Linda McMahon? Trump picks ex-WWE boss Vince’s wife as education secretary METRO

From WWE to US Politics: Who is Linda McMahon? The Week

FootballScoop’s Nuclear Winter X footballscoop

Gracie Hunt shows off new look in FaceTime date with ‘him’ Sports Illustrated

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• UAB, Wichita State Start Off Week With Wins
• Rice, South Florida, UTSA Earn Final Volleyball Weekly Honors
• Florida Atlantic’s Rodgers, UTSA’s Jenkins Earn Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors
• East Carolina’s Felton, Florida Atlantic’s Vokietaitis Earn Weekly Honors

UNT hoping coordinator switch brings confidence back to struggling defense Dallas Morning News

UNT hopes coordinator switch brings confidence back to football team’s struggling defense Denton Record Chronicle

The Associated Press

• Florida Atlantic Owls face the Oklahoma State Cowboys
• Tulsa hosts Little Rock following Amadi’s 24-point game
• Tulane takes down Bethune-Cookman 72-57
• Anglin scores 20 off the bench, Rice defeats Louisiana-Lafayette 83-61
• Rosado and Graves put up 12, Charlotte beats Gardner-Webb 60-54
• FAU fires Tom Herman as coach after a 6-16 record in parts of two seasons

Sports Illustrated

• AAC Football Power Rankings – Week 13
• Here is Army West Point Black Knights’ Biggest College Football Playoff Hurdle
• Army West Point Black Knights Surge in College Football Playoff Rankings

How Army’s Football Team Is Undefeated Despite Shunning NIL And Transfer Portal Forbes

USF Bulls resetting rushing benchmarks in Alex Golesh’s offense The Tampa Bay Times

Bill Wagner: Navy loss to Tulane was a massive failure The Baltimore Sun

Army moves up five spots in College Football Playoff rankings but face toughest task ahead Times Herald-Record

The secret behind Temple’s strong start in men’s hoops? A deep bench that puts up points The Philadelphia Inquirer

UAB kicker selected as Lou Groza Award semifinalist CBS 42

Fired College Football Coach Biff Poggi Returns To Practice A Day After Being Let Go brobible

Former Texas football coach Tom Herman fired by FAU after less than 2 seasons, per reports Austin American-Statesman

TU football coaches, administration working on plan to retain 2024 recruiting class Tulsa World

Tulane moves up in college football playoff rankings, still behind Army NOLA.com

Tulane star Makhi Hughes named semifinalist for Doak Walker Award Crescent City Sports

Scoring woes doom Temple in loss to Georgetown  Temple News

Who could be the Charlotte 49ers’ next football coach? Here are six candidates Charlotte Observer

Charlotte 49ers begin search for their fourth head football coach Axios

Charlotte fires coach Biff Poggi, names Tim Brewster interim ESPN

Rice vs. UAB Football Prediction & Game Preview – Nov. 23 Houston Chronicle

UAB kicker selected as Lou Groza Award semifinalist CBS 42

FAU football coaching job profile: Pluses, minuses and candidates to replace Tom Herman The New York Times

FAU interim football coach Chad Lunsford says changes are tough, important for all to step up Palm Beach Post

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State heads to Atlanta for Thursday night football. How to watch, stream game
• How a rare UNC-to-Duke women’s soccer transfer helped elevate the Blue Devils to No. 1
• Duke basketball plays at Arizona this week. What we know, and don’t, about Blue Devils

WRAL

• Nearly 40 players suspended by MEAC after NC Central-Howard brawl
• Tucker’s 24 points leads Campbell past ETSU 58-51
• No. 1 Kansas overcomes sluggish start, beats UNC Wilmington 84-66 to give Bill Self 800th career win
• Geno Auriemma and Chris Dailey on the cusp of an NCAA record for victories at storied UConn
• Wolfpack sprints past Colgate, 72-49
• Kansas remains No. 1 in AP poll; Duke drops out of Top 10 with loss to Kentucky

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest’s ‘funky’ lineups work out pretty well in 82-69 win over Western Carolina
• PHOTOS: Wake Forest defeats Western Carolina, 82-69, in men’s basketball
• ‘I wouldn’t have changed my journey’: UM’s Cam McCormick reflects on college football career
• Michael Cunningham: The outrage was premature: Win out and Georgia is in College Football Playoff
• 3 takeaways from College Football Playoff rankings: SMU, Texas A&M remain on the outs

Charleston Post & Courier

• Bittersweet return as former Citadel basketball star AJ Smith faces old team wearing CofC jersey
• Do Gamecocks have realistic chance of making the CFP?
• Hamilton: Even opposing coaches jump on ‘Superman’ Sellers’ Bandwagon
• Son of Silkk the Shocker and nephew of Master P helps LSU rally past CSU
• Clemson, USC move up in latest CFP rankings
• Clemson will send seniors down the hill on Saturday. Some will be walk-ons who have been cut.
• Recruiting: Gamecocks host recruits at home win vs. Missouri
• Gamecocks exploring TE options with Brady Hunt out for rest of regular season

Roanoke Times

• Gosnell’s toughness on display during breakout season with Hokies
• Virginia Tech women’s basketball beats Rutgers for ‘character win’
• Player payments a ‘fork in the road’ for Virginia Tech athletics, president says
• Hokies’ Gosnell on the season’s final two weeks
• In the region: Jacksonville next for Virginia Tech men’s basketballl
• Tony Elliott: Anthony Colandrea would start for Virginia football ‘if we were to play today’

The Associated Press

• It’s Boise St, not BYU, with a bye in latest College Football Playoff rankings, with Oregon at No. 1
• Kam Jones pays tribute to his high school coach with 3rd triple-double in Marquette history
• Kansas coach Bill Self reaches 800 wins. His big goal this season is a 3rd national title
• Florida State is losing recruits at nearly the same pace that it’s losing games in 2024
• College football Week 13: No. 5 Indiana’s long-awaited big test comes at No. 2 Ohio State
• Kansas is altering the Big 12’s playoff status while finally impacting the top of the standings
• Deion Sanders dismisses speculation about future with No. 16 Colorado, says he’s happy in Boulder
• Martinelli scores 22, Barnhizer adds double-double and Northwestern holds off Montana State 72-69
• No. 1 Kansas overcomes sluggish start, beats UNC Wilmington 84-66 to give Bill Self 800th career win
• Sallis scores 20, Hildreth adds 18 and 6 assists; Wake Forest beats Western Carolina 82-69
• UNC Greensboro visits No. 16 Indiana following Rice’s 23-point game
• Charleston (SC) visits Citadel after Fox’s 25-point performance
• Virginia Cavaliers and the No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers square off
• Radford visits Clemson after Hunter’s 30-point game
• No. 12 Duke to face No. 17 Arizona in must-see game at McKale Center this week