Pirates Set To Welcome UNCW To Minges On Tuesday Night… First And Second Round NIVC Tickets On Sale Now… McMillian’s pick 6 helps Broncos spoil career nights by Winston, Jeudy and beat Browns 41-32… Shawn Clark fired as Appalachian State football coach; Florida Atlantic hires Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Set To Welcome UNCW To Minges On Tuesday Night
• First And Second Round NIVC Tickets On Sale Now

McMillian’s pick 6 helps Broncos spoil career nights by Winston, Jeudy and beat Browns 41-32 The Associated Press

UNC Wilmington visits Walker and East Carolina YAHOO!

WITN 7

• ECU WR Chase Sowell leaving to pursue transfer portal
• East Carolina Volleyball to host NIVC tournament games again this year

247 Sports

• 10 core players ECU ideally needs to retain this offseason
• Chase Sowell announces he will enter transfer portal
• Where the latest bowl projections have ECU heading this postseason

ECU roundup: Volleyball qualifies for NIVC tournament Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

East Carolina vs. UNC Wilmington Predictions & Picks: Spread, Total – December 3 Washington Daily News

Blue Bombers agree to terms with All-CFL left tackle Stanley Bryant Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• East Carolina Earns Bid To Compete in NIVC
• UTSA’s Jenkins, Tulane’s Sneed Earn Women’s Hoops Weekly Honors
• Memphis’ Hunter, UTSA’s Njie Earn Weekly Honors
• USAA Named Presenting Sponsor Of 2024 American Football Championship Game
• UAB, Temple Wrap Up Weeks with Wins
• Memphis, Charlotte Standouts Take Final Weekly Awards of 2024 Season

Florida Atlantic hires Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley to replace Tom Herman YAHOO!

FAU makes Texas Tech OC Zach Kittley youngest FBS head coach ESPN

Florida Atlantic hires Texas Tech OC Zach Kittley as head coach AOL

Florida Atlantic hires Zach Kittley with ‘innovative offensive mind’ as new head coach CBS 12

Florida Atlantic University announces Zach Kittley as new head football coach WPTV

Zach Kittley finalizing agreement to take over as Florida Atlantic coach, AP source says The Associated Press

Florida Atlantic hires Texas Tech offensive coordinator Zach Kittley to replace Tom Herman Palm Beach Post

Texas Tech OC Zach Kittley named next head coach at Florida Atlantic Dallas Morning News

FAU Replaces Herman with Texas Tech’s Zach Kittley; 33-Year-Old Is Youngest HC in FBS Bleacher Report

New Temple football coach K.C. Keeler quickly improved his previous teams. Can he do it again on North Broad? Philadelphia Inquirer

If K.C. Keeler Can’t Fix Temple Football, then the Program is Doomed Crossing Broad

On day he becomes Temple football coach, Ex-Blue Hen K.C. Keeler may recall this moment delawareonline

Four TU offensive line starters announce intention to transfer Tulsa World

NOLA.com

• Southeastern leads most of the way, hands Tulane men’s hoops fourth straight loss
• The fresher team? Tulane more rested for AAC championship game than Army

Temple looking toward future after another rough season  Temple News

Frustration and hope: How Charlotte 49ers football grades out at end of tumultuous season Charlotte Observer

Sports Illustrated

• AAC Football Power Rankings – Week 15
• Army West Point Black Knights Played in One of Best Games of Rivalry Week
• Navy Midshipmen Projected to Host Bowl Game Against ACC Foe
• Army West Point Projected to Head to Louisiana for Bowl Game
• Tulane’s Head Coach Linked to Another Power 4 Job Opening

Army-Navy football game will not be moved for American Athletic Conference purposes Times Herald-Record

dailymemphian

• Memphis football ranked in AP Top 25 for first time since 2020
• Memphis cracks AP Top 25 poll following strong showing in Maui
• Penny Hardaway told himself to ‘grow up’— and it’s paying off for the Tigers
• Where will the Memphis Tigers play a bowl game?

What we learned: UNT showed heart in win at Temple but still has work to do to be an AAC contender Denton Record Chronicle

AL.com

• UAB quarterback Jacob Zeno set to enter transfer portal
• UAB center Brady Wilson set to enter transfer portal

Why the AAC’s debut in NET rankings hurts basketball teams like Wichita State Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

WRAL

• Appalachian State fires head football coach Shawn Clark after first losing season since 2013
• ACC fines NC State, UNC for postgame fight
• UNC, NC state athletic directors respond to Saturday’s post-game fight
• Kansas holds off Auburn for No. 1 in AP Top 25 as SEC grabs 3 of top 4 spots; UConn slides to No. 25

App State fires Clark after five seasons Watauga Democrat

Winston Salem Journal

• Shawn Clark fired as Appalachian State football coach
• Wake Forest’s Taylor Morin wins prestigious Jim Tatum Award from the ACC
• ACC levies fines against 4 schools after fights at football games
• Tim Cowlishaw: Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire isn’t off base in calling out college football’s modern mess
• Texas’ Steve Sarkisian backs Quinn Ewers, but Arch Manning’s mobility offers a changeup

Raleigh News & Observer

• Consequences decided for brawl after rivalry game. NC State, UNC both issued fines
• Why Duke basketball must be more physical against Auburn, after ‘soft’ game against Seattle
• ACC honors Duke football wide receiver Eli Pancol with the Piccolo Award for courage
• UNC wants to get its football coaching hire right, finally. History suggests it won’t

Columbia The State

• South Carolina in the College Football Playoff? The case for and against the Gamecocks
• Here’s how much Panthers paid for Clemson fan fest … and how many people attended
• Former Clemson quarterback leading a deep playoff run at his new FCS school
• Dabo calls for change after Clemson-USC game ends with ‘dangerous’ on-field scene

ODU basketball holds off William & Mary, 88-83  WAVY

Roanoke Times

• A look at how the Hokies are handling an earlier signing day and the transfer portal
• Here’s what we learned after JMU football lost to Marshall in overtime
• ACC issues fines, reprimands to Virginia Tech, UVa for pregame altercation

A look at possible bowl locales for JMU Daily News-Record

The Associated Press

• When Clemson got in ACC title game, Dabo Swinney got wild FaceTime from coach who made it happen
• College playoff bracket offers last dress rehearsal and one more chance to see where the SEC stands
• Kansas holds off Auburn for No. 1 in AP Top 25 as SEC grabs 3 of top 4 spots; UConn slides to No. 25
• TCU, Duke climb into top 10, Notre Dame drops in women’s AP Top 25; UCLA and UConn remain 1-2
• There’s no rest for the well-traveled in the week’s AP Top 25 schedule filled with marquee matchups