Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Peach tops bowl list for Pirates

ecupirates.com

• Joseph Named General Manager For ECU Football
• Pirates Fall At Home To Gardner-Webb, 84-79
• West Named Director Of Football Operations
• Joyner Leads Pirates Past UNCW, 71-56

First look: NC State football faces East Carolina at the Military Bowl in Annapolis Raleigh News & Observer

247 Sports

• ECU’s 2025 staff coming together after a series of big hires for Blake Harrell
• Transfer portal offensive lineman Cooper Trnavsky commits to ECU
• ECU picks up JUCO OL commitment
• Johnny Williams named Shrine Bowl MVP as ECU signees show out in Carolinas all-star game

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU football: Pirates name Joseph to fill role of GM
• ECU basketball: Joyner, Pirate women ground Seahawks

From Dark Horse to Pirate Sampson Independent

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• South Florida Women’s Basketball Takes No. 9/10 Duke, 65-56
• UAB, Tulane, Tulsa Take Home Friday Wins

Army Black Knights Predicted to Beat Louisiana Tech in Independence Bowl

Tulsa transfer WR Joseph Williams flips from Utah to Colorado

Tulane Green Wave Land Productive Transfer Cornerback Isaiah Wadsworth

Tulane signs former Illinois QB Donovan Leary Crescent City Sports

Charlotte freshman quarterback Deshawn Purdie reportedly transfers to Florida USA Today

North Texas caps busy week with win over Houston Christian, its third win in five days Dallas Morning News

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• No sweat: Three takeaways from NC State’s big win over Rider to close non-conference play
• NC State signee Will Wilson named South Carolina’s Mr. Football for 2024
• Icing on the cake: Three takeaways as No. 5 Duke basketball rolled past Georgia Tech
• Comeback complete: Three takeaways from UNC basketball’s win over No. 18 UCLA at MSG

WRAL

• Report: Steve Belichick expected to join Carolina’s staff as defensive coordinator
• Welter: UNC’s win over UCLA felt like March Madness, I’ll save my Hubert Davis judgment for when we get there
• Jayden Taylor scores 16 to lead N.C. State to 89-63 victory over Rider
• RJ Davis rallies North Carolina past No. 18 UCLA 76-74 in CBS Sports Classic
• Knueppel scores 18 points as No. 5 Duke romps to 82-56 win over Georgia Tech

ACC college football bowl games 2024: live stream and TV channel info For The Win

Previews and predictions for the ACC’s 10 remaining bowl games Saturday Down South

Transfer portal takeaways: How Bill Belichick, UNC are faring, where top players are landing The New York Times

Winston Salem Journal

• Winston-Salem State’s Sharon Holloway Tanner heading to CIAA Hall of Fame
• Paul Sullivan: The 1st round of the College Football Playoff was a snoozefest. Will we get better games in the quarterfinals?
• Kevin Sherrington: While SMU’s billionaire bus ride is over, Texas’ CFP journey could just be beginning
• Faith in Kevin Jennings’ SMU future strong as ever despite lackluster CFP performance
• Too many turnovers doom Wake Forest in loss to 25th-ranked Clemson

Columbia The State

• 30 years ago, South Carolina won its first bowl game and killed the Chicken Curse
• Clemson ‘not good enough’ in season-ending CFP loss. What’s next for Tigers program?
• Will Clemson football make staff changes after Texas loss? Here’s what Dabo said
• What Dabo Swinney said after Clemson football’s 2024 CFP loss at Texas
• Exit in Texas: Clemson season ends in College Football Playoff loss to Longhorns

Charleston Post & Courier

• Recruiting: Clemson, USC find success in transfer portal
• College of Charleston shows plenty of resolve in loss to Oregon State in Hawaii
• Georgia pulls away from Charleston Southern late
• Gamecocks plow Radford after sleepy first half
• Clemson’s defense needs fixing but the offense intrigues. Here are takeaways from a CFP loss.

The Associated Press

• College playoffs looks for good matchups after snoozy first round of blowouts
• Charlie Woods, Tiger’s son, has hole-in-one during PNC Championship
• Boise State’s Jeanty is the best back in the nation. Penn State’s duo could be right behind him
• After beating Tennessee, Ohio State will finally get its rematch with Oregon
• Texas’ goal-line wall will be tested by Arizona State’s wrecking ball running back Scattebo
• Dylan Sampson’s hamstring injury leaves Tennessee’s offense struggling in CFP loss to Ohio State
• Howard throws 2 TD passes to Smith to help Ohio State rout Tennessee 42-17 in CFP
• Klubnik not enough to carry Clemson over Texas in homecoming playoff loss
• SMU’s Lashlee hopes Mustangs’ mistake-filled performance won’t affect future playoff consideration
•  Jeremiyah Love overcomes injury and illness to propel Notre Dame into 1st Sugar Bowl since 2007
• Mellott leads Montana State over South Dakota 31-17 to reach FCS championship game
• Chambliss accounts for 5 TDs, Ferris blows past Valdosta 49-14 for D-II championship