East Carolina Opens 2025 Season At NC State… ECU Athletics Surpasses Last Year’s Season Ticket Total With 15,205 Sold… Pirates Return Home for In-State Tilt with UNCW Soccer on Thursday…  South Florida Hosts No. 25 Boise State… Duke kick off 2025 football season Thursday, UNC starts Monday

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville Pregame Show

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Opens 2025 Season At NC State
• ECU Athletics Surpasses Last Year’s Season Ticket Total With 15,205 Sold
• Pirates Return Home for In-State Tilt with UNCW Soccer on Thursday

NC State Football opens 2025 Season Against In-State Foe, ECU NC State Athletics

N.C. State, East Carolina resume testy instate rivalry with season-opening matchup The Associated Press

East Carolina-NC State among college football’s best under-the-radar rivalries ESPN

Wolfpack looking to avenge bowl game loss to ECU as teams clash again to open 2025 football season CBS 17

ECU, NC State less than 24 hours from kickoff WCTI 12

NC State still dealing with fallout from bowl loss, fight against ECU WRAL

NC State vs East Carolina – The deciding factors YAHOO!

Sports Illustrated

• ECU’s HC Harrell Gets Real Before NC State Matchup
• What Did Dave Doeren Say Ahead of the ECU Game?
• The Similarities Between Katin Houser and CJ Bailey
• How Will NC State Keep Emotions In Check Against ECU?
• NC State’s Co-Offensive Captain Speaks Before ECU Game

East Carolina Pirates vs NC State Wolfpack Prediction, 8/28/2025 College Football Picks, Best Bets & Odds Doc’s Sports

247 Sports

• ECU vs. NC State: Final Predictions for the Season Opener
• How to Watch: NC State vs. ECU football in Week 1
• 10 burning questions that will soon be answered as ECU’s season kicks off

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU GAMEDAY: Historic rivals to meet for ‘special’ 2025 kickoff
• ECU GAMEDAY: The Numbers Game
• ECU GAMEDAY: Three players to watch

NC State vs East Carolina predictions, picks, odds: Who wins Week 1 college football game? Wilmington Star-News

How much will Alabama football pay East Carolina to replace West Virginia on 2026 schedule? AL.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• Game Preview: East Carolina Visits NC State For Thursday Rematch
• Game Preview: UAB Begins 2025 Season Against Alabama State
• Game Preview: South Florida Hosts No. 25 Boise State

Memphis football’s Sutton Smith, Greg Desrosiers bonded over injuries Memphis Commercial Appeal

How Navy Carved Out its Niche in College Football’s New Era Athlon Sports

Navy football’s tight end room looks completely different. Hopes are high. Capital Gazette

Charlotte 49ers newly anointed starting QB ready for App State: ‘I want to win’ Charlotte Observer

Tulane men, women’s hoops teams release non-conference schedules NOLA.com

Drew Mestemaker enjoying rapid — and unexpected — rise to become UNT’s starting QB Denton Record-Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• How pickleball helped NC State football recruit from Clayton choose Wolfpack
• Bill Belichick makes first UNC radio show appearance. How long did he stay?
• UNC football names starting quarterback for first game under Bill Belichick

WRAL

• NC State & Duke kick off 2025 football season Thursday, UNC starts Monday
• Diaz on season opener vs. Elon: ‘We have to make sure our guys play within the frame work of the defense’
• Bill Belichick announces transfer QB Gio Lopez will start opener vs. TCU

Columbia The State

• ‘I want to be like…’: A Shane Beamer quote that resonates 30 years later
• Shane Beamer shares latest on Travian Robertson’s outlook, return timeline
• Clemson QB Cade Klubnik has strong words after fake report he was in car wreck
• Predicting Clemson football’s 2025 game results, from LSU to South Carolina
• Ranking the priciest tickets to see South Carolina football play in 2025

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• College football preview: A season of firsts begins for Norfolk State under Michael Vick
• College football preview: William & Mary might be much better than low expectations indicate
• David Teel: Wallace Unamba embodies UVA’s quest for winning season in transfer-happy era

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25: Quarterbacks, clashes and storylines to know heading into Week 1
• Deion Sanders calls for paying players who reach the playoff and Saban supports the proposal
• No. 5 Georgia is facing a unique opening game challenge from Marshall team loaded with transfers
• Ohio State opening national title defense against Texas highlights first week of Big Ten season
• Steve Newmark has made the shift from auto racing executive to North Carolina’s AD-in-waiting
• No. 4 Clemson’s tussle with No. 9 LSU, No. 10 Miami’s game versus No. 6 Notre Dame top ACC slate
• Kevin Jennings goes from undefeated ACC debut to 1st time starting season as QB1 for No. 16 SMU
• Curt Cignetti begins 2nd season at No. 20 Indiana by facing an old foe in Old Dominion