Pirates Shut Out Coastal Carolina, 38-0… Pirates VB Falls In Five Sets To Liberty… Retzlaff Rushes For Four TDs As Tulane Tops Duke, 34-27; No. 5 Miami Takes Top-25 Matchup Against No. 18 South Florida…ODU turns in sizzling first half to dominate Virginia Tech, send Hokies to 0-3

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates crash blackout party at Coastal, 38-0

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Shut Out Coastal Carolina, 38-0
• Pirates VB Falls In Five Sets To Liberty

Houser leads East Carolina to 38-0 win at Coastal Carolina The Associated Press

Blue Jays plan to call up top prospect Yesavage (source) Major League Baseball

ECU WR Anthony Smith reacts to the team’s shutout win at Coastal Carolina CBS Sports

East Carolina shuts out and defeats Coastal Carolina in Conway, 38-0 YAHOO!

ECU Football shuts out Coastal Carolina 38-0 WITN 7

East Carolina defeats Coastal Carolina in week three WBTW

247 Sports

• ECU 38, Coastal Carolina 0: How it looked from the sidelines
• Three stars from ECU’s win at Coastal Carolina
• Anthony Smith shows he’s a complete receiver in win over Coastal Carolina
• FINAL: ECU 38, Coastal 0

ECU football: Defense dominates in 38-0 shutout win at Coastal Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Change in quarterback fails ot spur Coastal Carolina’s offense in loss to ECU MyHorryNews

FPI Predicts BYU vs East Carolina, Updates BYU’s Projected Win Total Sports Illustrated

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• Retzlaff Rushes For Four TDs As Tulane Tops Duke, 34-27
• Florida Atlantic Drops Shula Bowl Matchup To FIU
• UAB Holds Off Akron For Nonconference Win
• Navy Off To 2-0 Start In Conference Play With 42-23 Win At Tulsa
• East Carolina Blanks Coastal Carolina, 38-0
• Rice Churns Out 38-17 Win Against Prairie View A&M
• No. 5 Miami Takes Top-25 Matchup Against No. 18 South Florida
• Charlotte Outlasts Monmouth For 42-35 Win
• Four TDs From McCown Power UTSA Past Incarnate Word, 48-20
• North Texas Crushes Washington State 59-10 To Stand At 3-0
• Temple Falls To No. 13 Oklahoma
• Defense Leads The Way As Memphis Tops Troy, 28-7

Charlotte 49ers football wins in wild comeback over FCS foe Monmouth Charlotte Observer

Tampa Bay Times

• Invited to sit at the big boy table, USF has its chair pulled out
• No. 5 Miami dominates No. 18 USF in wire-to-wire victory
• USF Bulls no match for Miami behemoths in soggy trench battle

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football eases past Troy to remain undefeated before Arkansas game
• How Memphis’ defensive dominance led to an all-time game for Troy’s punter
• Why Memphis football’s running game will be tested against Arkansas
• Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield recaps win over Troy, looks ahead to Arkansas
• Memphis’ Sutton Smith, Drue Watts react to Brady Kluse’s acrobatic TD catch

OU football vs Temple highlights: John Mateer, Sooners’ defense dominate Owls in Week 3 The Oklahoman

NOLA.com

• Record-setter: Jake Retzlaff runs for four TDs as Tulane beats Duke and Darian Mensah
• Photos: Tulane defeats Duke at Yulman Stadium on Saturday night

Denton Record-Chronicle

• UNT flashes dominant defensive form to match offense in win over Washington State
• 5 thoughts on UNT’s win over Washington State: That was among this program’s best outings in recent memory

UTSA finds signs of improvement in bounce-back win against UIW San Antonio Express-News

Tulsa World

• Tulsa’s early momentum fades as Navy navigates deficit in comeback win
• Photos: Tulsa falls at home to Navy

Navy football rallies from early deficit, defeats Tulsa, 42-23  Annapolis Captial

UAB holds off Akron in second win of the season AL.com

The Associated Press

• Houser leads East Carolina to 38-0 win at Coastal Carolina
• Kitna’s throws for 341 yards and 2 TDs, Beebe scores on KO return to help UAB beat Akron 31-28
• Retzlaff sets Tulane QB record with 4 rushing TDs, Green Wave move to 3-0 with 34-27 win over Duke
• Horvath overcomes 3 early turnovers, leads dominant rushing attack in Navy’s 42-23 win over Tulsa
• Chase Jenkins rushes and passes for scores as Rice wins 38-17 over Prairie View A&M

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• AP Top 25 poll shakeup: Will Clemson, Notre Dame drop out after losses?
• Why freshman Demon June’s breakout game against Richmond matters for UNC
• What we learned in UNC football’s win over Richmond, Bill Belichick’s first at home
• What we learned about Duke football in a 34-27 road loss to Tulane

WRAL

• Analysis: Tar Heels follow Belichick script in home win over Richmond. Much bigger challenges ahead
• Tar Heels roll Richmond for Belichick’s first home win
• Duke comeback falls short in Darian Mensah’s return to Tulane, 34-27
• Panthers, Cardinals both looking for improvement heading into Week 2 tilt

Charleston Post & Courier

• Hamilton: Clemson has plenty of problems, but which to tackle first?
• How much of Gamecocks’ offensive struggles against Vanderbilt were due to QB’s injury?
• The Citadel can’t overcome slow start against Gardner-Webb
• Gamecocks lose game, streak and quarterback to Vanderbilt
• Unlucky 13: CSU blows 21-point lead for 13th straight loss
• Clemson faces familiar swirl of negativity after another disappointing start
• Clemson falls to Georgia Tech on walk-off field goal in ACC opener

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU turns in sizzling first half to dominate Virginia Tech, send Hokies to 0-3
• David Teel: Embarrassing loss to ODU should spell end for Hokies’ Brent Pry
• UVA offense sets school record with 700 yards in rout of William & Mary
• Connor Barry throws 4 more TD passes as Christopher Newport improves to 2-0
• NC A&T erases 10-point deficit in last minute, rallies past Hampton in 2 OTs

The Associated Press

• AP Top 25 preview: Clemson, South Carolina and Notre Dame lose in Week 3
• Colton Joseph’s big day carries Old Dominion to 45-26 upset of Virginia Tech
• Tapp’s 3-sack game, Foster’s pick-6 lead Southern Miss to 38-22 win over App State
• Graves, North Carolina A&T bury Hampton 33-30 in 2OT win to end 12-game skid
• No. 16 Texas A&M beats No. 8 Notre Dame 41-40 on late TD strike
• No. 3 LSU intercepts 5 of Florida QB DJ Lagway’s passes in the Tigers’ 20-10 victory
• Backup QB Trinidad Chambliss shines in surprise start as No. 17 Ole Miss outlasts Arkansas 41-35
• Hoover tosses 4 TDs as TCU follows win over Belichick by beating Abilene Christian 41-21
• Vanderbilt knocks out Sellers, upsets No. 11 South Carolina to snap 16-losing streak vs. Gamecocks
• Iowa’s Kirk Ferentz becomes Big Ten’s winningest coach as Hawkeyes beat Massachusetts, 47-7
• Texas QB Manning says ‘I’ve got to play better’ after another ragged outing for the Longhorns
• Josh McCray’s 1-yard TD run in OT gives No. 6 Georgia a 44-41 win at No. 15 Tennessee
• Georgia Tech hits 55-yard FG as time expires to stun No. 12 Clemson 24-21