ECU Football falls short 34-13 to BYU in front of a packed crowd … North Texas Improves To 4-0 With Overtime Win At Army… Tulane Unable To Keep Pace With No. 13 Ole Miss… Memphis football overcomes double-digit deficit, beats Arkansas

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Picks help BYU pull away from Pirates

ecupirates.com

• ECU Falls At Home To BYU, 34-13
• Pirates Drop Five-Setter To Kansas State

Johnson’s goal-line INT, pick-6 highlight BYU’s 34-13 win at East Carolina for 3-0 start The Associated Press

247 Sports

• FINAL: BYU 34, ECU 13
• Immediate Reactions from ECU’s 34-13 loss to BYU
• BYU 34, ECU 13: How it looked from the sidelines
• Where it all went wrong in ECU’s crushing end-of-first-half blunders in loss to BYU
• Everything Blake Harrell said after ECU’s 34-13 loss to BYU

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• ECU football: BYU stifles Pirates, 34-13
• ECU football: PIrates’ gold-out becomes flag-flying disappointment

Deseret News

• 3 takeaways from BYU’s win over East Carolina
• Analysis: Freshman QB Bear Bachmeier, BYU’s defense pass first big test in road rout of East Carolina

BYU’s Bear Bachmeier passes his first road test, leading the Cougars past East Carolina The Salt Lake Tribune

BYU Gets Complete Performance in Convincing Win Over ECU SB Nation

Sports Illustrated

• BYU Coach Hints at ECU Sign Stealing in Previous Matchup
• Top Performers From BYU’s Win Over East Carolina

BYU shuts down East Carolina; enters Big 12 play with 3-0 record The Daily Universe

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• Henry Takes UTSA To 17-16 Win At Colorado State
• East Carolina Held In Check By BYU, 34-13
• Georgia Tech Pulls Away From Temple In Second Half
• Tulane Unable To Keep Pace With No. 13 Ole Miss
• North Texas Improves To 4-0 With Overtime Win At Army
• UAB Falls At No. 15 Tennessee
• Memphis Rallies For 32-31 Win Against Arkansas, Extends Nation’s Longest Winning Streak
• South Florida Cruises Past South Carolina State, 63-14

USF ends non-league play 3-1. Who had that on their Bulls bingo card?  Tampa Bay Times

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Memphis football overcomes double-digit deficit, beats Arkansas
• Memphis’ Ryan Silverfield after beating Arkansas: ‘We don’t back down around here’
• Fans celebrate with Memphis football after Tigers upsets Arkansas
• How Memphis backup QB Arrington Maiden made arguably biggest play vs Arkansas

Tough start dooms Owls against No. 18 Georgia Tech  Temple News

NOLA.com

• Nothing going: Tulane routed by Ole Miss in game that went from bad to worse
• Injury absence of starting left tackle Derrick Graham hurts Tulane vs. Ole Miss
• Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, Ole Miss at top of their game in rout of Tulane

Denton Record-Chronicle

• North Texas pulls out thrilling win over Army in overtime to open American Conference play
• Five thoughts, notes on UNT’s win over Army: That was a terrific outcome for the Mean Green

San Antonio Express-News

• UTSA leans on defense to survive frantic finish at Colorado State
• 3 takeaways as UTSA outlasts Colorado State

Times Record-Herald

•  Army football: Black Knights rally but bow in overtime to North Texas
•  Army football: Turnovers leave Black Knights in early hole

UAB coach Trent Dilfer explains why he was on his phone before Tennessee game Saturday Down South

UTSA leans on defense to survive frantic finish at Colorado State YAHOO!

The Associated Press

• McCown throws 74-yard TD pass to Henry Jr.; UTSA stops 2-point try and beats Colorado State 17-16
• No. 18 Georgia Tech beats Temple 45-24, improves to 4-0
• Sutton Smith’s long run, a late fumble recovery by Memphis leads Tigers to 32-31 win over Arkansas

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Mistakes plague NC State at Duke; Doeren explains plan on 4th down interception
• After another lopsided loss, Bill Belichick offers few answers for UNC football
• Why two long runs and staying in the fight mattered to Duke football
• Down and out, Duke rediscovers what makes it Duke, and leaves NC State behind
• What we learned from UNC football’s 34-9 loss to UCF in Orlando

WRAL

• Duke hands mistake-prone NC State its first loss of the season
• Gio Lopez injured as UCF powers past North Carolina, 34-9
• Young, Panthers look to match offensive output of previous meeting with Falcons in home opener
• Carolina Hurricanes are considering signing Michael McLeod, who was acquitted of sexual assault

Charleston Post & Courier

• Clemson falls to Syracuse at home as horrible start to Tigers’ season hits new low
• Swinney feels ‘everyone’s pain’ after Clemson falls to 1-3. ‘I’ve invested my life here’
• Gamecocks’ offense was good enough to win. Then the penalties and defense happened
• Another slow start from The Citadel offense; another shutout loss at home
• Charleston Southern losing streak reaches 14 games

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• UVA dominates Stanford, awaits No. 7 Florida State for big Friday night clash
• David Teel: Chandler Morris, offense show potential in UVA’s early surge
• Liberty QB Ethan Vasko, from Oscar Smith, injured as James Madison douses Flames

The Associated Press

• No. 4 Miami’s defense holds Florida to 141 yards, Hurricanes ease past Gators 26-7 to move to 4-0
• No. 11 Oklahoma’s record 10 sacks and Mateer’s late TD sink No. 22 Auburn and ex-Sooner QB Arnold
• SEC Officiating acknowledges critical blunder in Oklahoma’s win over Auburn
• Jayden Maiava connects with Makai Lemon to propel No. 25 USC past Michigan State 45-31
• Kaidon Salter back as starting QB, throws 3 TD passes to help Colorado hold off Wyoming 37-20
• Florida Gators off to their worst start to a season since 1986 after loss at Miami
• No. 20 Vanderbilt scores its most points in 107 years with 70-21 win over Georgia State
• McNamara, Floyd help East Tennessee State beat Elon 26-16
• Marshall scores 21 points in the fourth quarter for a 42-28 win over Middle Tennessee
• Arch Manning looks sharp with 3 TD passes and No. 8 Texas routs Sam Houston before start of SEC play
• Demond Williams Jr. leads Washington over Washington State 59-24 in Apple Cup
• No. 19 Indiana takes control quickly and overwhelms No. 9 Illinois in 63-10 victory
• Oklahoma sacks ex-Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold a record 10 times in 24-17 win over Auburn
• Virginia offense keeps rolling, beats Stanford 48-20
• AP Top 25 Preview: Texas Tech and Indiana set to rise in poll after upset wins
• Hudson’s 2 passing touchdowns lead rally in Coastal Carolina’s 38-20 win over South Alabama
• Dylan Riley scores 5 touchdowns and Boise State races to 49-37 win over Air Force.
• No. 23 Missouri’s ground game, stout defense secure 29-20 win over South Carolina
• Sixkiller’s 5 touchdowns, King’s 4 touchdowns lead Campbell to 50-48 double overtime win over Bryant
• Cleland passes for 3 TDs, Adams rushes for 2 and Davidson shuts out Greensboro College 48-0
• Jalon Daniels throws 3 TD passes, Kansas beats West Virginia 41-10 in Big 12 opener
• Chris Mosley’s 5 touchdowns propel North Carolina Central over North Carolina A&T 62-20
• Mensah, Castle lead Duke to comeback past N.C. State, 45-33
• Dykes and TCU can do what they want with Iron Skillet since no more games planned vs. SMU
• Jackson, UCF power past North Carolina, 34-9
• No. 21 Michigan uses 3 long TD runs to beat Nebraska 30-27, extend Huskers’ skid against Top 25 foes
• Barnett scores 3 TDs as James Madison rolls past Liberty 31-13
• Bangura, Brune rush for 3 TDs each and Ohio takes control in 52-35 win over FCS Gardner-Webb