Two Pirates Earn College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Honors….Pirates Face Presbyterian On Wednesday To Conclude Homestand… Pirates to Host Wofford Wednesday Morning…East Carolina targeting Jordan Davis as next offensive coordinator

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

From greatest comeback to greatest exit

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• Two Pirates Earn College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Honors
• Pirates Face Presbyterian On Wednesday To Conclude Homestand
• Pirates to Host Wofford Wednesday Morning

2025 Go Bowling Military Bowl Prediction: Pitt vs East Carolina YAHOO!

Pepsi Spotlight: Ethan Wilson WITN 7

Joe Sloan still haunted by Kentucky football’s Liberty Bowl heist Wildcat Blue Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Conference

• Charlottes Hayes, UTSA’s Robles Earn Weekly Women’s Hoops Honors
• Tulsa’s Riley, South Florida’s Beckford Earn Weekly Honors

Proposed College Football Playoff expansion threatens the Army-Navy Game Baltimore Sun

North Texas QB Drew Mestemaker expected to enter NCAA transfer portal On3

New York Times

• Tulane was once an afterthought. Now it wants to be the model of Group of 5 sustainability
• North Texas QB Drew Mestemaker, nation’s leader in passing, plans to enter transfer portal 

College football’s leading passer enters transfer portal after 4,000-yard season Sports Illustrated

USF Bulls on Cure Bowl quest for elusive 10-victory season Tampa Bay Times

New Memphis football coach arrives in ‘Huff City’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

Navy takes aim at ESPN broadcaster over snub NJ.com

Tulane’s Greg Gasparato: ‘We didn’t come this far just to get a participation trophy’ NOLA.com

Prices going up for football season tickets in high-demand areas of DATCU Stadium Denton Record-Chronicle

How Emmanuel Okorafor’s impact goes beyond the box score for the Shockers Wichita Eagle

The Associated Press

• Tulane’s ‘Bayou Jew,’ Jake Retzlaff, humbled by his CFP spotlight after his difficult BYU departure
• Newly promoted Ole Miss coach Pete Golding seeking stability as CFP opener vs. Tulane looms

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• UNC basketball team connects with pediatric cancer patients through Shoes 4 Hope
• Why Duke, NC State football will play 9 ACC games in 2026, while UNC plays 8
• Henri Veesaar’s 26 points lead UNC past ETSU. What we learned about the Heels
• Duke overcomes slow start to beat Lipscomb. What we learned about Blue Devils

WRAL

• Welter: Covering Bill Belichick this season felt like a movie, now it is one
• New WRAL documentary to explore Belichick’s first season in Chapel Hill
• Boozer scores 26 as No. 3 Duke overcomes Lipscomb for Scheyer’s 100th win
• Veesaar’s career night leads No. 12 North Carolina over ETSU, 77-58
• ACC to change football tiebreaker for 2026, announces which teams will play 9 league games
• Belichick, UNC get pledge from Rolesville 4-star safety Marquis Bryant

Columbia The State

• South Carolina starting offensive lineman to hit transfer portal
• South Carolina AD Jeremiah Donati explains new NIL process, misconceptions
• South Carolina MBB drops rivalry game to Clemson. Three takeaways from the loss
• Injury update on Clemson guard Zac Foster after South Carolina game
• What Lamont Paris said about Eli Ellis’ ankle injury, recovery timeline

Cure Bowl appearance holds extra meaning for ODU players and staff touched by cancer  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Report: Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan returning from personal leave of absence On3

The Associated Press

• Indiana’s Curt Cignetti becomes the first back-to-back winner of AP coach of the year
• Playoff team No. 4 Texas Tech signs coordinators, GM to new contracts through 2028
• Chuck Neinas, a key architect and adviser over decades of college sports, dies at 93
• Brazile scores career-best 26 points to lead No. 14 Arkansas to 108-80 win over Queens
• Flory Bidunga has 18 points and 10 rebounds as No. 17 Kansas beats Towson 73-49
• No. 1 Arizona improves to 10-0, cruises past Abilene Christian 96-62