Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Coaching shuffle affects American recruiting

ecupirates.com

• East Carolina Student-Athletes Earn Degrees
• Davis Named East Carolina Offensive Coordinator

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Dippre, JMU face Oregon in CFP; Montgomery leads ECU in bowl game Times Tribune

Armstrong to Cleveland, per reports SB Nation

Around the American Athletic Conference

N.C. State gears up for Gasparilla Bowl clash against Memphis as 4.5-point favorites WCTI 12

Sporting News

• UTSA’s head coach shines light on key college football issue
• Where is Tulane University? Location, city and more to know about Green Wave football team 

USF loses Cure Bowl to Old Dominion in battle of backup quarterbacks Tampa Bay Times

Memphis vs. NC State Gasparilla Bowl channel, time, TV schedule, streaming Memphis Commercial Appeal

What do Navy captains Robinson, Horvath think of Cincinnati Bearcats? USA Today

NOLA.com

• History awaits Jake Retzlaff as he tries to punctuate ‘impactful’ season at Tulane
• A ‘green wave’ is rolling toward Oxford this weekend for the College Football Playoffs

Denton Record-Chronicle

• UNT adds Notre Dame assistant Jevaughn Codlin as Neal Brown’s staff takes shape
• Oral Roberts rallies to stun UNT in one of the women’s final tune-ups for conference play

USC pulls away after tight first half, routing UTSA San Antonio Express-News

Proposed College Football Playoff expansion threatens the Army-Navy Game  Annapolis Capital

College Football Playoff’s Cinderella narrative already beyond tired New York Post

Tulane at Ole Miss: College Football Playoff players to watch, key to game YAHOO!

The Associated Press

• No. 6 seed Ole Miss hosts 11th-seeded Tulane for a second time this season in the CFP’s first round 
• Labaron Philon, Aden Holloway power No. 16 Alabama past South Florida 104-93

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• How Duke made an ailing teenager’s basketball dream come true
• NC State women are 2-0 in ACC play. Why they’re finding their stride
• Duke football missing three players in practices for Dec. 31 Sun Bowl game
• NC State backfield to lose major contributor. Who’s hitting the transfer portal

WRAL

• NC State seeks first bowl win since 2017, plays Friday against Memphis in Gasparilla Bowl
• NC State coach, players talk about the upcoming Gasparilla Bowl
• ‘It’s our hire’: Inside North Carolina’s hiring of football coach Bill Belichick
• Panthers look to end losing streak to Mayfield, Bucs on Sunday
• Former NASCAR driver, family among dead in business jet crash at Iredell County airport

How a small school in the Virginia mountains slowly became college football’s most unlikely national title contender CNN

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks’ Oscar Adaway files criminal complaint after Texas trooper incident
• Joyce Edwards leads No. 3 South Carolina WBB to win over USF. Three takeaways
• South Carolina freshman wide receiver hitting transfer portal, report says
• Former USC coach Will Muschamp takes defensive coordinator job at new SEC school

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: Daughter and father reunite on opposing sides for 1st time as UVA faces Maryland
• Hampton University, William & Mary register men’s basketball victories
• Bob Molinaro: Resilience means ODU can exit football season with excellent memories

The Associated Press

• No. 1 Indiana gives offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan a 3-year contract extension, AP source says
• Records show Ohio University football coach was fired for multiple violations of his contract
• Texas hires ex-Florida and South Carolina coach Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator
• No. 25 Georgia shows off its high-scoring offense again in 112-82 win over Western Carolina
• Braden Huff scores a career-high 37 points as No. 7 Gonzaga beats Campbell 98-70
• Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb says he plans to ‘take a break’ from his radio show