ECU silences doubters, Beat Pitt 23-17 for 2nd straight Military Bowl victory…Pirates Kick Off WBB League Play Hosting UAB on Tuesday…ECU wide receivers coach Dyrell Roberts taking Wake Forest job… Panthers could have wrapped up the NFC South title. Now they likely need a win in Week 18

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirates Kick Off WBB League Play Hosting UAB on Tuesday ecupirates.com

ECU silences doubters, Beat Pitt 23-17 for 2nd straight Military Bowl victory WCTI 12

UAB Blazers take on the East Carolina Pirates, aim for 4th straight win The Associated Press

East Carolina stuns Pitt 23-17 to become back-to-back Military Bowl champs SB Nation

ECU survives misfortune in knocking off Pitt Altoona Mirror

Military Bowl attendance hits record low as college football landscape shifts The Business Journals (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Tigers faced with unfamiliar, undesirable task as American play begins
• Can Memphis start strong in league play vs. North Texas? Our prediction

Temple rides a four-game winning streak into American Conference opener at Charlotte Philadelphia Inquirer

Grading the Green Wave: Position-by-position analysis of Tulane’s championship season NOLA.com

Brett Vito: A magical season for UNT worth celebrating for faithful who endured the tough times Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA leans on resilience, capping turbulent year with blowout bowl win San Antonio Express-News

Navy football relying on analytics much more under coach Brian Newberry  Annapolis Capital

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Top basketball recruit CJ Rosser makes impact at John Wall tourney after UNC visit
• Hurricanes end three-game winless streak with 5-2 win over Red Wings

WRAL

• Panthers botch chance to clinch NFC South against Seahawks
• Philip Rivers is happy he got 3 ‘bonus games’ even if he’s made his last start for the Colts
• Duke women beat Syracuse 71-51 in ACC road win
• Gostisbehere, Svechnikov post 3-point games as Hurricanes beat Red Wings 5-2, end 3-game skid

Columbia The State

• ‘I know what he’s about.’ How new USC RB coach’s hire was years in the making
• Huge offseason looms for Clemson, Dabo after bowl loss. Here’s what must change
• What Dabo Swinney said about Clemson’s bowl game loss, possibility of staff changes
• No. 3 Gamecocks win big over Providence. Ta’Niya Latson injured

The Associated Press

• Kyle Whittingham confident his style will be a familiar fit as Michigan’s football coach
• Zabien Brown has a ‘clutch gene’ that has become part of Alabama’s DNA heading into the Rose Bowl
• Defending champ Ohio State in 3rd Cotton Bowl in a row, Miami back in Texas where it won CFP debut
• Tessa Johnson and Madina Okot score 18 points each as No. 3 South Carolina beats Providence 96-55
• Weigman throws 4 touchdown passes as Houston beats LSU 38-35 in Texas Bowl
• No. 20 Virginia notches first 11-win season by beating 25th-ranked Missouri in the Gator Bowl