Alderete Hits 1,000 Career Digs in Sweeping Match Against Hampton… Pirates Post First Win of the Season in Pirate Invitational…Memphis Rallies Past UNLV 27-21 in Season Opener…UNC pulls an upset in Ireland; Virginia routs the Wolfpack

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Alderete Hits 1,000 Career Digs in Sweeping Match Against Hampton
• Pirates Post First Win of the Season in Pirate Invitational
• ECU Athletics Announces 2026 Football Game Day Fan Information and Game Day Experiences
• Seven Pirates Earn Spots On The American Bowl 1000 Watch List
• Inside Pirate Athletics Returns on Monday, August 31 at Noon

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Artists’ homecoming: Alumni exhibition celebrates decades of ECU School of Art and Design
• ECU targeting $8.5 million in budget cuts this year

Katin Houser Placed Surprisingly Low in Preseason Big Ten QB Rankings YAHOO!

Watch: Texans’ Zay Jones makes it a game against the Panthers with late TD Texans Wire

Brett Rypien finds Zay Jones in back of end zone for 6-yard TD NFL

Around the American Athletic Conference

Memphis Rallies Past UNLV 27-21 in Season Opener American Conference

Stokes’ 2 TDs, Memphis’ defensive line leads Tigers past UNLV 27-21 The Associated Press

Memphis Commercial Appeal

•  Memphis comes back to beat UNLV for season-opening statement win
•  How Memphis football’s defensive line spurred Tigers to win over UNLV
•  What Charles Huff said after Memphis football’s comeback win over UNLV
•  The winding road to the $226.5 million Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovations

Tulane offense preview: does Green Wave have enough answers to sustain championship sucess? NOLA.com

How Jeremiah Bailey earned a single-digit jersey as a newcomer at UTSA San Antonio Express-News

TU team preview: Tulsa enters a pivotal 2026 season with bowl eligibility squarely in sight Tulsa World

NCAA finalizes changes to 2027 football schedule, shortens transfer portal window AL.com

Why Oklahoma State is Going Through ‘Mock Gameday’ a Week Before Tulsa Sports Illustrated

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Live updates: Tracking every Carolina Panthers roster move before cut deadline
• No joke: UNC pulls an upset in Ireland, and Bill Belichick suddenly looks better
• UNC defeats TCU in Dublin, Ireland
• UNC football holds off mistake-prone TCU. Key observations from a Tar Heels win
• UNC football optimism flows — along with the beer — as Tar Heels take Dublin
• NC State football opens the season with big loss at Virginia. See photos from Week 0 game
• Virginia routs the Wolfpack. Observations from NC State’s dud of a season opener
• NC State’s Doeren on loss to UVA: ‘I own that’

WRAL

• North Carolina opens Bill Belichick’s second season with 15-10 win over TCU in Ireland
• Virginia runs over NC State 34-8 to start season

Columbia The State

• South Carolina football shifts future schedule again, will start 2027 season earlier
• Save the dates: South Carolina WBB’s full 2026-27 schedule is finally set
• Predicting Clemson football’s 2026 game results, from LSU to South Carolina
• Maurice Brown left West Point to walk on at South Carolina. That decision paid off

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• David Teel: UVA punishes NC State in opener that builds on 2025
• Norfolk State football makes emphatic Year 2 statement, routs Winston-Salem State in opener
• UNC upends TCU in Dublin to start Belichick’s second year
• Jacob Derrick, Kyle Nester zoom to Limited Late Model triumphs at Langley Speedway
• Hampton U gives first-year coach Van Malone lopsided win in his debut

The Associated Press

• College sports kicks off its season under the long shadow of court fights over eligibility
• Beau Pribula dazzles in Virginia debut as Cavaliers overwhelm NC State 34-8 in season, ACC opener
• North Carolina opens Bill Belichick’s second season with 15-10 win over TCU in Ireland
• Jayden Maiava, new playmakers lead No. 14 USC to 42-26 win over San Jose State in season opener
• Ashton Daniels has TD pass, TD run in Florida State’s 34-17 win over New Mexico State
• Noah Kim’s 3 touchdowns lead Eastern Michigan to 28-17 win over Sacramento State
• Roy throws 3 TDs, helps Illinois State set stadium record with 76-0 win over NAIA opponent
• Watson throws 3 TDs, Shaw rushes for 3 TDs as South Carolina State dismantles Savannah State 87-0
• North Dakota State opens its FBS era with a 33-7 win over Jacksonville State