Web Roundup for Friday, Sept 16, 2016

ECU Travels To South Carolina For Weekend Tilt…ECU distancing from Wolfpack win …Adams helps prepare for Gamecocks…Freedom’s Williams verbally commits to ECU for basketball…Houston Pulls Away From Cincinnati, 40-16

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: Pirates handle the heat Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Travels To South Carolina For Weekend Tilt
• Cross Country Readies For Adidas Challenge In Cary
• Pirate Tennis Hosts ECU Fall Shootout This Weekend
• Gameday: East Carolina Volleyball Closes Nonconference Slate At Georgia State
• Women’s Basketball Hosts Meals With Macy October 4
• Jake Pierce Elected To The American SAAC

ECU distancing from Wolfpack win  Greenville Daily Reflector

Adams helps prepare for Gamecocks Washington Daily News

Football: Turner emerges in Gamecocks’ backfield New Bern Sun Journal

Gameday Guide: USC-ECU TV info, depth chart, clear bag policy, more Columbia The State

Freedom’s Williams verbally commits to ECU for basketball Morganton News Herald

• Columbia homecoming arrives for Deke Adams
• Ten Gamecocks to Watch vs. ECU
• Ten Pirates to watch vs. South Carolina
• SEC Network broadcast crew for USC vs. ECU
• Locked on the Gamecocks Podcast, Episode 12
• Examining Virginia Tech’s Chances against their 2016 Schedule

ECU Launches Fireworks Ahead of this Saturday Night’s Game in Columbia Rivals.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Houston Pulls Away From Cincinnati, 40-16
• Houston’s Tyler McCloskey
• Hype Video: No. 6 Houston vs Cincinnati

Houston Chronicle

• No. 6 UH shrugs off early mishaps, blows out Cincinnati
• Boundless against Cincinnati, UH’s Greg Ward expected to be limited in practice

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Houston rallies past UC, runs away with 40-16 win
• Bearcats fall to No.6 Houston
• Big 12 implications of UC-Houston? Who Knows?

Ward’s TDs rally No. 6 Houston to 40-16 win over Cincinnati Associated Press

Huge 4th quarter run helps Houston beat Cincinnati to open AAC play College Football Talk – NBC Sports

Houston survives sloppiness, Cincinnati to keep playoff hopes alive ESPN.com

College Football News

• Houston 40, Cincinnati 16: 5 Things That Matter
• Navy vs. Tulane Game Preview & Fearless Prediction    
• Virginia vs. Connecticut Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• Maryland vs. UCF Game Preview & Fearless Prediction    
• Kansas vs. Memphis Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• Penn State vs. Temple Game Preview & Fearless Prediction    
• USF vs. Syracuse Game Preview & Fearless Prediction

Tampa Bay Times

• Houston pulls away in fourth quarter, routs Cincinnati
• Syracuse game marked turning point for USF, Quinton Flowers

Annapolis Capital

• Navy’s Worth makes grade in first QB start
• Week 2 AAC football power rankings: Navy stays at No. 3 after gutsy goal-line stand

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF coaches, players eye adding a men’s track team
• Scott Frost said UCF QB Justin Holman looks ‘pretty good’

Hartford Courant

• Ward, Defense Lift No. 6 Houston Past Cincinnati
• UConn Football Insider: Poindexter Was Entrenched In Virginia, But He Couldn’t Pass Up Diaco

Tulane’s defense looks to disrupt powerful Navy running game New Orleans Advocate

Top 5 Navy players to watch vs. Tulane New Orleans Times Picayune

Rhule keeps focus on this Penn State game Philly.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Will the Memphis running game get on track vs. Kansas?
• Depth a strength for Memphis’ defensive line

Dallas Morning News

• When the Big 12 should announce expansion picks; if conference doesn’t add schools it’ll be a PR mess 
• Are there any schools that can knock off front runners Houston, Cincinnati in Big 12 expansion?
• SMU’s Chad Morris gives free rides to class, encourages students to attend home opener

TU Sports: QB Dane Evans selected to Allstate AFCA Good Works Team Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• USC’s Jacob August the ‘brains of our operation’ at tight end
• South Carolina home games double as showcase for recruiting
• Former USC football players get edge in business but must perform
• USC completes sign restoration at Williams-Brice Stadium
• Gameday Guide: Clemson vs. SC State TV details, key players, more
• Deon Cain back with Clemson as a better person

Pity the Heels and Dookies, who have lost home NCAA tourney games  Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC could face more challenging postseason path because of HB2
• With ACC football schedule vote imminent, one option better for all
• McCrory blames politics for HB2 fallout that cost the state big NCAA and ACC games
• Wolfpack brings the noise meter to Reynolds museum

Tre Boston pays CFB-bet debt to Thomas Davis in Georgia attire NFL.com

ACC football this week  Fayetteville Observer

Hurricanes visit the snug home of Appalachian State — the giant-slayers Miami Herald

Why Power Five Miami is playing at Appalachian State USA Today

Excitement in Boone and on ASU campus about Miami match-up WBTV 3

Clemson hasn’t stumbled vs. FCS foes, who benefit financially for their troubles  Charleston Post and Courier

For Dave Doeren, we present a guide to the appropriate use of apology doughnuts SB Nation

College Football News

• NC State vs. Old Dominion Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• North Carolina vs. James Madison Game Preview & Fearless Prediction
• ACC Week 3 Game Previews & Picks