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Web Roundup for Wednesday, Sept 28, 2016

September 28, 2016 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU Claims 2016 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate Team Title…Jones on way to banner season …Demetri McGill out for UCF, week-to-week going forward…
Pirates get physical; ECU vows for better effort against UCF…UCF football to face first real test against AAC foe East Carolina…QB Greg Ward Jr., Undefeated Houston, Pose Huge Test For UConn Thursday Night…T. Boone Pickens prefers Houston and SMU for Big 12 expansion, rips Boren

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Football recruiting: Gifted athlete destined for ECU secondary Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

  • ECU Claims 2016 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate Team Title
  • American Conference Announces Women’s Basketball Broadcast Schedule
  • Ruiz Cruises Into Main Draw At Charleston Pro Event

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • Petterssen paces Pirates
  • Jones on way to banner season
  • ECU listed among top 100 universities in nation

East Carolina Hopes to Crank It Up Offensively This Saturday vs UCF Rivals.com

247 Sports

  • Demetri McGill out for UCF, week-to-week going forward
  • UCF @ ECU: Setting The Stage
  • Making Walker a priority
  • Pirates could make change at kicker

WNCT 9

  • Pirates get physical; ECU vows for better effort against UCF
  • TRACKING THE PIRATES: Jeff Charles talks Virginia Tech game, future of the Pirates

UCF Knights To Open American Athletic Conference Play Saturday Against East Carolina Space Coast Daily

UCF football to face first real test against AAC foe East Carolina Orlando Sentinel

UT planned to cut ties with AD Dave Hart before retirement WBIR

2018 ATH Ra’Quan Simmons talks Duke, East Carolina interest todaysu.com

Pleskoff Scouting Report: Jharel Cotton todaysknuckleball.com

UCF at East Carolina Free College Football Picks & Odds Doc’s Sports Service

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • Football Heads Into Week 5 as Olympic Sports are in Full Swing: Watch The Rise
  • WATCH: Touchdown Tuesday
  • American Athletic Conference Announces Expanded Women’s Basketball Broadcast Schedule

QB Greg Ward Jr., Undefeated Houston, Pose Huge Test For UConn Thursday Night Hartford Courant

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF coordinator Troy Walters praises offense, sees room to improve
  • UCF football moving Texas game to 2023

Gonzales, Thomas continue inside linebacker tradition at Navy Annapolis Capital

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • UC WR Tshumbi Johnson on playing his brother on USF
  • UC’s Tuberville admires USF quarterback

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • How last year’s Tigers-Rebels game shapes Saturday’s
  • Grand theft football: Tigers among best in turnover margin
  • Talking Memphis-Ole Miss with Tom, Geoff, Phil and a guest reporter

Tampa Bay Times

  • USF’s Flowers a new dad, Woulard an ex-Bull
  • Taggart: Defensive energy must return

New Orleans Times Picayune

  • Tulane’s ‘top flight’ cornerbacks; young receivers getting opportunities; more notes
  • Tulane coach Willie Fritz names QB Glen Cuiellette starter vs. UMass

Coach Willie Fritz warns Green Wave not to get complacent after emotional win New Orleans Advocate

TU Sports: Keevan Lucas added to Biletnikoff watch list Tulsa World

Another Temple-SMU shootout not likely Philly.com

SMU missing a finishing touch; can Mustangs put two halves together in conference opener? Dallas Morning News

T. Boone Pickens prefers Houston and SMU for Big 12 expansion, rips Boren, still not besties with Gundy College Football Talk – NBC Sports

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • UNC-Chapel Hill football player denies sexual assault
  • UNC seeks end to uncommon run of safeties
  • Duke’s Cutcliffe had to learn to let go

Fayetteville Observer

  • UNC player accused of sexual battery says he’s not a rapist
  • Wake Forest savoring spot at top of ACC’s Atlantic Division, for now
  • Sammy Batten: In-state receivers back off commitments to UNC, N.C. State

Charlotte 49ers feeling ‘sense of urgency’ with Saturday’s C-USA opener against ODU Charlotte Observer

Carolina Panthers’ Tre Boston to meet with ODU team about ‘circle of unity’  Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Charleston Post and Courier

  • Clemson defense has cut down big plays, but Louisville presents daunting challenge
  • Gamecocks’ offensive woes stem from ‘shooting ourselves in the foot’

USC’s Under Armour deal one of most lucrative in country Columbia The State

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Houston’s Watt re-injures back, could miss entire season
  • Williams writes she ‘won’t be silent’ about police killings
  • LEADING OFF: Ortiz, Red Sox try again to clinch in New York
  • Nationals catcher Ramos out for playoffs with torn ACL
  • Motivation doesn’t always come on the course in Ryder Cup
  • England coach Allardyce forced out in disgrace after 1 game

Big 12 expansion is still muddled, but Oklahoma’s trend to status quo could render process an exercise in futility Sports Illustrated

Is push for Big 12 expansion dead? USA Today

ESPN.com

  • Oklahoma president David Boren still undecided on Big 12 expansion
  • Sources: Texans’ Watt (back) to be put on IR
  • Miami OF declined invite to join Fernandez on boat
  • Mets stay atop wild-card race with big win against Marlins
  • Curry indicates he plans to re-sign with Warriors
  • Ronda Rousey wants superfight with ‘Cyborg’

CBS Sports

  • NFL Power Rankings: Concern in Carolina
  • Arians tells Cards long snapper to ‘grow up,’ then cuts him
  • Alabama realtor cashes in on Miles firing with cold-blooded billboard
  • College Football Bottom 25 rankings: Chaos reigns as teams rise and fall
  • Fan drops engagement ring while proposing at Yankee Stadium

Charlotte Observer

  • Panthers share blame for Vikings’ hit parade on QB Cam Newton, including Newton himself
  • Carolina Panthers re-sign defensive tackle Kyle Love, add safety Michael Griffin
  • Michael Kidd-Gilchrist the Hornets’ ‘free agent’ who never left, now ‘healthy, ready to go’
  • Once an imposing All-Star, center Roy Hibbert seeks to rebuild career with Charlotte Hornets
  • Nagging injuries limiting practice time for Hornets’ Kemba Walker, Cody Zeller

Washington Post

  • The Redskins’ sad history of being heavy favorites
  • The Other College Football Top 25: Three really big games and one really big coaching vacancy
  • Nationals prepare to enter NLDS without Ramos, Strasburg
  • Scott Brooks wastes no time stressing defense as Wizards open training camp

Ward sharp as Canes top Lightning Raleigh News and Observer

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