Web Roundup for Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016

Pirates, Parmalee and Red Cross Team to Assist Flood Relief Effort…Furlow set to fly…Pirates look to end five game skid versus UConn…Halloween and homecoming a spell for increased police presence…Temple Takes Control Of East Division Race…NCAA rejects UNC’s arguments about bogus classes

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Finishes Tied For Fifth At Cardinal Cup
• Pirates, Parmalee and Red Cross Team to Assist Flood Relief Effort

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Furlow set to fly
• Brody ranks fourth in grads pursuing family medicine
• Halloween and homecoming a spell for increased police presence

Greenville, ECU police step up Halloween weekend safety measures WNCT 9

The East Carolinian

• Pirates look to end five game skid versus UConn
• ECU Soccer says goodbye to fire
• Sullivan leads Women’s Cross Country
• Women’s Tennis set for Coastal Invitational

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• American Stories: Temple Takes Control Of East Division Race
• WATCH: Touchdown Tuesday
• Worth, Pruitt, Boumerhi Earn Weekly Football Honors
• Swimming and Diving: SMU Sweeps Weekly Honors
• UConn’s Nurse Named to 2017 Nancy Lieberman Award Watch List
• Campus Connect: Emmanuel Rotich continues to shine on and off the course for Tulane cross country

AAC Week 8 power rankings: 7 teams in the hunt for conference championship todaysu.com

Injured Navy quarterback Tago Smith denied bid for extra year of eligibility Annapolis Capital

philly.com

• Temple puts two big wins behind it; Cincinnati’s next
• Kern: Owls can top last season’s success

Hartford Courant

• It’s Time For UConn To Start Kicking Down Doors At NCAA, ESPN After Big 12 Fiasco
• After Avoiding Disaster, A Classy Mike Aresco Vows To Make AAC Stronger Than Ever

Death of a Dream thedailystampede.com

There’s no more ConFLiCT between UConn and USF theday.com

Jeff Jacobs: Civil ConFLiCT Proves Diaco Is Imaginative — Off The Field, At Least Hartford Courant

Tampa Bay Times

• Know the Foe: Navy
• Taggart: Flowers will start against Navy

UC QB Gunner Kiel Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF coach challenges special teams unit to never give up on a play Orlando Sentinel

Willie Fritz, Tulane try to reverse recent late-season collapses New Orleans Advocate

Tulane’s issues with muffed punts; running game improvement; other notes New Orleans Times Picayune

Houston Chronicle

• UH’s Tom Herman takes blame for play-calling confusion
• UH football’s weekly stock report

Signature win in hand, can SMU (an underdog again) build on its momentum vs. Tulane? Dallas News

University of Memphis Tigers love Tubby Smith Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• Philip Montgomery on TU’s mindset change: ‘Our guys are expecting to win now’
• TU Notebook: Philip Montgomery and his family raise $30,000 for Walk to End Alzheimer’s
• Bill Haisten: As Dennis Byrd is eulogized, ‘our hearts are broken’

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

NCAA says UNC’s argument ‘without merit’ ESPN (AP)

• NCAA rejects UNC’s arguments about bogus classes
• Duke’s Jayson Tatum being evaluated for possible foot injury
• NC State overlooked in poll but not by NBA scouts

Mountaineers finally healthy heading into fourth league game Winston Salem Journal

At Donald Trump rally, Bobby Bowden introduces ‘our new president’ Washington Post

Hokies’ Motuapuaka left behind partying ways, found faith and hit his stride Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Columbia The State

• Staying with Bentley: Gamecocks rolling with freshman QB
• USC agrees to reduce fees to build $50M football facility