Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016

Mustangs set to visit Minges….ACC graduate transfer Andre Washington finds new basketball life at East Carolina…ECU’s Jones invited to NFL Combine…East Carolina Women Hosts Tulane In American Conference Opener…

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Gameday Preview: SMU at East Carolina
• Gameday: East Carolina Women Hosts Tulane In American Conference Opener

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Mustangs set to visit Minges
• Turnovers key in Tulane-ECU matchup

ECU hosts SMU in tough league tilt Washington Daily News

ECU women’s hoops drop final non-conference game The East Carolinian

ECU’s Jones invited to NFL Combine WNCT 9

Focus On: Hannah Melton Winston Salem Journal

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Memphis Pulls Away for Win Over #25 South Carolina theamerican.org

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis Tigers defeat No.25 South Carolina
• Memphis’ Arthur Maulet to play in NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
• Chip Long leaving Memphis for Notre Dame

Gamecocks again can’t find their shots, drop third of five Columbia The State

AAC’s plan to boost league’s RPI paying dividends so far New Orleans Advocate

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• UNC left searching after squandering chances in 25-23 loss to Stanford
• Duke heads to Va. Tech for first game without suspended Grayson Allen
• NCSU’s improvement on defense, communication key heading into ACC play
• No. 10 FSU wins wild Orange Bowl over No. 6 Michigan, 33-32

Columbia The State

• Five story lines for Clemson vs. Ohio State
• Tigers, Buckeyes cross paths on recruiting trail

Charleston Post and Courier

• Head to Head: No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Ohio State
• Hit the Links: The month of coverage leading up to The Fiesta Bowl
• Sapakoff: Clemson won’t take the College Football Playoff underdog bait

Washington Post

• How Clemson joined Alabama and Ohio State in college football royalty
• Tide won without defining QBs. Now here comes Jalen Hurts.
• Jonah Williams a ‘film junkie’ who loves to study the game
• Chris Petersen is making noise with a quiet approach
• Tyler Durbin gets crash course in stresses of kicking
• Stanford QB Keller Chryst feared to have suffered torn ACL in Sun Bowl
• No. 10 FSU wins wild Orange Bowl over No. 6 Michigan, 33-32
• Lane Kiffin gets ditched by Alabama’s team bus — again
• Washington’s ‘Seahawk-like’ secondary is Huskies’ best hope to take down Alabama in College Football Playoff
• BYU football coaching legend LaVell Edwards dies at age 86

The Associated Press

• No. 10 FSU wins wild Orange Bowl over No. 6 Michigan, 33-32
• Tennessee beats No. 24 Nebraska 38-24 in Music City Bowl
• No. 16 Stanford holds off North Carolina 25-23 in Sun Bowl
• Georgia rallies to beat TCU 31-23 in Liberty Bowl
• Peach Bowl: Alabama dynasty vs. playoff outsider Washington
• Fiesta Bowl: Swinney looks to put a rare L on Meyer’s record
• Prosecutor decides no charges after 2nd look at Gophers case