Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, Feb. 3, 2017

With future in his hands, Atlanta Falcons WR Justin Hardy gambled on ECU – and won … Signing Day Report Card: East Carolina: B+…Yorgen still streaking with Pirates … Roueche rejoins team after year-long injury…Former Panthers star Steve Smith takes NFL Network analyst’s job …Coach K says he is returning to coach Duke Saturday vs. Pitt…Atlanta celebrities ‘rise up’ for Super Bowl-bound Falcons

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Pirates’ Signing Day wish list answered Bonesville.net

Signing Day Report Card: East Carolina: B+ Fayetteville Observer

With future in his hands, Atlanta Falcons WR Justin Hardy gambled on ECU – and won Raleigh News and Observer

ecupirates.com

• Women’s Tennis Set to Get Underway Friday
• Track And Field Returns To Blacksburg For Doc Hale Elite Meet

Yorgen still streaking with Pirates Greenville Daily Reflector

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Brothers Lawson Help Memphis Roll at USF
• Campus Connect – UCF Men’s Basketball Player Anthony Catotti
• Player Profile: USF Center Ruben Guerrero
• Lawson Named Karl Malone Award Finalist

VIDEO: Tigers defeat USF behind huge game from the Lawson Brothers Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tampa Bay Times

• Taggart: Earl Garcia wanted to join my staff
• No. 24 Florida romps before Kentucky showdown; USF losing skid hits 10

Orlando Sentinel

• 5 key Scott Frost quotes from National Signing Day
• UCF lands four-star Cordarrian Richardson after National Signing Day

TU Signing Day: Breaking down the 2017 class Tulsa World

New UH coach’s first recruiting class thinned by raids Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Duke’s Coach K to return Saturday against Pittsburgh  Raleigh News and Observer

Recruiting Report Cards from the Fayetteville Observer

• Louisville: B+
• Virginia Tech: B+
• N.C. State: B
• Duke: B
• Virginia: B-
• Wake Forest: B-
• Appalachian State: C+
• UNC Charlotte: C

Charleston Post and Courier

• Brantley basket lifts College of Charleston past UNC Wilmington, 67-66
• Schematics show no-frills football operations building at USC

USC, other SEC schools get $40 million from conference  Columbia The State

The Associated Press

• Coach K says he is returning to coach Duke Saturday vs. Pitt
• Williams-Goss scores 33, No. 1 Gonzaga beats BYU 85-75
  

USA Today

• Signing Day: Winners, losers | Surprises | Rankings
• Report: Briles tried to hide players’ misbehavior
• Report: Kansas players investigated in vandalism