Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Thursday, August 17, 2017

ECU Move-in Day: ‘Beautiful chaos’ …ECU Conducts Morning Workout At Hight Field…ECU Volleyball Receives International Infusion…Why ECU coach thinks Buffalo Bills WR Zay Jones will make an instant impact…Robert Prunty Fine Tuning His ECU D-Line Both On and Off The Field…Fort Worth to Host 2020-22 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championships…Navy football will be featured on Showtime…UNC academic case finally reaches NCAA infractions hearing…Golfers grinding at different levels for Wyndham Championship…Canes’ GM Ron Francis offers a vote of confidence for the coach

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

ecupirates.com

• ECU Conducts Morning Workout At Hight Field
• ECU Volleyball Receives International Infusion

ECU Move-in Day: ‘Beautiful chaos’ Greenville Daily Reflector

WNCT 9

• East Carolina University freshman excited, nervous on move-in day
• Return of ECU students a welcome sign for Greenville businesses

• Why ECU coach thinks Buffalo Bills WR Zay Jones will make an instant impact 
• How ECU strength coach helped Buffalo Bills WR Zay Jones transform his body

Around the American Athletic Conference

Fort Worth to Host 2020-22 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Championships theamerican.org

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Bearcat football gets welcome August visitor
• New arena to host three straight AAC tournaments
• How many football wins for UC this year? 

Bearcats Box Lunch: Guessing at UC Football’s 2017 Win Total down the drive

UCF coach Scott Frost wants more effort from tired Knights Orlando Sentinel

Tigers Jackson Dillon back at full speed WMCA 5

Navy football will be featured on Showtime anytimes.com

USF offensive scheme veering toward clarity Tampa Bay Times

Collins instills lessons learned in Military Bowl Owls Daily

How does Tulane replace Tanzel Smart? It’ll be hard, but Willie Fritz has an answer. New Orleans Advocate

7 observations from Tulane’s first two weeks of preseason camp New Orleans Times Picayune

Dallas News

• How SMU is building chemistry with a new, fun approach to fall camp
• SMU adds first basketball commit of 2018 class with DeSoto PF Jahmar Young

Former Memphis basketball star Joe Jackson arrested Memphis Commercial Appeal

Former TU football player Will Barrow arrested, accused of on-campus sexual assault Tulsa World

Tulsa LB  preview OK news on 6

Houston Chronicle

• UH picks up transfer DE from TCU
• Major Applewhite in no rush to name Houston starting QB

Navy chasing exclusive club this season fanragsports.com

Host city chosen for Shockers’ future conference tournaments Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

UNC academic case finally reaches NCAA infractions hearing Winston Salem Journal (AP)

Raleigh News and Observer

• After nearly 10 hours, first day of UNC’s infractions hearing comes to a close
• For the architect of bogus classes and UNC-Chapel Hill, a tense time at NCAA hearing
• In case you were wondering, here’s what’s going on outside UNC’s NCAA hearing
• At NC State, one pivotal football game can make or break a Wolfpack coach
• Jeremy Ingram, former NCCU basketball star, ‘doing much better’ after suffering broken neck in crash

Hokies QB Josh Jackson grabs opportunity dad never had Hampton Roads Daily Press

The Associated Press

• Redshirt freshman QBs could make huge impact in SEC
• Plan of attack: How a college football coach game-plans

Columbia The State

• Gamecocks suspend Rakym Felder
• Why Dabo Swinney is moving Clemson’s practice location

Charleston Post and Courier

• Clemson coach Dabo Swinney taps Kelly Bryant as starting QB for Kent State game ‘unless something just totally goes crazy’
• On the Beat: Clemson offensive lineman earns scholarship, gets emotional