Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, September 1, 2017

ECU swim and dive team activities halted for internal investigation…Pirates look to slow FCS champ…Scottie Montgomery helped rebuild Duke football. Now’s he’s in charge of doing the same at ECU….’Perfect storm’ extends renovation timeline…Cliff Godwin Welcomes 16 Newcomers To Baseball Program…ECU Soccer Posts Second Straight Shutout with 1-0 Win…UCF routs FIU 61-17, spoiling Butch Davis’ return…Big Plays Push Memphis Past ULM, 37-29…Rudolph leads No. 10 Oklahoma State past Tulsa, 59-24…Shirreffs To The Rescue As UConn Get Past Holy Cross…Cincinnati Holds Off Governors In Fickell’s Debut…Mediocre predictions motivate Niumatalolo, Midshipmen…S. Carolina isn’t NC State’s biggest game of the season, but it’s big. Very big….Rodney returns to help Deacons hammer Blue Hose in season opener…Dobbins’ debut leads No. 2 Ohio State past Indiana 49-21…Redskins top Buccaneers, but winning a job is more important…Ahead of 53-man cut, final statements, frustration for Panthers in loss to Steelers

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: Pirates poised for turnaround Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Hosts JMU In Season Opener
• Things To Look For On ECU Football Gameday In 2017
• ECU Soccer Posts Second Straight Shutout with 1-0 Win
• Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Southside Renovation Timeline Extended
• Cross Country Program Opens 2017 Campaign At Temple Invitational
• Cliff Godwin Welcomes 16 Newcomers To Baseball Program

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates look to slow FCS champ
• GAMEDAY: Up close with Jimmy Williams
• ‘Perfect storm’ extends timeline
• Linebacker leadership emerges

Raleigh News and Observer

• Scottie Montgomery helped rebuild Duke football. Now’s he’s in charge of doing the same at ECU.
• East Carolina officials investigate school’s swimming and diving team

University suspends ECU Swim and Dive Program The East Carolinian

WITN 7

• Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium southside renovation project timeline extended
• East Carolina University wants to only be called ECU

Meet the new ECU The Daily Tarheel

ECU swim and dive team activities halted for internal investigation WCTI 12

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Big Plays Push Memphis Past ULM, 37-29
• Shirreffs To The Rescue As UConn Get Past Holy Cross
• Tulsa Falls To No. 10 Oklahoma State
• Cincinnati Holds Off Governors In Fickell’s Debut
• Milton’s 4 TDs Pace UCF Past FIU, 61-17
• Women’s Soccer: Week 3 Thursday Recap
• Game Preview: Tulane Welcomes Grambling State to New Orleans
• Game Preview: High Hopes For SMU in Opener Against SFA
• Game Preview: No. 19 USF Returns Home To Face Stony Brook
• Game Preview: Temple Visits Notre Dame in Collins’ Debut
• Cross country begins 2017 campaign over the weekend

Associated Press

• UCF routs FIU 61-17, spoiling Butch Davis’ return
• Butch Davis returns to coaching; FIU struggles in his debut
• Rudolph leads No. 10 Oklahoma State past Tulsa, 59-24
• Henderson, Memphis run past Louisiana Monroe 37-29

UC fends off Austin Peay in Fickell’s debut Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

• McKenzie Milton leads UCF to a 61-17 win over FIU
• Bianchi: UCF’s hometown beatdown of FIU is a performance Orlando should embrace
• Three things we learned from UCF’s 61-17 win over FIU

Hartford Courant

• Jeff Jacobs: Shirreffs Leads Huskies’ Unremarkable #REturn
• Shirreffs Comes Off Bench, Leads UConn To Comeback Win

Final Score: UConn Comes Back to Defeat Holy Cross, 27-20 theuconnblog.com

Tulsa World

• Tulsa at No. 10 Oklahoma State: Rudolph, Washington unstoppable as Cowboys roll over Hurricane
• Guerin Emig: TU should learn from season-opening lesson, particularly at quarterback
• TU at No. 10 Oklahoma State: Hurricane observations
• TU at No. 10 Oklahoma State: Hurricane overmatched against Cowboys

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis leaves ULM win with injury concerns
• 5 things to know from Memphis’ win over ULM
• Best and worst from Memphis football’s win over ULM
• Local jeweler will refund customers after Memphis RB Tony Pollard’s kick return touchdown

Tampa Bay Times

• These teams will battle USF for a New Year’s Six spot
• USF’s Deatrick Nichols flourishing in new position
• Fennelly: Lee Roy Selmon was one of the great human beings to grace Tampa Bay

Football in the family: Fobbs roots run deep at Tulane, Grambling and in New Orleans New Orleans Advocate

Former Temple QB Connor Reilly recalls his first start at Notre Dame philly.com

Dallas News

• How SMU plans to divvy up carries between running backs Braeden West, Xavier Jones
• SMU prediction: What do the Mustangs have to do to control SFA?

Annapolis Capital

• Mediocre predictions motivate Niumatalolo, Midshipmen
• Navy-Florida Atlantic Breakdown

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• It’s clear ‘the ceiling is the roof’ at Kenan Stadium
• S. Carolina isn’t NC State’s biggest game of the season, but it’s big. Very big.

App State’s monster upset over Michigan: 10 things you don’t know, 10 years later Charlotte Observer

Crawford pushes to succeed at West Virginia, strives to support family off field Hampton Roads Daily Press

The Associated Press

• Dobbins’ debut leads No. 2 Ohio State past Indiana 49-21
• Tennessee St ruins Georgia St’s debut at former Turner Field
• Top Big 12 rusher Crawford ready to lead No. 22 WVU
• Friends to foes: Fisher, Saban square off in marquee matchup
• ACC hopes success of Jackson, Clemson provides boost in ’17
• BIG 12 SPOTLIGHT: Youngest power league with oldest coach

LESSON LEARNED: Rodney returns to help Deacons hammer Blue Hose in season opener Winston Salem Journal