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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupSunday, October 21, 2017

October 21, 2017 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Minshew, Verity help East Carolina beat BYU 33-17, snap skid…Thomas Sirk exits BYU game with injury…SMU Takes Overtime Thriller Against Cincinnati…Temple Falls To Army In Overtime…Navy loses Abey and then the game to UCF …Jackson, No. 14 Virginia Tech routs North Carolina 59-7…Charlotte goes for 2 in OT, wins first game, 25-24…Astros Shove Aside the Yankees and Head to the World Series

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ecupirates.com

  • ECU Defeats BYU On Homecoming, 33-17
  • ECU Sweeps Dual Meet From Old Dominion
  • GAMEDAY: ECU Soccer Faces Houston on Sunday

Minshew, Verity help East Carolina beat BYU 33-17, snap skid Associated Press

ECU snaps skid, routs BYU 33-17 to improve to 2-6 WITN 7

ECU drops BYU on homecoming for second win WNCT 9

Sports Saturday WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • ECU takes down BYU
  • Thomas Sirk exits BYU game with injury
  • Jimmy Williams, Deondre Farrier out for BYU game
  • LOOK: ECU Homecoming Parade

WATCH: ECU WR Brown corrals one-handed 26-yard TD CBS Sports on MSN

BYU loses 7th-straight game, falling at East Carolina KSL

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • Pirates boot BYU
  • Defense drives big momentum shift

ECU picks up first home win in nearly a year Washington Daily News

Rivals.com

  • Energized ECU Topples BYU 33-17
  • PI Postgame: ECU 33 BYU 17
  • PI Homecoming Photo Gallery
  • BYU Superlatives & Postgame Comments from Coach Sitake

Deseret News

  • BYU football: ECU hands free-falling Cougars 7th straight loss
  • BYU finall throws for more than 300 yards but struggles to get into end zone
  • BYU report card: Cougars find new low against East Carolina

BYU defense wilts in second half of loss to East Carolina Salt Lake Tribune

BYU football takes rotten season to new low with loss at East Carolina Daily Herald

BYU falls to ECU 33-17 in seventh straight loss of season Fox 13 Salt Lake

BYU Football suffers seventh straight loss at the hands of East Carolina SB Nation

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • SMU Takes Overtime Thriller Against Cincinnati
  • UCF 6-0 For First Time After Win At Navy
  • Temple Falls To Army In Overtime
  • UConn Holds Off Tulsa As Huskies Win Second Straight

The Associated Press

  • No. 20 Central Florida beats Navy 31-21 for first 6-0 start
  • Flowers leads No. 16 South Florida past Tulane, 34-28
  • Williams field goal in OT pushes SMU past Cincinnati, 31-28

Navy loses Abey and then the game to UCF Washington Post

Annapolis Capital

  • Abey injured as Navy falls to No. 20 Central Florida, 31-21
  • Bye week comes at just the right time for banged-up Midshipmen
  • A mixed bag for backup QB Garret Lewis

Adrian Killins helps UCF defeat Navy, Knights start 6-0 for first time in school history Orlando Sentinel

Dallas News

  • Williams field goal in OT pushes SMU past Cincinnati, 31-28 
  • Notes from SMU’s win: A big injury and a bit of history
  • ‘You can’t take that from us’ — How SMU turned fourth-and-26 nightmare into a wild overtime win

UC falls 31-28 to SMU in overtime stunner Cincinnati Enquirer

No. 16 USF hangs on at Tulane, off to first 7-0 start Tampa Bay Times

Missed opportunities haunt Tulane in 34-28 conference loss to No. 16 South Florida New Orleans Times Picayune

Tulane gives up first points on opening drive in six games New Orleans Advocate

UConn Dominates For Three Quarters Then Hangs On To Beat Tulsa 20-14 Hartford Courant

Tulsa World

  • TU at UConn: Huskies hang on against Hurricane, win 20-14
  • TU at UConn game pulse: TU quarterback Luke Skipper was sacked six times for a loss of 27 yards

Philly.com

  • Walk-on Gordon Thomas makes his first start for Temple
  • Temple loses heartbreaker in OT to Army

Wichita State receives highest preseason ranking in coaches poll in 36 years Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • UNC goes from bad to worse in humiliating defeat at Virginia Tech
  • In memoriam: UNC’s 2017 football season
  • Duke’s struggles, an aberration last year, have become a trend
  • Duke is playing lousy. An angry David Cutcliffe is first to admit it
  • Steve Spurrier won at Duke and he’s confident it can be done again consistently

Winston Salem Journal

  • Deacons can’t recover from second Georgia Tech blast
  • Appalachian State focuses on and connects in the passing game
  • Appalachian State’s Taylor Lamb has record-setting day in Coastal Carolina win

The Associated Press

  • Jackson, No. 14 Virginia Tech routs North Carolina 59-7
  • Lamb’s career day helps App State top Coastal Carolina 37-29
  • Marshall breaks off 2 long TD runs, Ga Tech beats Wake 38-24
  • Charlotte goes for 2 in OT, wins first game, 25-24
  • Brown’s big day leads BC to rout at Virginia, 41-10
  • No. 1 Alabama routs struggling rival Tennessee, 45-7
  • AP Top 25 Takeaways: Suffering at Texas and Florida State
  • No. 8 Miami survives Syracuse test, beats Orange 27-19
  • Mayfield, Anderson lead No. 9 Sooners past K-State, 42-35
  • OT interception enables No. 10 Oklahoma State to beat Texas
  • No. 5 Wisconsin stays unbeaten with 38-13 win over Maryland
  • Penn State pay back: No. 2 Nittany Lions beat Michigan 42-13
  • No. 13 Notre Dame hammers No. 11 USC, 49-14

Charlotte 49ers saw a shot to end their losing streak, and weren’t about to let it go Charlotte Observer

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist returns to Charlotte Hornets, but when can he can contribute? Charlotte Observer

Washington Post

  • Nationals’ next manager will inherit a World Series contender and a history of volatility
  • Redskins’ Trent Williams trying to delay necessary knee surgery until after season
  • Norman ruled out; Breeland hopeful
  • Capitals come out flat again, fall to Panthers, 4-1

New York Times

  • Astros Shove Aside the Yankees and Head to the World Series
  • N.F.L. Picks: Patriots Should Beat Falcons in Super Bowl Rematch

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