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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupSunday, November 26, 2017

November 26, 2017 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Gameday: ECU Host N.C. A&T In Sunday Matinee…Pirates finish season 3-9 after blowout loss to No. 17 Memphis…Trevon Brown surpasses 1,000-yard receiving milestone…Montgomery: We will make postseason in ’18…The passing of Fred Horeis revives memories of ECU football in the early ’70s…Kelly back, Riley out, Frost wanted as coaching season spins…Cincinnati wins 22-21 with UConn misses PAT…SMU stops Tulane on goal line as time expires for 41-38 win…After 1-11 season, why 49ers coach Brad Lambert says he’s still ‘right guy for this place’…No. 6 Auburn tops No. 1 Alabama 26-14, earns SEC title shot…

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

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ecupirates.com

  • Gameday: ECU Host N.C. A&T In Sunday Matinee
  • Williams and Claytor Lead Pirates against Jacksonville State
  • ECU Falls At Memphis In Season Finale

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • Lady Pirates fall in Thanksgiving opener
  • Montgomery: We will make postseason in ’18
  • Sour ending for Pirates

ECU embarrassed in season finale at Memphis Washington Daily News

College notebook: The passing of Fred Horeis revives memories of ECU football in the early ’70s Roanoke Times

WNCT 9

  • Pirates finish season 3-9 after blowout loss to No. 17 Memphis
  • Lady Pirates drop to 1-4 after loss to Jacksonville State

WITN 7

  • No. 17 Memphis dominates ECU 70-13, Pirates end season 3-9
  • Jacksonville State tops ECU 82-73, drops Pirate women to 1-4

247 Sports

  • Pirates finish with a thud in Memphis
  • Trevon Brown surpasses 1,000-yard receiving milestone
  • Memphis 70, ECU 13: What Scottie Montgomery said
  • Memphis 70, ECU 13: Studs and Duds

(20)Memphis Pounds ECU 70-13 Rivals.com

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Calkins: Tigers put perfect ending on perfect home season 
  • Memphis 70, East Carolina 13: 5 things we learned
  • Memphis Tigers football bests in win over ECU include Anthony Miller, Tony Pollard

No. 17 Memphis dominates East Carolina with 70-13 victory USA Today

Minshew to Williams TD put East Carolina on the board ESPN

Memphis Football 2017: Tigers demolish East Carolina Saturday Blitz

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • Memphis Preps For Championship Game With Win Against ECU
  • Cincinnati Closes Season With Win Against UConn
  • Temple Gains Bowl Eligibility After Win At Tulsa
  • SMU Rallies Past Tulane For Seventh Win
  • American Teams Go 3-0 On Saturday
  • Five Teams Collect Wins, Top-Ranked UConn Remains Unbeaten

The Associated Press

  • No. 17 Memphis dominates East Carolina with 70-13 victory
  • Kelly back, Riley out, Frost wanted as coaching season spins
  • Cincinnati wins 22-21 with UConn misses PAT
  • SMU stops Tulane on goal line as time expires for 41-38 win

Bearcats come from behind to beat UConn on Senior Day Cincinnati Enquirer

Hartford Courant

  • UConn Loses Heartbreaker At Cincinnati, 22-21, To Close Out Regular Season
  • UConn Men Will Be Pressed To Keep Pace Vs. Arkansas

Temple is bowl eligible after win over Tulsa Philly.com

Temple at TU: Hurricane falls to Owls in finale for 10th loss of the season Tulsa World

New Orleans Advocate

  • Heartbreaker: Tulane falls 41-38 to SMU when final run is ruled inches short of end zone
  • Tulane players heartbroken after replay review goes against them vs. SMU
  • In a loss to SMU, Tulane was on the wrong side of more than just one replay call
  • Video: Was it a Tulane TD? Green Wave 1-yard short on final play vs. SMU in crushing loss
  • Tulane makes rare trip to Georgia State, a team from minor conference

New Orleans Times Picayune

  • Tulane misses bowl eligibility in game that ‘comes down to inches’ at SMU
  • Tulane comeback falls short at SMU, leaves Wave shy of bowl eligibility
  • Watch the game-ending play that leaves Tulane inches short of bowl eligibility

Dallas News

  • Wild final sequence gives SMU the win it desperately needed heading into bowl season
  • Recap: SMU stops Tulane on goal line as time expires for 41-38 win
  • WATCH: SMU confuses Tulane to get touchdown on fourth-down conversion

Memphis comes from behind to beat Northern Kentucky Memphis Commercial Appeal

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF tries to hold onto Scott Frost as Nebraska job opens, Chip Kelly spurns UF
  • UCF sticks to selfless identity during win over USF
  • UCF focuses on slashing turnovers in Advocare Invitational finale

Tampa Bay Times

  • Quinton Flowers: Nothing offensive intended with post-TD gesture
  • Florida coach search: Chip Kelly to UCLA, competition for Scott Frost
  • Projecting USF’s bowl destination

Sports Comment: In the midst of 1-5 slide, Niumatalolo says Navy is moving on to Army Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Nyheim Hines breaks for a pair of scores, leads NC State to win over rival UNC
  • NCSU coach Dave Doeren earns contract extension with win over UNC
  • UNC’s Fedora: Tar Heels ‘ran out of gas’ against Pack
  • After decommitting from UNC, Payton Wilson visits NC State for rivalry game
  • Duke rallies past Wake Forest to earn bowl trip
  • NC State can’t keep up with Tennessee, loses 67-58 in Battle 4 Atlantis

Columbia The State

  • Clemson makes statement to South Carolina, country with dominant road win
  • Clemson dismantles Gamecocks, again
  • Clemson leaves sour taste at end of Gamecocks sweet season
  • ‘It’s just dangerous’: Dabo calls out USC fans for throwing debris at Clemson
  • Clemson foils USC’s Jake Bentley for second time

After 1-11 season, why 49ers coach Brad Lambert says he’s still ‘right guy for this place’ Charlotte Observer

Winston Salem Journal

  • Downed Deacons: Wake Forest ends regular season in painful fashion
  • App State offensive line, Jalin Moore accepted the Georgia State challenge
  • App Trail: Q-and-A with former App State quarterback Armanti Edwards

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • ODU’s bowl hopes are dashed in season-ending loss to Middle Tennessee
  • For Virginia, bowl season is more than just one more game

The Associated Press

  • AP Top 25 Takeaways: A playoff without ‘Bama? Very possible
  • No. 6 Auburn tops No. 1 Alabama 26-14, earns SEC title shot
  • Column: Auburn kept believing, even if no one else did
  • Barrett was hurt before No. 8 Ohio State beat Michigan 31-20
  • Chip Kelly returns to college coaching with UCLA
  • Bryant leads No. 4 Clemson to 34-10 win over Gamecocks
  • No 5-win teams needed to go bowling this year
  • Hines’ career day leads NC State past UNC, 33-21
  • Middle Tennessee’s bowl eligible with win over Old Dominion
  • Squally Canada runs for 2 TDs; BYU beats Hawaii 30-20
  • Louisville, Lamar Jackson roll past rival Kentucky 44-17
  • No. 7 Georgia protects playoff hopes, crushes Georgia Tech
  • Southern Miss edges Marshall 28-27 on failed 2-point attempt
  • App State beats Georgia State, stays in Sun Belt title hunt
  • Florida State uses 2 defensive TDs to beat Florida 38-22
  • Duke tops Wake Forest 31-23 to become bowl eligible
  • Mayfield leads No. 3 Oklahoma past West Virginia, 59-31
  • Vandy whips Tennessee 42-24 to cap Vols’ dismal season

Washington Post

  • College football winners and losers: Two-loss Auburn is one step from a stellar playoff case
  • A tremor on the Plains: Auburn stops Alabama in the Iron Bowl
  • Terps’ season ends with a whimper in 66-3 loss to Penn State
  • Once again, firing season is upon us in college football
  • A heart condition ended his college basketball career. It took transferring to discover it.

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Fearless predictions: Panthers QB Cam Newton will take off, repeatedly, vs. Jets
  • Why is Hornets rookie Malik Monk sitting more than playing? It’s not punishment.

Washington Post

  • Alex Ovechkin is one of Putin’s biggest fans. The question is, why?
  • Chip Kelly will be remembered as a failed NFL coach. In truth, he was a decent coach and a failed NFL GM.
  • Alex Ovechkin’s hat trick lifts Capitals to third straight victory
  • Alex Ovechkin is one of Putin’s biggest fans. The question is, why?
  • In first game without John Wall, Wizards lose to Trail Blazers late
  • Kirk Cousins: Redskins stadium ‘probably doesn’t look like a professional NFL field should’

 

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