Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Sunday, November 26, 2017

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

Bonesville.net

• Inside Game Day
  Tigers pounce on Pirates
• Audio Feature
  Postgame Presser
• Special Photo Feature
  Game Day Gallery

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.