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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, November 29, 2017

November 29, 2017 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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Stepping Up: Montgomery makes premature promise in 2018 bowl guarantee…Shelby Martin Named AAC Volleyball Freshman Of The Year…Memphis eyeing AAC upset…Coaches’ futures dominate AAC title game buildup…No. 8 Wichita State, SMU, Tulsa Roll to Victories on Tuesday…Husker fans catch Frost Fever, awaiting coach, favorite son…Clemson on top in College Football Playoff rankings…How Zay Jones made the internet buzz…Redskins get custom cleats for Thursday’s Cowboys game as part of NFL charity initiative…Giants Bench Eli Manning and Opt for Geno Smith as Quarterback

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Shelby Martin Named AAC Volleyball Freshman Of The Year ecupirates.com

Stepping Up: Montgomery makes premature promise in 2018 bowl guarantee Washington Daily News

Memphis eyeing AAC upset Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

  • ECU checks in on JUCO DB target
  • Ahlers still confident in ECU pledge despite other interest

Here’s where ECU quarterback recruit Holton Ahlers ranks all-time in NC high school history Raleigh News and Observer

Bills Today: How Zay Jones made the internet buzz The Buffalo Bills

‘Zay Jones has heard of gravity but has no use for it!’ Social media in a frenzy after Buffalo Bills’s receiver pulls off mind-boggling levitation to get back up aft… Daily Mail

Buffalo Bills Player Appears To ‘Levitate’ After Diving For A Pass Carbonated TV

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • American Digital Network to Provide Comprehensive Coverage of American Football Championship
  • The American Huddle: Football Championship Preview
  • Touchdown Tuesday: Week 13
  • No. 8 Wichita State, SMU, Tulsa Roll to Victories on Tuesday
  • UCF and Temple advance to the second round of the NIVC tomorrow

The Associated Press

  • No. 8 Wichita State blows out Savannah State 112-66
  • Milton, Foster, Whitt combine for 59, SMU gets 95-64 win
  • Tulsa takes down UTSA 100-96 behind Etou and Taplin
  • Coaches’ futures dominate AAC title game buildup

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF irked by latest College Football Playoff rankings snub
  • UCF pushing through outside noise, prepping to face Memphis in AAC title game
  • UCF OC Troy Walters ‘loves the future’ at UCF

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis holds steady at No. 20 in CFP rankings
  • Tiger Football Podcast: AAC championship preview, Norvell’s future
  • Memphis vs. Central Florida: TV, radio, kickoff info

Tampa Bay Times

  • Coaches’ futures dominate AAC title game buildup
  • USF a possible landing spot for former Illinois, TC linebacker Tre Watson

Navy likely headed to the Military Bowl Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

  • Samajae Haynes-Jones scores 31 points in Shockers’ 112-66 win over Savannah State
  • Taylor’s takeaways: Injuries to Shamet, Brown take away from Haynes-Jones’ best Shocker night

UConn Men Look To Bounce Back, Face Columbia At Gampel Pavilion Hartford Courant

Improved rebounding lifts TU to win against UTSA Tulsa World

Report: Tennessee considering SMU head coach Chad Morris after being spurned by Mike Gundy Dallas News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

  • Clemson on top in College Football Playoff rankings
  • Mutual admiration society: Dabo says Mark Richt a perfect fit at Miami
  • Clemson DC Brent Venables addresses job rumors
  • How South Carolina’s new pitching coach is aiming to make up for lost time
  • Can Gamecocks take advantage of SEC coaching chaos?
  • USC commit hoping to practice with team before bowl game

Charlotte Observer

  • Miami, Clemson set for battle in ACC Championship with College Football Playoff implications
  • Davidson trips Charlotte 49ers, retains Hornet’s Nest Trophy
  • David Whitley: Vols’ fiasco with Greg Schiano shows danger of letting fans rule

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Two brothers. One ended up in prison. The other ended up a college football player.
  • Five things to remember from UNC’s West Coast trip
  • Expectations for Marvin Bagley III were high at Duke. So far, he has exceeded them.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Virginia basketball’s new cast slows it down and shuts you down, just like the old
  • Virginia Sports Hall of Fame missed 2 big names: Michael Vick and Allen Iverson
  • Nashville Predators cut ties with the Norfolk Admirals
  • TCU coach doesn’t believe Oklahoma pregame throw an accident

The Associated Press

  • Husker fans catch Frost Fever, awaiting coach, favorite son
  • Clemson, Auburn, Oklahoma, Wisconsin are playoff top 4
  • No. 4 Auburn hoping this run not just one-year Cam-eo
  • Big 12 title game back after 6-season hiatus in playoff era
  • AP source: Penn State’s Moorhead to be next Miss State coach
  • AP source: Mullen fires Shannon, hires Gonzales, Hevesy
  • Crawford leads; Wake Forest hands Illinois first loss, 80-73
  • No. 21 Xavier sends No. 16 Baylor to its 1st loss, 76-63
  • 3 suspended UCLA basketball players working out on their own

Washington Post

  • In the College Football Playoff, half the field is eliminated before the season begins
  • Shake-up atop the CFP rankings has Alabama on outside looking in

Jim McElwain’s severance package: $7.5 million Tampa Bay Times

Minnesota QB Transferring Over Damaged Door MSN Sports

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Mark Craig: Carson Wentz’s Eagles are good, but how good are they?
  • Eric Dickerson reveling in Rams’ change of coaches, and fortunes
  • Omar Kelly: Dolphins must turn promise into production to salvage this wasted season
  • Sumo wrestler Harumafuji retires over assault allegations
  • Faksa’s first career hat trick leads Stars to 3-0 win

Blue Jackets score twice in shootout to top Hurricanes 3-2 Raleigh News and Observer

Washington Post

  • Enjoy Kirk Cousins’s final games with the Redskins. This is about more than money.
  • Redskins get custom cleats for Thursday’s Cowboys game as part of NFL charity initiative
  • Redskins-Cowboys: Josh Norman vs. Dez Bryant tops the key matchups Thursday night
  • Trent Williams (knee) limited in practice, will be a game-time decision at Dallas
  • How Brandin Cooks has made the Patriots’ offense more explosive
  • D.C. United will not get to play all its home games next season at new stadium
  • LeBron James just got ejected for the first time in his career
  • Kevin Durant explains why he got that Tupac tattoo on his leg
  • Otto Porter Jr. comes through late to lift Wizards past Timberwolves

New York Times

  • Giants Bench Eli Manning and Opt for Geno Smith as Quarterback
  • Olympic Doping Diaries: Chemist’s Notes Bolster Case Against Russia
  • Tiger Woods Is Winging It, With an Eye Toward ‘How It Used to Be’
  • Carlos Beltran Is Next Up in the Yankees’ Search for a New Manager
  • An Iranian Wrestler Throws His Match to Avoid an Israeli
  • France Caps a Throwback Season by Reclaiming the Davis Cup
  • As Sponsors Shy Away, FIFA Faces World Cup Shortfall
  • How 2 Kidney Transplants Yielded Real Madrid’s ‘Secret Weapon’

The Associated Press

  • Manning benching low point of a year the Giants went south
  • Woods says he’s on the ‘other side’ of pain, lovin
  • Crabtree, Talib have suspensions reduced to 1 game
  • Giants end Eli Manning’s 13-year streak, will start Geno Smith
  • Griffin has sprained left knee, could be out up to 8 weeks

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