Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

ECU Rallies From 17 Down To Defeat Campbell…Lady Pirates Extend Win Streak to Four with 66-56 Victory over Owls…Shawn Williams named AAC Rookie-Of-The-Week…Bronco Mendenhall, Cavaliers doubly interested in Army-Navy game…Kevin Sumlin no longer lead candidate for UCF football coaching job…NC State’s Chubb named best defensive player in college football…Jimbo Fisher gets 10-year, $75 million deal at Texas A&M…Reeling Giants fire coach McAdoo, GM Reese after 10th loss…Pittsburgh’s Ryan Shazier Improving After Scary Injury

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Bonesville.net

• From the Anchor Desk
  Perry audition off to promising start
• Basketball
  ECU comeback catches Campbell

ecupirates.com

• ECU Rallies From 17 Down To Defeat Campbell
• Pirates Extend Win Streak to Four with 66-56 Victory over Owls
• Shawn Williams Named The American Rookie-Of-The-Week

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates win on big comeback
• Oliveira keys ECU road victory

Perry, Fleming familiar with ECU’s coaching situation Washington Daily News

WNCT 9

• Pirates come from 17 down to beat Campbell, 69-66
• ECU women make it four in a row with win at Kennesaw State

East Carolina rallies in second half to edge Campbell 69-66 Fayetteville Observer

WITN 7

• Fleming helps ECU slip past Campbell in 69-66 win
• Pirates extend win streak to four with 66-56 victory over Owls
• Shawn Williams named AAC Rookie-Of-The-Week

ECU rallies from double-digit deficit to beat Campbell WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Five observations from ECU’s win over Campbell
• ECU 69, Campbell 66: How it looked from the baseline
• 2017 in Review and a Look Ahead: Quarterbacks
• 247Sports Crystal Ball Forecast: CB Warren Saba To East Carolina
• Montgomery visits with Noel

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU Rallies, Wins Third Straight
• ECU Extends Win-Streak To Four Games With 66-56 Win Over Kennesaw State Monday
• 2017 American Football Championship Sights & Sounds
• Milton, Williams Collect Weekly Honors
• Houston’s Harris, Temple’s Davis Earn Women’s Basketball Weekly Honors

The Associated Press

• Fleming helps East Carolina slip past Campbell in 69-66 win
• Triple option helps level playing field at service academies

UH’s Hunter Yurachek steps down to become Arkansas AD Houston Chronicle

Arkansas hires Houston athletic director over TU’s Derrick Gragg Tulsa World

Annapolis Capital

• Philadelphia thrilled to land four of the next five Army-Navy games
• Ken Niumatalolo talks Army-Navy

Orlando Sentinel

• Kevin Sumlin no longer lead candidate for UCF football coaching job
• No. 12 UCF officially invited to Peach Bowl to face No. 7 Auburn

Dallas News

• Has Chad Morris hurt his coaching stock at SMU?
• Why the SMU-TCU basketball rivalry is taking on new meaning this season

UConn Men Vs. Syracuse: Garden Party For The Ages Hartford Courant

Wichita Eagle

• To beat South Dakota State, WSU will have to contain this Jackrabbit
• Shocker volleyball season ends with second-round loss to Missouri

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis receiver Miller doesn’t win top walk-on honor
• Tubby Smith faces familiar foe against Samford

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• NC State’s Chubb named best defensive player in college football
• Why Bradley Chubb would be smart to sit out NC State’s bowl game
• Luke Maye’s incredible, productive, impressive start: Just don’t call it a surprise
• Duke’s Grayson Allen is feeling much better. And playing better to prove it.
• SC State coach on his player’s terrifying collapse and the relief when he learned he was OK

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Bronco Mendenhall, Cavaliers doubly interested in Army-Navy game
• In great year for Conference USA coaches, UAB’s Bill Clark stood out
• FAU’s Lane Kiffin one of most compelling figures in college football … a quirky one, too
• As host of coaches land new gigs, Fuente “declined to talk to everyone who’s come along”
• Shaka Smart returning to VCU, but on the visitors’ bench

Columbia The State

• How Clemson has exceeded preseason expectations each of the past 7 years
• Which bowl gifts South Carolina players will get this year
• Will Muschamp: How fans helped the Gamecocks earn Outback Bowl spot

Taylor Lamb, Allyson Lamb closing out their time at Appalachian State Winston Salem Journal

The Associated Press

• NC State DE Chubb wins Nagurski Award as top defender
• Top 25 Playoff Takeaways: Tide-Tigers III; Mayfield’s legacy
• Mayfield, Jackson, Love are Heisman Trophy finalists
• Falk tops Mayfield to win Burlsworth Award
• Georgia, Auburn split top awards on AP All-SEC football team
• Edwards enthusiastically takes the reins at Arizona State
• Jimbo Fisher gets 10-year, $75 million deal at Texas A&M
• Mayfield applauds Georgia fans as ‘savages’ after cell number leak
• Harbaugh responds sharply (on Twitter, of course) to Dantonio’s comments about beating Michigan

LiAngelo Ball Leaves U.C.L.A. Without Having Played a Game New York Times

Expect a Willie Taggart-Florida State decision today Tampa Bay Times