Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, December 15, 2017

ECU Extends Win Streak To Five With Victory Over NCCU On Education Day…Two dozen student-athletes set to graduate…ECU officially announces 22-man signing class…Campus Connect: ECU SAAC Brings Holiday Spirit To Local Children…UConn Football Hoping For Attendance Rebound After Record-Low Season…Charlotte 49ers use ‘awfully quick hook,’ fire men’s basketball coach Mark Price…Years at N.C. A&T masterpiece of Rod Broadway’s coaching career …FAU, Navy, Miami and Memphis prepping for home bowl games…James Madison coach passed up more money to stay in Harrisonburg…Sunday, Panthers’ Julius Peppers gets another shot at Packers’ Aaron Rodgers – finally

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

View from the East: Second stint a different dynamic for Perry Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Extends Win Streak To Five With Victory Over NCCU On Education Day
• Two Dozen Student-Athletes To Participate In Commencement

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates’ surge continues vs. NCCU
• SUMMERS: Kids make ideal adults
• Two dozen student-athletes set to graduate

WNCT 9

• Pirates win fifth straight on “Education Day”
• ECU’s graduation ceremony brings excitement and possibly traffic delays

ECU women win 5th straight game WITN 7

247 Sports

• ECU officially announces 22-man signing class
• ECU OT commit Donovan Noel enjoying Shrine Bowl experience

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• ECU Extends Win-Streak To Five, Cincinnati Dominates Howard 87-53
• Campus Connect: ECU SAAC Brings Holiday Spirit To Local Children
• USF & Tulsa pick up Wednesday night victories at home
• Current And Former UConn And USF Players Named To Women’s National Team Pool
• Memphis’ Miller, Houston’s Oliver Chosen As Consensus All-America
• Tickets On Sale for Men’s Basketball Championship Dec. 15

The Associated Press

• Tulsa holds off Prairie View A&M 77-73 behind Etou, Artison
• Jiggetts reaches 1,000 points in South Florida’s 83-63 win

Dallas News

• SMU head coach Sonny Dykes on why he trusts graduate assistant G.J. Kinne to call plays in Frisco Bowl
• What SMU will consider when deciding on whether or not to use Jahmal McMurray this season
• What to watch for from Sonny Dykes when he coaches SMU in Frisco Bowl

Houston Chronicle

• New UH AD Chris Pezman to earn base $375K salary
• Houston defensive tackle Ed Oliver named consensus All-American

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football hires Cordova’s Anthony Jones
• Memphis OC Dickey on why he’s going to Texas A&M

UConn Football Hoping For Attendance Rebound After Record-Low Season Hartford Courant

UC’s arena still on pace to reopen next season Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF RB Adrian Killins expects Knights’ speed to give Auburn trouble Orlando Sentinel

USF football journal: Add an audible to the Quinton Flowers legend Tampa Bay Times

Tulane coach Willie Fritz: SMU loss hard to take, but future bright for Green Wave New Orleans Advocate

Wichita Eagle

• A secret weapon in Frankamp’s school-record shooting streak
• Wichita State a No. 1 seed in Joe Lunardi’s latest Bracketology

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• Charlotte 49ers use ‘awfully quick hook,’ fire men’s basketball coach Mark Price
• Charlotte 49ers firing Mark Price ‘sickens’ Dick Vitale. Here’s how Twitter reacted.

Years at N.C. A&T masterpiece of Rod Broadway’s coaching career Winston Salem Journal

Columbia The State

• Clemson coordinators talk coaching rumors, future coaching plans
• Don’t have a ticket to see USC or Clemson in a bowl, you might want to keep waiting

The Associated Press

• Sooners RB Rodney Anderson won’t be charged with sex assault
• PODCAST: Bowl preview from Camellia to Sugar
• FAU, Navy, Miami and Memphis prepping for home bowl games
• Zac Brown Band to perform national anthem at CFP title game
• Florida State hires Telly Lockette as tight ends coach

Arkansas assistant Vernon Hargreaves added to Mizzou’s staff NBCSports.com

Grier to return next season; Crawford to forgo bowl game Times West Virginian

Comment: James Madison coach passed up more money to stay in Harrisonburg Norfolk Virginian Pilot