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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, December 20, 2017

December 20, 2017 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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Lady Pirates Return Home to Face Savannah State…Pirates expect 19 signees, including Ahlers …East Carolina Has Already Won Signing Day With Incredible Letters of Intent …No. 20 Cincinnati, SMU Extend Home Court Streaks; No. 11 Wichita, UCF Collect Wins…Geno Auriemma Notches 1,000th Win…Scott Frost says staff is focused on earning Peach Bowl win, UCF is ahead of schedule…How SMU’s Frisco Bowl meeting with Louisiana Tech is a full-circle moment for Sonny Dykes…Lane Train: Kiffin and FAU leave no doubt, beat Akron 50-3…In Charlotte, the Jerry Richardson scandal causes deeper tremors…Rams and Jaguars showcase NFL parity

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

GAMEDAY: Lady Pirates Return Home to Face Savannah State ecupirates.com

Pirates expect 19 signees, including Ahlers Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

  • ECU 2018 Class: Early Signing Day Primer
  • ECU sending out epic custom-made NLI Pirate scrolls

ECU Early Signing Period Recruits Rivals.com

East Carolina Has Already Won Signing Day With Incredible Letters of Intent 12up on MSN.com

Falcons’ Justin Hardy: Scores touchdown in win over Tampa Bay CBS Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • No. 20 Cincinnati, SMU Extend Home Court Streaks; No. 11 Wichita, UCF Collect Wins
  • Geno Auriemma Secures His 1,000th Career Win, Memphis Wins Third Straight
  • Laksa Named USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week

The Associated Press

  • Smith, Carroll help Oklahoma State outlast Tulsa, 71-59
  • No. 11 Wichita State beats Arkansas State 89-80
  • Emelogu keeps SMU perfect at home, dominates Cal Poly, 84-64
  • UCF beats Stetson 74-55 behind Fall’s 18 points, 11 rebounds
  • No. 20 Cincinnati beats Arkansas-Pine Bluff 77-49

Analysis: UC Bearcats rout Arkansas-Pine Bluff Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

  • Tacko Fall leads UCF to road win over Stetson
  • Scott Frost says staff is focused on earning Peach Bowl win, UCF is ahead of schedule

Donations being accepted to assist USF receiver’s project for homeless Tampa Bay Times

Hartford Courant

  • Geno Auriemma Notches 1,000th Win; UConn Defeats Oklahoma, 88-64
  • A 1,000th Win Just Latest In Lengthy List Of Milestones For Auriemma
  • Jeff Jacobs: From Win One, Geno’s 1,000th Brings 1,000 Memories
  • UConn Football Officially Welcomes New Recruting Class Wednesday

Philly.com

  • Timber Creek’s Kyle Dobbins set to sign with Temple
  • Gasparilla Bowl gives Temple football seniors chance to go out on winning note
  • College football recruiting: Early signing day – live updates

Tulane on verge of highly rated signing class New Orleans Advocate

Dallas News

  • Ben Emelogu’s perfect shooting night paces SMU to win over Cal-Poly
  • Takeaways: SMU closes out non-conference play strong with lopsided win over Cal-Poly
  • Mustangs early signing period: Follow to see which SMU recruits have signed!
  • How SMU’s Frisco Bowl meeting with Louisiana Tech is a full-circle moment for Sonny Dykes

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis has options during early signing period
  • Tubby Smith on moving into new facility, Siena game
  • Memphis’ Rivers ‘unlikely’ to play vs. Siena

Tulsa World

  • Defense, effort spark Oklahoma State to home win over Tulsa
  • TU football: Early signing day first step in recovering from 2-win season

Perry will start at quarterback for Navy in the Military Bowl Annapolis Capital

Samajae Haynes-Jones scores 27 as Wichita State survives a scare Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Its roster in flux, N.C. State is fast approaching ACC play with more questions than answers
  • Sportswriter’s credentials revoked after racial tweet at Duke basketball game
  • He’s not Sloan, Valvano or Sendek: Pack’s Keatts brings a style all his own to courtside
  • UNC’s Sylvia Hatchell now in the 1,000 wins club

Winston Salem Journal

  • Deacons Notes: Wake Forest’s role in ACC vs. SEC
  • Ready for the next step: Glenn QB Stephon Brown expected to sign with App State

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • New contract will pay JMU football coach Mike Houston more than $500K a year
  • Early signing period balancing act for Mendenhall
  • Tech’s Fuente busy juggling bowl prep and recruiting as signing day arrives
  • Virginia Tech loses its top offensive weapon, Cam Phillips, for Camping World Bowl
  • For Old Dominion football, “the timing is good” for new signing period

Columbia The State

  • USC comes up cold in loss to Clemson, but Frank Martin says Gamecocks ‘got better’
  • Clemson proves it can win in different ways by suffocating South Carolina
  • Signing day schedule for Gamecocks’ targets, commitments
  • Will Clemson add 5-star linemen to class that already includes Xavier Thomas?
  • Gamecock alum Pharoh Cooper is something special and heading to the Pro Bowl
  • Gamecock great Jadeveon Clowney makes another Pro Bowl
  • Gamecocks’ up-and-comers get first looks in early bowl practices

The Associated Press

  • Lane Train: Kiffin and FAU leave no doubt, beat Akron 50-3
  • Size of support staffs gives Power Five teams big edge
  • Bowling Green hires Carl Pelini as defensive coordinator
  • Florida K Eddy Pineiro leaving school early for NFL draft
  • Bernard Clark leaving Albany for head job at Robert Morris

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Panthers playoff primer: How Carolina could be No. 2 seed – or miss playoffs entirely
  • Luke Kuechly the lone Panthers Pro Bowl selection
  • NFL has ruled on Panthers LB Thomas Davis’ appeal of 2-game suspension
  • What Panthers QB Cam Newton pulled on Packers LB Clay Matthews made Mike Shula spit

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Mike Preston: Old-school Jaguars will be the toughest out in the AFC
  • Mike Sielski: Eagles coach Pederson has to make home-field advantage his top priority
  • Zimmer’s next challenge for Vikings: ‘Now, we start playing for seeding’
  • Could Cary be an MLS venue sooner than expected, if only for a day?

Washington Post

  • In Charlotte, the Jerry Richardson scandal causes deeper tremors
  • Browns’ Joe Thomas would be the best NFL owner ever
  • Ravens can still crash the NFL playoff picture
  • NFL playoff scenarios entering Week 16
  • Power Rankings: Big win puts Patriots back on top
  • Rams and Jaguars showcase NFL parity
  • Redskins’ Trent Williams, Ryan Kerrigan and Brandon Scherff named to Pro Bowl
  • DeMarcus Cousins looks right at home in D.C., but is a reunion with John Wall really in the cards?
  • Andre Burakovsky scores in overtime to give Capitals a rare win in Dallas

New York Times

  • Why the Dowdy Celtics Are Trying to Wear Supreme
  • Hatchell and Auriemma Join College Basketball’s 1,000-Win Club
  • Islanders Are Expected to Win Right to Build New Arena at Belmont Park
  • Jerry Richardson Is About to Cash In on His Abuse
  • The N.F.L. Shows Surprising Deference to Jerry Richardson
  • Jameis Winston Is Having a Great Season; the Bucs Are Not
  • In Stunning Turnaround, Marion Bartoli Says She’s Returning to Tour
  • American Hockey Is at Home in Badger Country

The Associated Press

  • Antetokounmpo scores 27, Bucks hold off Cavaliers 119-116
  • Jeter hears complaints of Marlins fans at town hall
  • APNewsBreak: Dodgers hit with $36.2M tax, Yanks with $15.7M
  • 8 Steelers, 6 Eagles and Saints highlight Pro Bowl squads
  • Patriots on top in the latest AP Pro32 poll
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