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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupMonday, August 27, 2018

August 27, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Unbeaten ECU soccer rallies past Davidson…Montgomery confident in starting QB Reid Herring …Without Flowers, Bulls looking to reload with new leaders …Back in the Dome: Tulane helps break in new surface for Saints..NCAA recognizes UCF’s national championship in addition to Alabama’s…Oklahoma football has owned the Big 12. That shouldn’t change without Baker Mayfield….Winston-Salem Open has flourished, as eighth season of pro tennis in the Triad concludes

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

Insights from Brett
ECU capable of exploiting Aggies’ vulnerabilities
 Bonesville.net

Pirates Come Back To Beat Davidson 2-1 ecupirates.com

Roundup: Unbeaten ECU rallies past Davidson Greenville Daily Reflector

Pirates come from behind to remain unbeaten in win over Davidson WNCT 9

Montgomery confident in starting QB Reid Herring WITN 7

ECU soccer picks up win & Trevon Brown is our Pirate Talk feature WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • 10 ECU players who could surprise in 2018
  • WR Cooney stars in St. Thomas Aquinas’ blowout of DeMatha
  • Five positions to watch on Monday’s depth chart reveal
  • No wing fatigue here: Air Raid’s high-volume grind OK by Minshew

Opponent Preview: East Carolina Pirates Down the Drive

At a glance: Old Dominion Monarchs 2018 football Hampton Roads Daily Press

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Wichita State improves to 2-0 with Sunday win at Howard theamerican.org

Q&A: Cincinnati Sports editor on football season’s outlook, upcoming UCLA game  Daily Bruin

Scouting UCLA football’s first opponent: Cincinnati Los Angeles Daily News

A conversation with USF men’s hoops coach Brian Gregory Tampa Tribune

Without Flowers, Bulls looking to reload with new leaders USF Oracle

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF Playbook: Keys to Knights’ 2018 season
  • Bianchi Blast: UCF Knights will deliver double-digit win season

NCAA recognizes UCF’s national championship in addition to Alabama’s AL.com

It’s official: NCAA recognizes UCF’s national championship in record book Yahoo Sports

NCAA rule book recognizes UCF’s national championship NBCSports.com

UConn Goes (Extremely) Young With Week 1 Depth Chart Hartford Courant

Millville’s Ryquell Armstead hoping for healthy, dominant senior year Temple NJ.com

Marchi named Bucs’ starting quarterback Johnson City Press

247 Sports

  • Temple Football: Offensive expectations heading into 2018 
  • Projecting the Memphis Tigers stat leaders for the 2018 season

Quarterback Justin McMillan getting comfortable at Tulane quickly New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Times Picayune

  • Back in the Dome: Tulane helps break in new surface for Saints
  • After leaving LSU, new Tulane quarterback Justin McMillan could play soon

Tulsa World

  • Recruited by Bill Blankenship or not, all TU players are Philip Montgomery’s guys
  • Maturity benefiting TU cornerback Akayleb Evans

AAC Daily: Talking UCF, National Championships and Power Six BCSNN

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Fayetteville Observer

  • Duke could be dark horse in ACC Coastal race
  • N.C. State looking to sustain success in wake of big losses

Winston Salem Journal

  • Ed Hardin: Our unhealthy obsession with a great game
  • How Wake Forest will approach college football’s new redshirt rule
  • Ram Ramblings: WSSU gears up for game week as preseason camp comes to a close

Recovery from knee surgery a slog for Hokies’ Mihota Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

  • Scouting South Carolina’s first opponent: Coastal Carolina
  • Scouting Clemson’s first opponent: The Furman Paladins
  • Dawn Staley dead serious about getting a WNBA game with Gamecock alums in Columbia

The Associated Press

  • Family finds way forward after QB Tyler Hilinski’s suicide
  • Air Force player’s bond with brother grows through adversity
  • Florida State CB Taylor feels ‘underrated,’ yet delivers
  • Receivers will have big roles in Alabama-Louisville matchup

Washington Post

  • Pac-12 football loves to surprise. That could keep it out of the playoffs again.
  • Oklahoma football has owned the Big 12. That shouldn’t change without Baker Mayfield.

A bowl game? A 4-8 record? Here’s how UK’s season is being projected. Lexington Herald-Leader

Virginia football: Cavaliers make Virginia Tech, winning season next goals to conquer Roanoke Times

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Winston-Salem Open has flourished, as eighth season of pro tennis in the Triad concludes
  • Q-and-A with tennis greats Blake, Roddick, Chang, Ginepri at Winston-Salem Open

Washington Post

  • Nationals finally end drought, then open floodgates in 15-0 victory over the Mets
  • Kelvin Herrera leaves Sunday’s win with foot injury
  • A sick Bryce Harper gets first day off since Aug. 9
  • Adrian Peterson feels strong after Redskins debut: ‘I could have had another 15 carries.’
  • D.C. United can’t make its point on the road, gets shut out by New York Red Bulls
  • Elena Delle Donne matches franchise playoff record, and Mystics fend off Dream in Game 1
  • Sports world reacts to the death of John McCain
  • Former Cowboys are just about everywhere on NFL national telecasts this season
  • How more than 100 American soccer players abroad fared this weekend

New York Times

  • New Courts, Old Spirit: The National Tennis Center Turns 40
  • Surprisingly, a Disastrous Loss for the Mets Was Surprising
  • Yanks Closer to Red Sox but Still Seeking First-Place Form
  • For Bryson DeChambeau, a Northern Trust Win That’s Not Like Him

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