Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, August 31, 2018

Gameday: ECU Hosts N.C. A&T In Season Opener; ECU to Pirate fans: Hydrate early, often…A&T heads to East Carolina comfortable in underdog role…ECU To Host Virginia In Fall Exhibition On Oct. 6th…Tulane Drops OT Heartbreaker To Wake Forest…UCF’s Aaron Robinson stretchered off field after season-opening kickoff ; No. 21 UCF keeps rolling, Knights open with 56-17 win over UConn…UC Davis tops San Jose State 44-38 in first FCS-FBS upset…Redskins close out preseason with a 30-20 loss to Ravens…Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera starting final evaluations ahead of roster cuts

Pirate Press: East Carolina Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
ECU’s revamped program about to be measured Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Hosts N.C. A&T In Season Opener
• ECU To Host Virginia In Fall Exhibition On Oct. 6th
• ECU-Richmond Match Rescheduled To Friday Morning

Greenville Daily Reflector

• ECU to Pirate fans: Hydrate early, often
• A&T coach breaks down matchup
• ECU-A&T: Q&A analysis
• New paint job, logo greets Pirates
• Police dog makes debut at game
• Sup Dogs rooftop bar and kitchen opens today

Football faces tough schedule The East Carolinian

247 Sports

• Three Keys to an ECU Victory over NC A&T
• Devon Sutton benefiting from ECU’s new practice schedule
• Captain Cannon Gibbs a vital piece of ECU’s defense

A&T heads to East Carolina comfortable in underdog role Greensboro News-Record

A&T Gets Another Tough Foe In FBS Foe ECU North Carolina A&T Aggies

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Tulane Drops OT Heartbreaker To Wake Forest
• UCF Gets Head Start In East With Win At UConn

Orlando Sentinel

• No. 21 UCF keeps rolling, Knights open with 56-17 win over UConn
• Three things we learned from UCF’s 56-17 win over UConn

Hartford Courant

• Mike Anthony: UConn Football Flattened By Good UCF Team, Self-Inflicted Wounds And Inexperience
• Grading UConn Players, Position Groups After Season-Opening Loss To UCF

Jeff Jacobs: Future of UConn football isn’t clear Connecticut Post

UCF Football: 3 takeaways from Knights’ blowout win over UConn Saturday Blitz

Nixon scores twice as UCF blasts UConn in football opener Florida Today

UCF’s Aaron Robinson stretchered off field after season-opening kickoff USA Today

Wake Forest tops Tulane in overtime Winston Salem Journal

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane loses 23-17 to Wake Forest in OT
• Heard of Miami’s Turnover Chain? Well, Tulane has a very New Orleans version of it …
• Tulane-Wake Forest Three and Out
• Walker: Hall of Fame bound ex-Tulane coach Mack Brown returns to old stomping grounds for season opener

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Squandered chances haunt Green Wave: Takeaways from Tulane’s 23-17 loss to Wake Forest
• Tulane quarterback Jonathan Banks starts slow, finishes strong in season-opening loss
• In Tulane’s Willie Fritz, Mack Brown sees qualities that helped him build a winner

A look at the state of the University of Cincinnati Bearcats football program, Part 2 Cincinnati Enquirer

Top 9 things to know going into UC Bearcat football season WCPO

UCLA Football vs. Cincinnati Preview: A Look at the Bearcats’ Offense Bruins Nation

USF bringing motorized bull to Raymond James Stadium Tampa Tribune

Temple announces future home-and-home with Penn State NBC Sports

Dallas News

• Football — not friendship — comes first for Sonny Dykes and Seth Littrell this weekend
• SMU prediction: Can the Mustangs do themselves an early favor vs. North Texas?

Memphis Tigers football: 5 storylines to watch this season Memphis Commercial Appeal

With games against three teams from Arkansas, TU’s nonconference slate has a regional flair Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• UH’s baseball field to be named Don Sanders Field
• UH, Rice talking about adding two more years to football series

Va’a Niumatalolo follows in his father’s footsteps Annapolis Capital

She sat out a year with a mission in mind. Now this WSU runner has All-American goals Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Here’s a look at five of NC State’s most memorable season-opening football games
• How good can NC State be? Luke DeCock analyzes the upcoming football season.
• How good will Duke be? Here’s Luke DeCock’s take on the Blue Devils’ football season.

Winston Salem Journal

• App State’s Greg Gasparato helping brother, a former Penn State player, deal with cancer battle
• Five things to know about App State’s matchup with Penn State

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU-Liberty? OK, but doesn’t ODU-JMU just give off more of a tingle?
• After a summer of college football scandal, let the games begin

Columbia The State

• Clemson student Roberts will start at QB for Furman
• Lyn-J Dixon the latest example of honesty paying off for Clemson in recruiting
• Will Muschamp explains how much Josh Belk will play Saturday, updates injuries

Charlotte Observer

• Here’s how the Charlotte 49ers’ Juwan Foggie is making a difference – on, off field
• Interim coach Matt Canada relies on experience coaching amid tragedies to help him lead Maryland

As college football season dawns, Maryland braces for days of reckoning Washington Post

Campbell QB Daniel Smith shines in season debut Fayetteville Observer

The Associated Press

• Cornelius throws 5 TDs in 1st start; Oklahoma St. rolls
• Larkin helps Northwestern extend streak with win at Purdue
• UC Davis tops San Jose State 44-38 in first FCS-FBS upset
• Elderly leads UAB to 52-0 win, 1st shutout in 10 years