Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Safety Concerns, Catastrophic Florence Forecast Forces ECU To Cancel Blacksburg Trip…Virginia Tech AD not happy with ECU’s decision to cancel Week 3 game on Tuesday…Virginia Tech and ECU are 2018’s hurricane game mini-spat…Virginia Tech Deletes Tweet After Taunting ECU for Cancelling Game Due to Hurricane…Tar Heels lack of respect for Pirates leads to third straight loss in series…Hurricane threat cancels N.C. State/WVU, UNC/UCF, ECU/VT games…ODU buses to Charlotte in anticipation of playing football Saturday; U.Va. moves home game vs. Ohio to Vanderbilt…Marshall will ‘do whatever we need to do’ to travel to SC, play the Gamecocks…Even with common bye week, UCF-Nebraska not happening…Despite canceled game, suspended UNC players can return in week 5…The Redskins say they’ve sold out every home game since 1967. The streak may end Sunday.

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Safety Concerns, Catastrophic Florence Forecast Forces ECU To Cancel Blacksburg Trip
• Pirates Finish Fourth At Minnesota Invitational
• Ruiz, Hofbauer Earn ITA National Rankings

No ECU game this weeekend Greenville Daily Reflector

Virginia Tech apologizes for ‘insensitive’ tweet after ECU cancels trip to Blacksburg Raleigh News and Observer

Tech’s game against ECU on Saturday has been postponed Norfolk Virginian Pilot

ECU decides not to travel for Saturday’s scheduled game against Hokies Hampton Roads Daily Press

East Carolina football cancels game against Virginia Tech Roanoke Times

Virginia Tech and ECU are 2018’s hurricane game mini-spat SB Nation

Virginia Tech Deletes Tweet After Taunting ECU for Cancelling Game Due to Hurricane 12up

The East Carolinian

• ECU & Virginia Tech game canceled due to Florence
• Pirate women’s soccer shuts out Charlotte 3-0

ECU cancels Virginia Tech game due to Florence WNCT 9

Safety concerns, Florence forecast forces ECU to cancel Blacksburg trip WITN 7

Sept. 11 6 p.m. sports: Pirates, Tar Heels, Wolfpack not playing Saturday WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Media reacts to ECU-Virginia Tech cancellation
• Hurricane Florence forces ECU to cancel trip to Virginia Tech

ECU Cancels Trip to Blacksburg Tech Sideline

ECU Scraps Trip to Virginia Tech Due to Hurricane Florence Rivals.com

Around the American Athletic Conference

Hurricane Florence: UCF at UNC football game canceled Orlando Sentinel

theamerican.org

• Touchdown Tuesday: Week 1
• UCF Starts Week Four with Win Over Florida
• Memphis and Tulane earn Tuesday night road wins

AAC Daily: USF Heads to Illinois While UCF’s Game is Cancelled BCSNN

Even with common bye week, UCF-Nebraska not happening Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• Hurricane Florence: UCF at UNC football game canceled
• Frost warning: UCF vs. Nebraska is not a good idea for either side

Hartford Courant

• Randy Edsall Decries State of UConn Program: It’s A Shame What Happened Between 2011 and 2017
• Mike Anthony: UConn Football Lacking Speed And Experience To Compete — For Now

Temple remains upbeat, but a long-range look at the schedule does not look good | Analysis Philly.com

No letdown: Tulane knows it needs to focus fully on UAB New Orleans Advocate

For Tulane, team effort needed to snap season-opening road losing streak New Orleans Times Picayune

As SMU’s trip to Ann Arbor approaches, Mustangs hope current battle scars will pay future dividends  Dallas News

Tiger Football Podcast: How Memphis moves from Navy loss Memphis Commercial Appeal

Bill Haisten: Can a team be energized after a loss? It’s a possibility at TU Tulsa World

Moehring sets Navy record for career extra points Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Hurricane threat cancels N.C. State, UNC, ECU games Fayetteville Observer

U-Va. moves football game because of Hurricane Florence; Virginia Tech’s opponent cancels trip Washington Post

WRALSportsFan

• Tar Heels lack of respect for Pirates leads to third straight loss in series
• Not playing UCF lessens the number of games UNC players are suspended from
• Here’s how not playing UCF lessens the number of games UNC’s football players are suspended from
• Despite canceled game, suspended UNC players can return in week 5
• ACC Panic Room: Hurricane Flo says no to Triangle football
• UNC football home opener vs. UCF will not be played, other athletic events also impacted by Hurricane Florence
• NC State will not host West Virginia Saturday due to expected Florence impact

Raleigh News and Observer

• Will UNC football players suspended for canceled UCF game have to sit out an extra game?
• UNC’s Nathan Elliott wasn’t to blame for ECU loss. Here’s what the film showed.
• NC State football game against West Virginia called off due to Hurricane Florence

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest against Boston College kickoff moved to 5:30 p.m. Thursday due to Hurricane Florence
• Offensive line’s versatility comes in handy early for Wake Forest
• 9/11 memories personal for Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson
• App State notebook: Weather updates, a shifty quarterback and the touchdown that wasn’t

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Teel: Some early observations on Tech, ODU and Virginia
• ODU football heads for Charlotte, expecting to play Saturday

ODU buses to Charlotte in anticipation of playing football Saturday; U.Va. moves home game vs. Ohio to Vanderbilt Hampton Roads Daily Press

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks know this drill: USC football team prepares to play with hurricane looming
• Hurricane Florence has Clemson football team thinking about more than Saturday’s game
• 17 years later, Dabo Swinney delivers powerful story about where he was on 9/11

Columbia The State

• ‘It’s a loud venue, fun venue.’ What Marshall said about Williams-Brice, USC
• Weather will likely be wet for South Carolina-Marshall football. How USC is preping
• South Carolina athletics issues statement on current Hurricane Florence situation
• Marshall will ‘do whatever we need to do’ to travel to SC, play the Gamecocks
• Gamecocks want an offense that’s more ‘hard-headed’
• How Clemson is balancing preparing for a football game and a hurricane
• How South Carolina will help the families of football players affected by Hurricane Florence
• South Carolina baseball cancels first fall scrimmage due to Hurricane Florence

How former starting QB Hasaan Klugh remains in Charlotte 49ers’ plans Charlotte Observer