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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupFriday, September 14, 2018

September 14, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pinnix sees Ahlers effect…With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the Carolinas, East Carolina relocates football team to Orlando …ECU defense flexes its muscle with dominant second half showing…AAC Daily: Rain and Storms are Causing Chaos Everywhere…Big-Game Hunting: Illini take another crack at USF in Soldier Field rematch…Charlotte 49ers win C-USA opener against Old Dominion, eclipse last season’s win total…Mistakes catch up with Wake Forest in loss to Boston College…Why Clemson is playing a football game Saturday as South Carolina, others cancel…Davidson sets program records, tops D-III Guilford 91-61…

Updates from National Hurricane Center nhc.noaa.gov

LIVE NOW: Weather Channel Weather.com

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Greenville Daily Reflector

  • Pinnix sees Ahlers effect
  • Storm evacuees fill Greenville hotels

With Hurricane Florence bearing down on the Carolinas, East Carolina relocates football team to Orlando NBC Sports

LIVE NOW: Florence has made landfall at Wrightsville Beach as Category 1 hurricane. WNCT 9

Watch News Live WITN 7

ECU defense flexes its muscle with dominant second half showing 247 Sports

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • UConn Renews New England Rivalry With Rhode Island
  • Temple Heads to Maryland For First Road Trip of 2018
  • American Stories: In Return To The East, Navy Takes Lead In The West
  • Tulane Visits UAB In Search of Second Straight Win
  • Six From The American Among ITA Men’s Singles Preseason Rankings

AAC Daily: Rain and Storms are Causing Chaos Everywhere BCSNN

Anticipating Pressure, Protecting Warren Critical for Cincinnati Against Alabama A&M Down the Drive

Veer-and-variety: USF mixing things up on offense Tampa Bay Times

Big-Game Hunting: Illini take another crack at USF in Soldier Field rematch Chicago Sun-Times

3 ways Illinois can beat South Florida on Saturday at Soldier Field Chicago Tribune

AAC Power Rankings: UCF still on top after banner weekend for league Orlando Sentinel

Maine challenges ‘national champs’ UCF to game in only a way Twitter can love; Knights respond al.com

UConn Knows Not To Look Down On Rhode Island Entering Critical Game Hartford Courant

Temple next for Maryland football team’s season of adversity Philly.com

Rousing success: Turnover beads off the chain for Tulane New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Times Picayune

SMU prediction: Michigan and its 100,000 fans will give the Ponies all they can handle Dallas News

Memphis-Georgia State football: 5 things to know for Friday Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU’s game against Arkansas State could be important for bowl eligibility Tulsa World

Former teammates pay tribute to Calvin Huey, key figure in Navy football history Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

  • Mistakes catch up with Wake Forest in loss to Boston College
  • ACC releases basketball schedules – Wake Forest starts on the road

Charlotte Observer

  • Charlotte 49ers win C-USA opener against Old Dominion, eclipse last season’s win total
  • Whew! On record-setting night, how unbeaten Davidson blitzed Guilford 91-61 in football

After heading to Charlotte early, Monarchs will return 0-3 Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Hampton Roads Daily Press

  • ODU goes to 0-3 for first time with loss at Charlotte
  • Florence college football viewing guide for Saturday

Columbia The State

  • Even before game was canceled, Gamecocks planned to gave up hotel rooms for evacuees
  • Will Muschamp addresses South Carolina game cancellation
  • Why Clemson is playing a football game Saturday as South Carolina, others cancel

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Here are the easiest and most difficult stretches in UNC’s 2018-19 basketball schedule
  • Is NC State’s basketball schedule better in Year 2 under Kevin Keatts?
  • Kentucky, Indiana and two games each with UNC and Virginia mark Duke’s basketball schedule
  • More than 30 inches in 24 hours. A Hurricane Florence rainfall record in Atlantic Beach.
  • The Triangle is starting to feel effects of Hurricane Florence as thousands lose power

Canceled Colgate-Furman football game turns into free meals for Hurricane Florence evacuees Charleston Post & Courier

The Associated Press

  • Brown throws 5 TDs, BC beats Wake Forest, 41-34
  • Charlotte edges Old Dominion 28-25 in Conference USA opener
  • James Madison builds 52-0 halftime lead, beats Robert Morris
  • Davidson sets program records, tops D-III Guilford 91-61
  • Coastal Carolina beats Campbell 58-21 in a game played early
  • No. 16 Mississippi State focuses on details against ULL
  • No. 1 Alabama looks to contain talented Ole Miss offense
  • Nonconference losses can prove costly for top Big Ten teams
  • After a 2-year wait, Haskins takes control at Ohio State
  • Clemson’s Kelly Bryant continues ‘to grind’ in 2 QB system
  • Spotlight week in Big 12 with Power Five foes looming

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Baltimore Sun

  • Doomed from the start in road opener, Ravens fall behind by 21 points, lose to Bengals, 34-23
  • Ex-Ravens WR Steve Smith Sr. does not tolerate snubs, especially on live TV

Brind’Amour, on first day, sets different tone — with different captain Raleigh News and Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • For Panthers’ James Bradberry, career-defining stretch starts Sunday with Julio Jones
  • Sunday Gamechanger: Dontari Poe offers some sound advice on wrecking his former team

Washington Post

  • Victor Robles flashes his skills, but Cubs end Nationals’ winning streak at five
  • Solis knows he’s pitching for his future
  • NFL Week 2 ATS picks: The top games worth betting on
  • Redskins’ stretch of facing elite quarterbacks begins Sunday with Andrew Luck
  • Peterson plans to reward Hogs 2.0 with king-size mattresses
  • Peterson wasn’t invited to any camps. So he created his own.
  • How the ‘Redskins Talk’ podcast became a hit
  • New facility is D.C. mayor’s blueprint for luring Redskins
  • CFB betting Week 3: USC may be in trouble
  • New Capitals Coach Todd Reirden will dial up intensity as Stanley Cup defense begins

New York Times

  • Two Quarterbacks? Alabama, Georgia and Clemson Share a Conundrum but Don’t See a Problem
  • Our N.F.L. Week 2 Picks Against the Spread
  • When Aaron Judge Returns, Yankees Will Have an Outfield Puzzle
  • Mets’ David Wright to Return, and Then Retire

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