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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupWednesday, October 31, 2018

October 31, 2018 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Gameday: Pirate WSoccer Opens AAC Tournament Against SMU…Three Pirates Earn AAC Postseason Honors…ECU sweeps men’s swimming and diving awards…Montgomery says Ahlers has “best practice of the year” Tuesday…Norvell, Memphis football hope to bounce back at East Carolina…Memphis’ Darrell Henderson primed for return vs. ECU…UCF is No. 12 in first College Football Playoff rankings…After Maryland Player’s Death, Coach and Athletic Director Keep Their Jobs…Marchand, Bruins hand Canes 3-2 loss…Hornets’ French connection – Tony Parker and Nic Batum – triggers win over Heat…Redskins trade for safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, send a fourth-round pick to Packers…Yes, the Detroit Lions trading Golden Tate made sense. Here’s why

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • Gameday: Pirate WSoccer Opens AAC Tournament Against SMU
  • Three Pirates Earn AAC Postseason Honors
  • Rosters Announced For Purple-Gold World Series
  • ECU Freshmen Sweep Weekly Men’s Swimming & Diving Awards

Coach: Tuesday was Ahlers’ best practice  Greenville Daily Reflector

Montgomery says Ahlers has “best practice of the year” Tuesday WITN 7

247 Sports

  • What Memphis coach Mike Norvell said about ECU
  • ECU offense still waiting for the big one
  • Memphis vs. East Carolina: Key Matchups
  • Holton Ahlers ‘taking over’ ECU’s offense

Norvell, Memphis football hope to bounce back at East Carolina Daily Helmsman

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • ECU sweeps men’s swimming and diving awards; UConn takes home women’s honors
  • 2018 Women’s Soccer Championship Kicks Off on Halloween
  • The American Announces Women’s Soccer Awards
  • American Stories: Hurley Becomes A Perfect Fit At UConn
  • American Athletic Conference volleyball teams begin November slates

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis’ Darrell Henderson primed for return vs. ECU
  • Memphis vs Christian Brothers: How to follow Friday’s exhibition game

BCSNN

  • AAC Daily: Will the Playoff Committee Show the AAC Some Respect?
  • UCF Men’s Basketball Lives Up to the Hype in Exhibition Win

Tampa Bay Times

  • USF 6-9 transfer Mayan Kiir can play right away, NCAA says
  • Know the Foe: Tulane

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF is No. 12 in first College Football Playoff rankings
  • UCF’s secondary is a competitive group driven to create turnovers

Hartford Courant

  • Mike Anthony: The UConn football season is over and Randy Edsall’s five-year plan is asking a lot of disenchanted fans
  • UConn football seniors playing for pride, Randy Edsall not thrilled with late starts

UConn’s Edsall: ‘could care less how many we win or lose’ Republican-American

Temple treating first-place showdown against Central Florida like any other game Philly.com

Resilient Green Wave looks for second consecutive road victory New Orleans Advocate

Tulane quarterback Justin McMillan gets ‘definitive’ on winning touchdown run New Orleans Times Picayune

Why is SMU’s running game struggling? Here are three reasons Dallas News

TU basketball, football programs partnering with Trimble Strong Foundation Tulsa World

Navy defensive captain takes pride in forcing fumbles Annapolis Capital

Samajae Haynes-Jones powers WSU through exhibition game scare Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Chauncey Caldwell, NC Central starting quarterback, is out for the season
  • As Roy Williams and Kevin Keatts show, high school coaching can pay off down the road

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest seizes backs-against-the-wall mentality, eyes flourish for final four games
  • James Martin of WSSU pulling double duty for football and baseball while his mother is fighting for her life
  • Sun Belt commissioner: Undefeated East Division champion would be conference’s best hope at a New Year’s Six bowl

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • To get premium seats at renovated Foreman Field, some ODU fans will need to buy seat “memberships”
  • Pittsburgh is a perfect fit in unpredictable Coastal Division

Columbia The State

  • Clemson ranked in top 4 of first College Football Playoff rankings
  • ‘The best 2-6 team I’ve seen.’ Clemson doing best to talk up struggling Louisville
  • Muschamp: Tanner ‘working harder than you would imagine’ to get USC’s 12th game

The Associated Press

  • Jackson accounts for 6 TDs; Buffalo beats Miami (Ohio) 51-42
  • Barrett accounts for 3 TDs at Kent St. beats Bowling Green
  • Rutgers player charged in New Jersey in alleged murder plot
  • Board recommends Durkin to return as Maryland football coach
  • The Latest: Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Notre Dame top CFP
  • Helton, USC move forward after changes to coaching staff
  • Leaky run defense remains problematic for Tennessee
  • Legacy game awaits LSU’s Cajun coach vs. No. 1 Alabama
  • Conference season takes a toll in the Pac-12
  • Georgia Tech QB TaQuon Marshall to start at North Carolina

New York Times

  • Kentucky and Northwestern Become Surprise Contenders
  • After Maryland Player’s Death, Coach and Athletic Director Keep Their Jobs

Washington Post

  • Maryland ought to be ashamed
  • Maryland regents side with Coach Durkin over recommendation of President Loh, who will retire next year
  • DJ Durkin returns to the Maryland football team amid tension and deep uncertainty

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Marchand, Bruins hand Canes 3-2 loss
  • Hornets’ French connection – Tony Parker and Nic Batum – triggers win over Heat
  • Tony Parker provides Hornets many things. Is calming influence his greatest trait?

Washington Post

  • Redskins trade for safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, send a fourth-round pick to Packers
  • Clinton-Dix idolized Sean Taylor
  • ‘AP’ is making doubters look foolish
  • Grading the biggest deals from an NFL trade deadline day without any blockbusters
  • Power rankings: Redskins rising
  • ‘Horrendous’ defense has defined Wizards, who lose again at Memphis

New York Times

  • Where Training for the New York City Marathon Is a Reality Show
  • Mets Introduce Brodie Van Wagenen, Their New G.M. (and a Recovering Agent)
  • Warriors’ Klay Thompson Sets 3-Pointer Record in Blowout Win
  • FIFA, Hacked Again, Braces for New Revelations

Yes, the Detroit Lions trading Golden Tate made sense. Here’s why Detroit Free Press

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