Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, October 2, 2018

Holton Ahlers gives ECU new hope for better days at quarterback …Gameday: Pirates Battle USF In AAC Semifinals…Washer, Pirates ready for big weekend…Meeting includes a nod to Workman, team updates…No. 9 UCF Overcomes Temple For 21st Straight Win…Judge ruling shows ethics challenge in UConn football coaching case was a waste of time …Two painful losses later, NC State football tries to figure out what comes next…Hokies have been to 25 consecutive bowls, but this season, nothing is guaranteed…No. 1 Alabama at No. 4 LSU should change playoff picture…

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST: Factors have moved in ECU’s favor Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Hosts Memphis On Saturday
• Gameday: Pirates Battle USF In AAC Semifinals
• Gameday: ECU Opens November Hosting Tulsa And Wichita State

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Washer, Pirates ready for big weekend
• Meeting includes a nod to Workman, team updates
• Experienced lines set to do battle

ECU football preview Washington Daily News

Holton Ahlers gives ECU new hope for better days at quarterback  Raleigh News and Observer

247 Sports

• ECU vs. Memphis: The Edge
• ECU vs. Memphis: Setting The Stage
• Richardson decommits from ECU

College Football: Memphis vs. East Carolina | Start Time, TV, Odds … Hero Sports

5 things to know for Memphis-ECU football on Saturday Memphis Commercial Appeal

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• No. 9 UCF Overcomes Temple For 21st Straight Win
• No. 23 UCF and USF extend winning streaks into November
• American Stories: The New Normal

Milton throws 3 TDs, No. 9 UCF holds off Temple 52-40 The Associated Press

Philly.com

• Temple falls to Central Florida in offensive shootout
• Temple football notes: Freddie Booth-Lloyd returns in front of big following
• A big award for Fran Dunphy, and why he got it

Orlando Sentinel

• McKenzie Milton helps lead No. 12 UCF to win over Temple, extends nation’s longest win streak
• UCF QB McKenzie Milton starts against Temple
• Three things we learned from UCF’s 52-40 win over Temple

USF coaches see brighter days for beleaguered defense Tampa Bay Times

Cincinnati Bearcats roll past Tusculum in first game in renovated Fifth Third Arena Cincinnati Enquirer

Mike Anthony: Judge ruling shows ethics challenge in UConn football coaching case was a waste of time Hartford Courant

New Orleans Advocate

• Tulane men hold off Loyola in sloppy exhibition
• Tulane football notebook: redshirt freshman OT Joey Claybrook to get first start
• Tulane running back Corey Dauphine: ‘I feel like I do everything fast’
• Tulane at South Florida: Here’s what the Green Wave needs to do for this must-win game

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane’s exhibition win against Loyola more hard-fought than usual
• Tulane quarterback Justin McMillan readies for ‘very important’ start against South Florida

Houston’s Major Applewhite tried to keep Ben Hicks from going to SMU, remains a fan of the Mustangs QB Dallas News

Memphis basketball waiting on NCAA to green light Lance Thomas Memphis Commercial Appeal

Houston Chronicle

• Corey Davis leads UH past Dallas Baptist in exhibition
• College football preview: UH at SMU

Pittman has provided consistency at nose guard for Navy Annapolis Capital

Gregg Marshall hated Wichita State’s stat sheet. The size of the font, that is Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Two painful losses later, NC State football tries to figure out what comes next
• How UNC’s Dazz Newsome went from defender to an offensive threat opponents must fear

Winston Salem Journal

• Five things to know about App State’s matchup with Coastal Carolina
• 5 things to know about Wake Forest’s opponent: Syracuse

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• No. 23 Virginia is thinking big, and that’s just fine with Bronco Mendenhall
• Virginia football coach is exceeding his own low expectations
• Hokies have been to 25 consecutive bowls, but this season, nothing is guaranteed

Columbia The State

• South Carolina-Ole Miss prediction: This thing is looking like a shootout
• A deeper dive into numbers suggests South Carolina can stop Ole Miss
• Ole Miss opened as a favorite, but then the money came in for South Carolina
• 5 takeaways from fall ball for South Carolina baseball
• Former Clemson QB Kelly Bryant took midweek visit to SEC power
• What Dabo Swinney said about being linked to the Cleveland Browns job

WRAL SportsFan

• GIFs: Halloween might be over, but it’s still trick or treat for ACC teams on the cusp
• Coach Logan breaks down UNC’s ‘game within the game’ defending GT’s option
• Logan: If NCSU jumps on FSU early, Seminoles ‘will quit’
• Holliday: A November to remember for the Pack?

The Associated Press

• No. 1 Alabama at No. 4 LSU should change playoff picture
• Clemson’s freshman quarterback is pivotal cog in title run
• Homecoming: No. 3 Notre Dame CB Love eager for Northwestern
• No. 5 Michigan seeking revenge at home versus No. 14 Penn St
• Ohio uses 6 turnovers to beat Western Michigan 59-14
• McKie’s interception return seals Northern Illinois’ win

Washington Post

• Maryland’s football players found their voice as their university floundered
• As Maryland turns the page on DJ Durkin, several coaching candidates emerge
• Among players, a mix of relief, tension and uncertainty
• Tumult ‘to have an impact on local recruiting’
• Board recommended keeping trainers who failed to treat McNair
• A timeline of events at Maryland in McNair saga
• Maryland players involved in altercation amid turmoil
• Feinstein: Outraged community provided direction to Maryland

Board Chairman Resigns in Fallout Over a Maryland Football Player’s Death New York Times