Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Thursday, November 29, 2018

ECU QB Ahlers does not practice, status unknown for NCSU game…No action taken at BOT meeting…UCF’s Milton, ECU’s Harvey, Temple’s Wright Named As American Players of the Year…JMU’s Mike Houston says he’s been offered, has interest in Charlotte 49ers football coaching job…TU to retain Philip Montgomery for 2019 season…Brohm turns down Louisville job, will stay at Purdue…Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson retiring after 11 seasons

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• ECU News
  No official developments on the AD hiring front
• The Bradsher Beat
  Santos developing knack for English, winning

Harvey Named American Defensive Player-Of-The-Year ecupirates.com

Greenville Daily Reflector

• No action taken at BOT meeting
• Harvey named AAC’s top defender
• Ahlers could be out vs. Wolfpack

The East Carolinian

• Raven Johnson Is Playing the Best Basketball of Her Career
• Women’s basketball to take on the 49’ers
• Pirates set to face-off against State
• Pirates fall to Seahawks

WNCT 9

• No announcement from ECU Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday
• Harvey named American Defensive Player of Year; Verity and Brown also on..

ECU’s Harvey named AAC Defensive Player of the Year WITN 7

ECU’s Harvey named AAC Defensive Player of the Year; two others honored WCTI 12

247 Sports

• Nate Harvey named American Defensive Player of the Year
• ECU Wednesday Practice Notebook (NC State Week)
• Ahlers’ status in doubt for NC State game

Rivals.com

• Harvey Named AAC Defensive POY, Brown & Verity First Team AAC
• Ahlers’ Status More Doubtful, Did Not Practice On Wednesday
• ECU vs. NC State: Setting The Stage
• Norvell explains gameplan to focus on Mack with Milton out
• Updates from Ray Tanner on bowl games, Akron, Ops Building

WRAL

• ECU’s Harvey named AAC defensive player of the year
• ECU QB Ahlers does not practice, status unknown for NCSU game

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• UCF’s Milton, ECU’s Harvey, Temple’s Wright Named As American Players of the Year
• Houston and USF Earn Hard-Fought Wednesday Wins
• UConn’s Samuelson, SMU’s Froling Set Career Records Wednesday
• CFP FOUNDATION AND AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PARTNER IN SUPPORT OF TEACHERS

BCSNN

• AAC Daily: AAC Player of the Year and Team Honors Announced
• Utah Basketball to Host Tulsa in Saturday Afternoon Action
• ECU Pirates Come Out on the Losing End of a High-Scoring Duel

Bearcats’ Luke Fickell named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year Cincinnati Enquirer

Ranking Potential Bowl Matchups for the Cincinnati Bearcats Down the Drive

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF Football Now: Support for Milton, previewing Memphis and bowl projections
• Bond between UCF QBs Darriel Mack Jr., McKenzie Milton fuels Knights’ success
• First look at McKenzie Milton leis to be handed out at UCF game
• UCF podcast: McKenzie Milton update, AAC championship preview and the latest playoff rankings
• UCF QB McKenzie Milton named AAC Offensive Player of Year, Knights claim other honors
• Injured UCF star McKenzie Milton joins Knights’ quarterback meetings via FaceTime

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football looks forward to fourth UCF meeting in two years at AAC Championship game
• Tiger Football Podcast: UCF, AAC Title Game Edition
• Memphis football coach Mike Norvell linked to Louisville, Colorado, Texas Tech jobs; here’s what he said
• What is being said about Memphis’ Mike Norvell as a coaching candidate
• Tiger Basketball Podcast: Where does Memphis go after AdvoCare?

USF’s Mitch Wilcox a 1st-team All-AAC pick Tampa Bay Times

Hartford Courant

• UConn men: Takeaways from a ho-hum victory, with Arizona next
• Mike Anthony: UConn women’s recruiting setbacks part of normal basketball world program rarely sees

Temple well rewarded with AAC postseason football honors Philly.com

Men’s hoops: Tulane loses home matinee to Georgia State New Orleans Advocate

New Orleans Times Picayune

• Tulane’s latest loss has Mike Dunleavy ‘questioning how tough my team is’
• Tulane’s midday rally against Georgia State comes up short

SMU WR James Proche the only Mustang on AAC awards list Dallas News

TU to retain Philip Montgomery for 2019 season Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• Houston forward Fabian White close to joining team
• UH defeats UT-Rio Grande Valley in final home game at TSU’s…
• Injured UCF QB McKenzie Milton sends humbling message to…
• Cougars named to all-American Athletic Conference teams
• Houston associate head coach/OC Kendal Briles staying with…

Script has flipped in Army-Navy football rivalry Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

JMU’s Mike Houston says he’s been offered, has interest in Charlotte 49ers football coaching job Charlotte Observer

Raleigh News and Observer

• No. 7 Michigan dominates No. 11 North Carolina, handing Tar Heels second loss of the season
• New UNC football coach Mack Brown makes his first coaching hire. And he’s coming back too.
• Former NC State star Jaylen Samuels makes a pair of former Tar Heels dress in Wolfpack gear
• NC State’s loss to Wisconsin might help more than its first six wins
• North Carolina coach Roy Williams following loss at Michigan: ‘Right now we stink. Right now my coaching sucks’

WRAL

• No. 7 Michigan rolls past No. 11 North Carolina 84-67
• Cunningham: Mack is energized
• ACC Panic Room: Not a B1G challenge for Duke

Winston Salem Journal

• Tuesday’s game and presentation ‘meant a lot’ to Mark Prosser
• Matt Colburn II, after missing last two games, excited to retake the field with Deacons in bowl

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• ODU’s decline is Bobby Wilder’s responsibility, but he merits a chance to correct course
• Kyle Guy finds his touch, shoots U.Va. past Maryland
• Old Dominion storms back, finishes rival Virginia Commonwealth

Columbia The State

• Dabo, Muschamp expect big things from Mack Brown at UNC
• These USC juniors have decisions to make. Who’s mostly likely to leave early?
• Gamecock great glad to be home coaching basketball with mission to rebuild RNE program
• What the Gator Bowl says about the Gamecocks
• Clemson sweeps ACC Player of the Year awards as Travis Etienne, Clelin Ferrell honored
• Big decision coming for one Gamecock: help the team now … or later
• The message as Gamecocks prepare in season’s final week: Next year it’s for Atlanta

The Associated Press

• No. 1 Alabama vs No. 4 Georgia in title game rematch for SEC
• Porous Oklahoma defense has had season to forget
• Brohm turns down Louisville job, will stay at Purdue
• Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson retiring after 11 seasons
• A look at Paul Johnson’s coaching career
• QB Will McBride announces he’s transferring from Tennessee
• Gifted quarterbacks part of North Dakota State’s winning mix
• Texas State hires WVU assistant Spavital as head coach
• Bowling Green hires Boston College OC Loeffler as head coach
• No. 7 Michigan rolls past No. 11 North Carolina 84-67

Washington Post

• Virginia and Maryland are a case of the known and the unknown
• Maryland handles Virginia’s pack-line defense, but falls short at home
• Georgetown plays ‘terrible,’ yet still holds off Richmond
• ‘Duke fans, just cut it out’: Coach K defends players against criticism for Maui upset
• College football coaching carousel: Auburn’s Gus Malzahn reportedly negotiating to keep his job