Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Packard’s plan to lead off again…’A game changer for East Carolina University’: New student center opens…ECU hires former spokesman for UT chancellor Beverly Davenport and Butch Jones…ECU Lacrosse Starts Practice For 2019 Season…Hokies replace East Carolina with Rhode Island for 2019…How much is ECU football worth?…Tigers roll Tide! Clemson captures national championship, caps perfect season…UCF Knights finish No. 11 in final AP top 25 poll…UH’s Dana Holgorsen a popular guy at coaches convention…Surprising North Carolina State to face North Carolina…After another lucrative CFP, NCAA awaits ruling on amateurism

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

From the Anchor Desk
Pirates set out to build on breakthrough win Bonesville.net

ECU Lacrosse Starts Practice For 2019 Season ecupirates.com

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Packard’s plan to lead off again
• ‘A game changer for East Carolina University’: New student center opens

ECU hires former spokesman for UT chancellor Beverly Davenport and Butch Jones Knoxville News Sentinel

Brian Bailey show Replay – Guest ECU Exec AD Ryan Robinson Pirate Radio 1250

247 Sports

• How much is ECU football worth?
• Meet ECU’s new early enrollees
• Hokies replace East Carolina with Rhode Island for 2019

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• The Rise: Basketball Update
• Tulane’s Freeman Repeats as Player of the Week, Tulsa’s Lewis Named Freshman of the Week
• UCF’s Dawkins, Houston’s Hinton Earn Weekly Awards
• Swimming and Diving: SMU opens 2019 action
• Houston and Temple Wins Cap Week One of Conference Play

AAC Daily: Houston Still Undefeated, But Gets Sandbagged in Polls BCSNN

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF Knights finish No. 11 in final AP top 25 poll
• UCF’s Josh Heupel named First-Year Coach of the Year by FWAA
• UCF podcast: Season recap and what’s next for the Knights

Philly.com

• City 6 observations: Temple steals one; St. Joe’s loses ugly twice; big games ahead this week
• Meet the NET, the new measurement for ranking all 353 NCAA Division I men’s basketball teams

Building on success: Willie Fritz wants better pass offense for Tulane New Orleans Advocate

TU guard Moore leaving men’s basketball program Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• UH’s Dana Holgorsen a popular guy at coaches convention
• UH extends contract of baseball coach Todd Whitting

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Columbia The State

• Tigers roll Tide! Clemson captures national championship, caps perfect season
• Trevor Lawrence, Trayvon Mullen earn MVP honors as Clemson blows out Alabama
• Clemson sets date, details for national championship parade
• ‘It is hard to beat this place’: Fans celebrate Clemson’s title victory
• Look: Here’s how you can get our Clemson title win poster pages
• Clemson alumni react to Tigers’ national championship over Alabama: ‘We did that!!!’
• ‘It is breathtaking,’ Gamecocks moving into their game changer
• USC had a big win. A top-15 team is in town. Frank Martin is calling on the fans

Charleston Post Courier

• Sapakoff: Clemson scales Nick Saban’s Alabama football ‘mountain’ with CFP rout for the ages
• Scrutinized all season, Clemson’s secondary steps up in championship against Alabama
• National champions: Clemson dominates Alabama in every aspect, wins Dabo Swinney’s second title
• CFP director defends Santa Clara for Alabama vs. Clemson despite weather, ticket market
• Hoops heart-stoppers: South Carolina shooting to thrill as SEC begins

Raleigh News and Observer

• Here are four things UNC must do to beat NC State on Tuesday
• Running with UNC? Yes. NC State trash-talking Luke Maye again? No.
• Duke (finally) plays a true road game, where ACC wins have been elusive lately
• Clemson flag flies atop SC State House after national championship victory

Winston Salem Journal

• 5 things to watch in Tuesday night’s Duke-Wake Forest game
• App State finishes as first team outside of final AP Top 25

WRAL

• Keatts, No. 15 Wolfpack thriving with 10-player rotation
• Torry Holt to enter College Football Hall of Fame
• UNC prepares for test at NC State

Hokies add Rhode Island to 2019 football schedule, will open against ACC foe Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Hokies add Rhode Island to ’19 football slate; will play two FCS foes, open at ACC team Hampton Roads Daily Press

The Associated Press

• Surprising North Carolina State to face North Carolina
• Former UVA player Shayok flourishing for Iowa State
• STAT WATCH: Tigers finish 1st in nation in scoring defense
• Clemson is No. 1 for 3rd time in AP poll, ‘Bama 2, Ohio St 3
• Orange Crush: Clemson topples No. 1 ‘Bama for national title
• Clemson offensive line confident it could succeed vs Tide
• Clemson makes bid to be considered best team ever
• Clemson finishes No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll for third time after routing Alabama
• Column: Saban endures most humiliating loss of Bama career
• No. 2 Clemson uses big moments to topple top-ranked Alabama
• Clemson routs Alabama 44-16 for second national title in three seasons, Crimson Tide’s biggest loss under Nick Saban
• Tua Tagovailoa struggles as Alabama loses title game 44-16
• Miami hires Blake Baker as co-defensive coordinator
• Presidents, commissioners put brakes on CFP expansion talk

New Orleans Times Picayune

• 1-year countdown begins for New Orleans to host the next CFP championship game
• Early 2019-2020 national championship odds released, includes Alabama and Clemson, of course