Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, January 12, 2019

Gameday: Lady Pirates Matchup With Tulsa On Saturday Afternoon…Trevon Brown named to NFLPA Bowl roster…Coaches chat it up in Greenville…Source: AAC to receive $18.8 million; Sun Belt Conference to receive $17.2 million from CFP…Penny Hardaway: AAC is ‘pretty doggone good’ …USF women’s basketball team heads to UConn with nine players…New Temple football coach Rod Carey signs long-term deal with lofty buyout, showing willingness to stay for a while…Dabo Swinney joins Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski as unknown hires who rose to the top…Will Defense Doom the Chiefs in the Playoffs?…Canes hold off Sabres 4-3 in Skinner’s return to PNC Arena

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: Lady Pirates Matchup With Tulsa On Saturday Afternoon
• Pirates Open Indoor Season In Chapel Hill

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirates look for another home win
• Coaches chat it up in Greenville

247 Sports

• Trevon Brown named to NFLPA Bowl roster
• 2019 ECU Position Primer: Wide Receivers

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Source: AAC to receive $18.8 million; Sun Belt Conference to receive $17.2 million from CFP Winston Salem Journal

theamerican.org

• Campus Connect – Temple’s Freddie Booth-Lloyd
• Three UConn Huskies Named to Midseason Wooden Top 25

AAC Daily: Temple Poaches NIU Head Coach to Head Owls Football BCSNN

Tampa Bay Times

• USF men embark on toughest stretch to date
• USF women’s basketball team heads to UConn with nine players

Geno Auriemma sympathizes with injury-riddled USF Connecticut Post

UC with short turnaround for UConn Saturday night Cincinnati Enquirer

Hartford Courant

• UConn men: Takeaways from an encouraging win over SMU, looking ahead to Cincinnati
• UConn men’s basketball at Cincinnati: time, how to watch, broadcasters, preview

NBC Sports

• USF hires title-winning head coach Kerwin Bell as OC
• Temple football introduces Rod Carey as new coach

Temple introduces Northern Illinois’ Rod Carey as its new coach: ‘This is exactly where I want to be’ Chicago Tribune

Philly.com

• New Temple football coach Rod Carey signs long-term deal with lofty buyout, showing willingness to stay for a while
• After the last guy, it’s OK to wait and see about Temple’s new football coach | Mike Jensen
• Temple picks Northern Illinois’ Rod Carey to be new football coach
• Temple holds on, upends unbeaten Houston

UCF list of early enrollees includes three ACC transfers, QB who chose Knights over USC Orlando Sentinel

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football hires Kevin Clune as linebackers coach
• Pollard declares for NFL Draft

TU looks to bounce back at SMU on Saturday Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• Dana Holgorsen adds 5 assistants to UH staff
• Meet new UH co-defensive coordinator/cornerbacks coach Doug Belk

Aggressive mindset is the key for WSU freshman Dexter Dennis in offensive rebounding Wichita Eagle

Former Navy head coach Rick Forzano dies at age 90 Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Dabo Swinney joins Dean Smith and Mike Krzyzewski as unknown hires who rose to the top
• After some shaky shooting against UNC, NC State expects to bounce back against Pitt
• Three things to watch as No. 1 Duke travels to play No. 13 Florida State

Winston Salem Journal

• App Trail: App State hires former Big 12, SEC assistant Buddy Wyatt as defensive line coach
• 5 things to watch in Saturday’s Wake Forest-Miami game

The Associated Press

• No. 3 Tennessee establishes itself as favorite in SEC race
• Postponed Missouri-South Carolina rescheduled for Sunday
• No. 1 Duke visits No. 13 FSU to headline ACC weekend slate
• Fernando, Cowan rally Maryland past No. 22 Indiana 78-75

Charlotte Observer

• Davidson’s off to best start since joining A-10, but Wildcats get tough test Saturday
• Larry Stone: Washington state rep’s bill to pay college athletes unlikely to pass, but it’s a step in the right direction