GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Friday, July 19, 2019

ECU Tabbed GCAA All-Academic Team…Byrne Named Assistant Lacrosse Coach…“Meet The Pirates” Scheduled For August 17…Mannino Named To Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List…In-state righty joins ECU’s 2021 class…American commissioner paints positive picture during state of conference address…Top quarterback recruit Drake Maye sets family legacy aside; picks Alabama over UNC…Another ‘easy’ schedule for NC State? Depends how you look at it….On a team of new faces, ODU tackle Isaac Weaver is suddenly “the old guy”…Stephen Strasburg gets the Nats dancing with a three-run homer in a 13-4 blitzing of the Braves…Brooks Koepka looks every bit the British Open favorite with his caddie, a hometown favorite

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirate players ‘ready to catch their breath’ Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• ECU Tabbed GCAA All-Academic Team
• Byrne Named Assistant Lacrosse Coach
• “Meet The Pirates” Scheduled For August 17
• Mannino Named To Forbes’ 30 Under 30 List
• Trio Named To NABC Honors Court

On the move: Tracking the AAC’s top QBs  Greenville Daily Reflector

247 Sports

• ECU’s Top 25 Most Important Players for 2019: Tank Robinson
• LOOK: ECU’s overhauled roster putting in work this summer
• In-state righty joins ECU’s 2021 class
• Top 10 camp/combine performers in East’s ’21 class

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

SMU’s Roberson, Proche Top American’s Six on Biletnikoff Watch List theamerican.org

American Athletic Conference Offseason Reset: What does all the turnover mean for the league? YAHOO!

John Brannen adds to Cincinnati Bearcats basketball staff Cincinnati Enquirer

UCF excited to return focus to football, embrace expectations on being the favorite Orlando Sentinel

The one who stayed: Fifth-year senior Matt Peart irreplaceable as UConn team leader Hartford Courant

TU Sports: Former Jenks kicker Danny Donley joins Hurricane as grad transfer Tulsa World

UH basketball unveils AAC title rings Houston Chronicle

WSU releases 2019-20 nonconference schedule, will have record number of home games  Wichita Eagle

American commissioner paints positive picture during state of conference address Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• Top quarterback recruit Drake Maye sets family legacy aside; picks Alabama over UNC
• Mack is back at UNC. Just not the same Mack.
• Reload not rebuild: Belmont native Tanner Muse steps in as Clemson’s defensive leader
• Why Duke’s defense has coach David Cutcliffe fired up about this year’s football team
• Last in Conference USA? Try first, Charlotte 49ers say

Raleigh News and Observer

• Another ‘easy’ schedule for NC State? Depends how you look at it.
• Boosters, sports programs stand to gain if NC restores break on out-of-state tuition
• UNC’s Mack Brown is confident in his three QBs. But one thing still worries him.
• Suspended Clemson tight end ‘would have the opportunity’ to return for CFP

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest formulates new approach to training, practices in wake of injury-riddled football season
• App State men’s basketball announces 2019-2020 conference schedule

ACC Kickoff notebook: Blue Devils hear plenty about Bama in season opener  Fayetteville Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Confident U.Va. expects to win Coastal football title
• On a team of new faces, ODU tackle Isaac Weaver is suddenly “the old guy”

Sapakoff: 27 weeks later, Nick Saban still struggling to solve Clemson Charleston Post and Courier

App State men’s basketball announces 2019-20 non-conference schedule Watauga Democrat

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Want to feel the excitement around Tech football? Ask a wide receiver
• 3 key takeaways from Kirby Smart and Bulldogs at SEC Media Days
• Is Nick Saban a bad boss? Depends how you feel about winning

Washington Post

• After up-and-down first season under Scott Frost, Nebraska expected to contend in Big Ten
• Michael Locksley knows Maryland, sells Maryland at Big Ten football media days