GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Clark-LeClair voted to top 16 stadiums in nation…ECU receives verbal commit from 2020 QB…ECU begins construction on new building…Pirates earn ITA All-Academic Team Award…For Luke Fickell, UC football disciplinary decisions aren’t always the easiest….‘Football is football.’ How these two Division II programs find success in recruiting….William & Mary picked 11th in CAA football, hopes to ‘shock the conference’…Craig Thompson confident Mountain West TV deal will increase …N.B.A. Begins Investigating Whether Salary Cap Was Violated…Zion Williamson signs with Jordan Brand…Yankees Win the Game of the Year…Stephen Strasburg wins again and Trea Turner hits for cycle as Nats rout Rockies

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Football Recruiting: Coveted DB Laney eyes another state title Bonesville.net

Pirates Earn ITA All-Academic Team Award ecupirates.com

The East Carolinian

• Palumbo promoted to Associate head coach
• Clark-LeClair voted to top 16 stadiums in nation
• ECU receives verbal commit from 2020 QB
• ECU begins construction on new building
• Racist chants are not reflective of the ECU community
• Cotanche becomes two-way
• ECU officials look to future

Pirates earn ITA All-Academic Team Award  WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU’s Top 25 Most Important Players for 2019: Blake Proehl
• Sunshine State tight end has ECU visit set for September
• ECU’s Top 25 Most Important Players for 2019: Aaron Ramseur

GET TO KNOW: DASHAUN AMOS Calgary Stampeders

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

For Luke Fickell, UC football disciplinary decisions aren’t always the easiest Cincinnati Enquirer

USF poised for record-setting season, again Tampa Bay Times

USF TE Mitchell Wilcox excited to return, help lead Bulls’ explosive offense Orlando Sentinel

Houston Chronicle

• New UH defensive coordinator Joe Cauthen: ‘We want to take the fight to you’
• AAC player survey: The best and worst on gameday
• UH picks up commitment from OT Ugonna Nnanna

TBT gives WSU’s Cleanthony Early another chance to show the many ways he can score  Wichita Eagle

Edsall not worried about Connecticut football future Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• ‘Football is football.’ How these two Division II programs find success in recruiting.
• After surgery and the NBA draft process, Javin DeLaurier ready to be his best at Duke
• Clemson dominates All-ACC preseason football selections; Duke player makes the team
• Dabo credits ACC for CFP success: ‘This league doesn’t take a back seat to anyone’

Winston Salem Journal

• Deacons shut out of preseason All-ACC football team; Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence named Player of the Year
• Zion Williamson signs with Jordan Brand
• Kathleen Baker is back after recovering from a broken rib. She placed sixth in 100m backstroke at the FINA championships.

Campbell football picked to finish fourth in Big South Fayetteville Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• William & Mary picked 11th in CAA football, hopes to ‘shock the conference’
• “Now we’re officially in.” Hampton prepares for first full Big South football season.

USC’s Justin Minaya is back, but he’s not placing any expectations on himself. Why?  Columbia The State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Georgia-Notre Dame is college football’s most expensive ticket
• Drive, ambition define Georgia Tech quarterback Jordan Yates

Charleston Post and Courier

• Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence is the talk of college football but has room to improve, says Dabo Swinney
• Gamecocks’ secondary already down a man as preseason camp looms

Craig Thompson confident Mountain West TV deal will increase Las Vegas Review-Journal

Mountain West expects more revenue from future TV contract Casper Star-Tribune

Mountain West faces ‘Rubik’s Cube’ as it tries to please member institutions with new television contract The Gazette

Boise State football will retain its perks in new Mountain West TV contract Idaho Statesman