GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Perfect? No, but Pirates push to get better …Houston: Pirates Take Step In The Right Direction…ECU Soccer Starts Practice For 2019 Season…ECU receives $4 million grant for scholarships…USF has quarterback derby after all…Gerad Parker using lessons of Duke passing guru to try to teach Penn State receivers to believe in themselves again…Mike London hopes to revive William & Mary’s offense with help from his son…Cam Newton, Luke Kuechly will not play in Panthers preseason game vs. Bears…The NCAA wants agents to have a college degree. LeBron James thinks that is BS.

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Houston: Pirates Take Step In The Right Direction
• ECU Soccer Starts Practice For 2019 Season

Perfect? No, but Pirates push to get better Greenville Daily Reflector

ECU receives $4 million grant for scholarships WITN 7

247 Sports

• Mike Houston feels Pirates are trending positively early in camp
• East Carolina’s offensive players to watch
• What Mike Houston said after ECU’s Tuesday Practice
• LOOK: Pirates hit the field for Tuesday practice
• Newcomers add different dimension to tight end room

From Ohio State to Kansas, what to expect from every first-year coach ESPN

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

Cincinnati’s Blaut and Echikunwoke Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award theamerican.org

UC analysis: What we learned from Cincinnati football’s first week of training camp Cincinnati Enquirer

USF has quarterback derby after all Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• Former UCF lineman embodies school spirit by painting murals at Spectrum Stadium
• UCF podcast: Camp update: Latest news on QB race, the defensive line and Danny White’s latest 2-for-1 comments

UConn running backs preview: Kevin Mensah, Art Thompkins could form potent backfield duo Hartford Courant

Jager Gardner and Kyle Dobbins are the early frontrunners in the Temple running back race Philadelphia Inquirer

Hall Ball: running backs’ role as receivers revving up in new Tulane offense NOLA.com

SMU’s 2019 receivers poised to continue strong run of wideouts 247 Sports

Report: Ex-Memphis DL Ernest Suttles files lawsuit against university after rape charges were dismissed YAHOO!

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football’s O’Bryan Goodson slimmed down to make bigger impact
• Penny Hardaway, Tigers may be close to filling final available scholarship spot

TU football: Senior offensive tackle Chris Ivy Jr. has teammates’ respect with talk, play Tulsa World

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• QB battle. WRs vs. DBs, who won? Observations from the fifth day of fall camp at UNC
• Duke football’s first day in full pads gives players a chance to work on tackling
• Georgia Tech is looking at 4 players for QB job. This Middle Ga. standout is one of them

Gerad Parker using lessons of Duke passing guru to try to teach Penn State receivers to believe in themselves again Penn Live

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Mike London hopes to revive William & Mary’s offense with help from his son
• Virginia Tech’s Tre Turner feeds off social media negativity, lack of preseason hype

Columbia The State

• Five things we’ve learned from South Carolina’s first five practices
• Gamecocks lose JUCO transfer defensive lineman to injury, likely for the season
• ‘I’m glad we drafted him. That was a good pick.’ Hunter Renfrow impressing in Oakland