Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, August 24, 2019

Gameday: Pirate Soccer Welcomes Richmond To Greenville…Cliff Godwin Welcomes 20 Newcomers To Baseball Program…Plenty of familiarity, unknown heading into ECU-NC State matchup…Temple football team, nearly a week from opening day, still not sure of starting quarterback…With its new stadium completed, ODU focuses on rebuilding its team…New coach Mike London looks to get William & Mary going…From misery to happiness: Why UNC’s Mack Brown became a football coach again at 67…Hurkacz powers past Shapovalov in Winston-Salem Open semifinals…Braves strike out record-tying 26 times, still beat Mets

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: Pirate Soccer Welcomes Richmond To Greenville
• Cliff Godwin Welcomes 20 Newcomers To Baseball Program

Greenville Daily Reflector

• PIRATE PREVIEW: ECU projected lineup
• PIRATE PREVIEW: Full personnel breakdown
• PIRATE PREVIEW: Which game is the hardest?
• PIRATE PREVIEW: Turn optimism into better results

ECU Announces Incoming Class of Twenty New Baseball Players Rivals

247 Sports

• Plenty of familiarity, unknown heading into ECU-NC State matchup
• Know The Foe: Tulsa Golden Hurricane
• Ten Reasons Why ECU Can Go Bowling This Season
• Three-star RB Rahjai Harris trims list to six
• Getting to know ECU senior defensive tackle Alex Turner

Want season tickets to East Carolina University basketball games? Adopt this kitten! WTVD

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• 2019 Memphis Football Summer Preview
• Tulsa Tallies Seven Goals in 2019 WSoc Opener
• USF’s Late Goal Downs Auburn to Highlight Five-Win WSoc Opening Night

Cincinnati legend in the making: Evan Prater joining UC football ‘is going to be special’ Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

• USF strives to move up in AAC
• UCF Preview: Breaking down Knights’ 2019 schedule

Temple football team, nearly a week from opening day, still not sure of starting quarterback Philadelphia Inquirer

Not backing down: new Tulane hoops coach Ron Hunter even more excited than he was in March NOLA.com

DeAngelo Williams donates $250,000 to alma mater Memphis USA Today

Memphis RB Patrick Taylor Jr. could have gone to the NFL. He came back to be ‘the man.’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

TU football: What’s a quarterback battle like for receivers? Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

• UH defensive coordinator Joe Cauthen mourns passing of Wendy…
• Highlights from UH football’s annual Cage Rage

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• With its new stadium completed, ODU focuses on rebuilding its team
• New coach Mike London looks to get William & Mary going
• Grimsley, Robinson could give Hokies’ return game 757 flavor
• Willis will open the season as Hokies’ starting QB at BC

Raleigh News and Observer

• From misery to happiness: Why UNC’s Mack Brown became a football coach again at 67
• Clemson’s newest face at corner to be tested early and often. Here’s why

No 1 Clemson’s football season opener is on TV, but you might not be able to watch Charleston Post and Courier

Ram Ramblings: Video called “The Magic of the Rams” is a must watch for WSSU fans Winston Salem Journal

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Heavy favorites at the top make college football predictable
• Thomaston connection has Georgia covered at defensive end

The Associated Press

• Alabama QB Tagovailoa absorbs lessons from title game
• Transfer WR Sean Ryan ruled immediately eligible at WVU
• Sean Clifford named starting QB for No. 15 Penn State
• Oklahoma State not announcing a starting QB before opener