GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Saturday, September 21, 2019

Gameday: ECU Returns Home To Host William & Mary…ECU Soccer Finishes Nonconference Slate At UNCG…MBB Reveals American Athletic Conference Slate…ECU’s finances improved, board is told. ‘Pirate Nation’s future is looking bright.’…Gardner Minshew once tried to purposely break his hand at ECU…Notre Dame at Georgia tops Saturday’s schedule…Confident UCF ignores rankings buzz, chases win at Pitt…North and South Carolina produced 8 of this week’s NFL starting quarterbacks…Report: Kansas to receive notice of major violations within basketball program from the NCAA…Antonio Brown released by New England Patriots amid NFL investigation…Braves clinch in a manner becoming a champion

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Al Myatt & Kevin Monroe Audio Feature
  Bonesville Pregame
• Special Feature
  Game Day Weather

ecupirates.com

• Gameday: ECU Returns Home To Host William & Mary
• ECU VB Turns Aside Gardner-Webb In Four Sets
• Gameday: ECU Soccer Finishes Nonconference Slate At UNCG
• ECU MBB Reveals American Athletic Conference Slate

Greenville Daily Reflector

• GAMEDAY: Pirates get another FCS home test
• GAMEDAY: Three Tribe players to know
• GAMEDAY: Branden Pena Q&A
• GAMEDAY: Three questions
• AAC releases conference hoops schedule
• ECU is ‘looking bright’ saying UNC interim president

Former JMU coach Mike Houston is working to turn things around at East Carolina Hampton Roads Daily Press

ECU Announces Their 2019-20 Basketball Schedule Rivals

247 Sports

• Setting The Stage: ECU vs. William & Mary
• Three keys to an ECU victory over William & Mary
• How to Watch: ECU vs. William & Mary
• Gardner Minshew once tried to purposely break his hand at ECU

East Carolina Football vs William & Mary: Preview oldnorthbanter.com

ECU’s finances improved, board is told. ‘Pirate Nation’s future is looking bright.’ Raleigh News and Observer

Jags’ rookie QB was dominant vs. UC in 2017 Cincinnati Enquirer

Gardner Minshew Tried to Break His Own Hand With a Hammer at ECU Sports Illustrated

Jaguars Quarterback Gardner Minshew Recalls Attempting to Break His Throwing Hand in College YAHOO!

Mike Leach shares the hilarious pitch he used to land Gardner Minshew USA Today

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Game Preview: UConn at Indiana
• American Athletic Conference Announces 2019-20 Men’s Basketball Schedule
• No. 11/24 Memphis Records Sixth Straight Shutout
• Memphis Makes History on Volleyball Friday Night

Houston-Tulane provides AAC’s latest, not greatest, dramatic football finish Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• Confident UCF ignores rankings buzz, chases win at Pitt
• UCF podcast: The nation starts to take notice of the Knights
• UCF tailback Adrian Killins provides massive impact for Knights despite small frame
• UCF to build lazy river next to football stadium

Well-rested UConn football team regroups, heads to Indiana as big underdogs Hartford Courant

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Temple at Buffalo: Five things to watch
• Temple-Buffalo prediction: This might not be as easy as it looks
• Temple’s full basketball schedule released

NOLA.com

• No more waiting: Tulane wideout Jalen McCleskey makes three massive plays vs. Houston
• Fake, Rally and Roll: Tulane’s epic win over Houston proof Green Wave football is back

Dallas Morning News

• By the numbers: Five key stats as TCU, SMU enter the latest Battle for the Iron Skillet 
• Overlooked in Houston and Morgantown, Keller kicker Luke Hogan is stepping in where SMU desperately needs improvement
• SMU prediction: Are the Mustangs about to give TCU a fight in Fort Worth? 
• SMU men’s basketball releases complete 2019-20 schedule, but just how tough is the Mustangs’ nonconference slate?

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• If Memphis basketball doesn’t have gaudy record, this season will have gone terribly wrong
• 10 most important games on 2019-20 Memphis basketball schedule

Tulsa World

• Wyoming at Tulsa: Despite Wyoming being one-dimensional, no one has stopped the Cowboys
• Gallery: A look at the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 2020 football recruiting class

UH releases full 2019-20 basketball schedule Houston Chronicle

Navy defense stays humble despite strong stats and high praise Annapolis Capital

As Captain Andrew Luck retreats, Navy safety ambushed with parody Twitter account Baltimore Sun

Wichita State basketball’s 2019-20 schedule is finalized: here are dates and times  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

North and South Carolina produced 8 of this week’s NFL starting quarterbacks MSN

Raleigh News and Observer

• Javonte Williams almost quit football. Now he’s a starting running back at UNC.
• After years away, coach Trei Oliver returns to the home sideline at NC Central

Regardless of if they’ve met, Charlotte’s Healy, Clemson’s Swinney formed a bond  Charlotte Observer

Winston Salem Journal

• As App State heads to UNC, two former head coaches welcome them to town
• Five things to know about WSSU’s road game on Saturday against Tuskegee
• Ram Ramblings: Stephen A. Smith surprised on his own ESPN show as WSSU will start a scholarship in Smith’s name
• Jamie Newman continues to develop as Wake Forest’s quarterback, and wins coming with it

Saturday football guide for in-state Div. I programs Fayetteville Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Season will tell, but U.Va. might be best team ODU has encountered
• Underdog ODU will have to “play our game,” and then some, to have a chance at No. 21 Virginia Saturday
• Reigning national champ U.Va. preparing for historic men’s basketball season-opener

Columbia The State

• Gameday Guide: Clemson vs. Charlotte TV info, watch online, radio, more
• Gameday Guide: South Carolina vs. Missouri game details, TV info, depth chart

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• D’Andre Swift should play bigger role this time against Notre Dame
• UGA’s ‘Silver Dawgs’ ready to show off for Notre Dame

College football Week 4: Notre Dame at Georgia tops Saturday’s schedule Philadelphia Inquirer

Kansas City Star: Kansas basketball program could face NCAA allegations of major violations Tulsa World

Washington Post

• Gus Malzahn rides a perpetual seesaw into Auburn-Texas A&M game
• Maryland has an entire bye week to stew over its offensive line issues
• A ‘College GameDay’ sign asked for beer money. It sparked a children’s hospital fundraiser.
• Hegemons between the hedges as Georgia is set to host Notre Dame
• Report: Kansas to receive notice of major violations within basketball program from the NCAA
• College football winners and losers
• Complete college football scoreboard