GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Friday, October, 4, 2019

Temple takes over second half, wins 27-17  … The lights went out during a play in the Temple-ECU game and it was pretty wild…ECU Earns United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award…UCF pushes to build on success in front of hostile crowd at Cincinnati …Tulsa at No. 24 SMU: This won’t be the first meeting between these QBs, but last time it was in a different conference…NCAA cloud overhead just more of the same weather for NC State men’s basketball…Canes open new season with shootout win over Montreal…Braves melt down in final two innings, lose Game 1 to Cardinals…Nationals drop Game 1 of NLDS on the road, falling to Dodgers, 6-0…Wilson throws 4 TD passes, Seahawks hold off Rams 30-29…U.S. women’s national soccer team has ‘friendly’ party in Charlotte in front of 30,000

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Inside Game Day
  Lights go out as ECU plays Owls closer
• The Bradsher Beat
  Temple’s ground game stymies Pirates
• Photo Feature
  Game Day Gallery
• Audio Feature
  Mike Houston Postgame

ecupirates.com

• ECU Earns United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award
• Gameday: East Carolina Entertains League Foes USF And UCF
• ECU Set To Play In Princess Anne Invitational

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Temple takes over second half, wins 27-17
• ECU-TEMPLE: Three answers

Temple slips by East Carolina, 27-17 for Thursday night football  WNCT 9

Temple tops East Carolina, 27-17 WITN 7

October 3, 11:00 p.m. Sports – ECU falls to Temple WCTI 12

Raleigh News and Observer

• ECU football gets worn down in nighttime loss to Temple
• University leaders should be approachable, experts say. But they can’t be inappropriate.

247 Sports

• ECU falls to Temple, 27-17
• Lights go out during Temple-East Carolina football game
• Temple 27, ECU 17: How it looked from the sidelines

The lights went out during a play in the Temple-ECU game and it was pretty wild USA Today

ECU VS TEM – ESPN Video ESPN

Re’Mahn Davis has big night as Temple tops East Carolina NBC Sports

Temple overcomes slow start to beat ECU Philadelphia Inquirer

Pat McAfee sings some Journey as lights go out mid-game in Temple-East Carolina Awful Announcing

How Gardner Minshew went from college nomad to mustachioed cult hero to NFL’s top rookie Washington Post

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Temple Grinds Out East Division Win at ECU
• Game Preview: UCF at Cincinnati
• Game Preview: Tulsa at SMU
• Game Preview: Memphis at Louisiana-Monroe
• Game Preview: Navy vs. Air Force
• Game Preview: Tulane at Army
• Game Preview: USF at UConn
• American Spotlight – ECU – Alex Turner
• The American Huddle: Episode 6
• Viens Breaks Conference Record for Career Points

No. 18 UCF provides Cincinnati Bearcats football another measuring stick opportunity  Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF pushes to build on success in front of hostile crowd at Cincinnati
• UCF coach Johnny Dawkins molding Knights’ revamped roster

Jordan McCloud expected to start for USF at UConn Tampa Bay Times

Meet Andre Jackson: Things to know about the newest UConn men’s basketball player Hartford Courant

Notebook: oppressive weather chases Tulane indoors in final prep for Army NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• SMU prediction: Will the Mustangs avenge last season’s loss to Tulsa to remain perfect?
• Non-Power 5 schools are a College Football Playoff afterthought. Here’s what that means for SMU’s ceiling this fall.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• LeBron James’ Uninterrupted to co-produce Memphis basketball’s ESPN+ documentary series
• Memphis football: 5 things to know before Tigers face ULM
• Ex-Tiger kicker Stephen Gostkowski placed on IR for New England Patriots

Tulsa World

• Tulsa at No. 24 SMU: This won’t be the first meeting between these QBs, but last time it was in a different conference
• TU at SMU: Everything you need to know about the Hurricane’s AAC opener

Annapolis Capital

• Sense of culture drew Tuitele to Navy football
• Naval Academy asks fans to ‘stop the snack attacks’ tradition before Navy football home games

WSU basketball freshmen drawing rave reviews: ‘They get what being a Shocker really means’  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake notes: Deacons will travel to Winthrop, face East Carolina in closed-door scrimmages
• App State basketball just finished its first week of practice. First-year coach Dustin Kerns shared these five thoughts.

NCAA cloud overhead just more of the same weather for NC State men’s basketball  Charlotte Observer

Raleigh News and Observer

• How NC State plans to handle D.J. Funderburk’s absence from basketball team
• Duke’s Quentin Harris on facing Pitt’s sack-happy defense

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Trevon Hill still bristles over how Hokies career ended, but he’s adapting well at Miami
• New California bill benefits marquee NCAA athletes. But it changes nothing for rank-and-file

Columbia The State

• Where things stand with South Carolina receiver Josh Vann this season
• He lost a starting spot for South Carolina this offseason. Now he’s making a comeback

Clemson’s perfect record remains intact, but Tigers have issues to address Charleston Post and Courier

Maryland football readies for Rutgers knowing the threat of a team with nothing to lose Washington Post