GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Sunday, December 1, 2019

Tulsa spoils senior day for ECU football, 49-24; Pirate defense sags one last time…ECU MBB Goes Down To Hot Shooting JMU; Early Deficit Too Much For ECU WBB At Wake Forest…Navy marches past Houston in wild shootout, 56-41…UN-CH defeats NC State 41-10 to become bowl-eligible…College football winners and losers: Auburn knocks out Alabama and its playoff hopes…Redskins, the NFC East’s hottest team, face reeling Panthers

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Inside Game Day
  Hurricane swamps Pirates in season finale
• Inside Game Day Photo Feature
  Game Day Gallery
• Inside Game Day Audio Feature
  Mike Houston Postgame
• Basketball News
  Dukes down ECU, 99-89

ecupirates.com

• ECU Football Drops Season Finale Against Tulsa
• ECU MBB Goes Down To Hot Shooting JMU
• Early Deficit Too Much For ECU WBB At Wake Forest

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Pirate defense sags one last time
• Pirates blown over in final game
• ECU-TULSA: Three answers
• Notebook: Johnson, Green battle in passing game
• Pirates fall in high-scoring game

Banks lifts James Madison past East Carolina 99-89 CBS Sports

WNCT 9

• East Carolina Falls on Senior Day to Tulsa, 49-24
• East Carolina Men’s Basketball Falls to James Madison, 99-89
• Early deficit too much for ECU Women’s Basketball at Wake Forest

WITN 7

• Tulsa spoils senior day for ECU football, 49-24
• Banks lifts James Madison past East Carolina 99-89
• Wake Forest tops ECU women’s basketball, 76-53
• 11 PM Highlights – Banks lifts James Madison past East Carolina 99-89

November 30th, Tulsa spoils senior day For East Carolina football WCTI 12

Rivals

• Hot Shooting James Madison Beats East Carolina 99-89
• Tulsa Hammers ECU 49-24

247 Sports

• ECU finishes season on sour note with loss to Tulsa
• Final Grades from ECU’s 49-24 loss to Tulsa
• Seniors reflect back, look forward to future of ECU football
• Jeter leaves ECU visit with full offer in hand
• What Mike Houston said after ECU’s season finale loss to Tulsa
• ECU can’t slow down James Madison in latest loss

Smith’s 5 passing TDs sends Tulsa to win over E. Carolina Washington Post

Pirates gashed in 49-24 loss to Tulsa The East Carolinian

ECU’s trick play goes horribly wrong ESPN

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulsa World

• TU at East Carolina: Disappointing Hurricane season ends with 49-24 victory
• TU at East Carolina four downs

theamerican.org

• Navy Beats Houston To Tie For First In West Division
• Temple Tops UConn In Regular-Season Finale
• SMU Gets 10th Win With Victory Against Tulane
• Tulsa Closes Season With Road Win Against ECU
• UCF Takes War On I-4 Against USF

Still no word on Charlie Strong’s future as USF enters offseason Tampa Bay Times

UCF enjoys dismantling rival USF, plans to keep working ahead of bowl Orlando Sentinel

Philadelphia Inquirer

• After a sluggish first half, Temple routs UConn in regular season finale
• Bowl possibilities are numerous for Temple football
• Three takeaways from Temple’s 49-17 win over UConn

The good, the bad and the ugly of UConn football’s 2019 season Hartford Courant

NOLA.com

• Fourth-quarter failure: late-game meltdown costs Tulane chance to beat SMU 37-20
• Tulane-SMU game notebook: Failure to recover fumbles hurts Green Wave again
• Three and Out: Guerry’s assessment of Tulane’s 37-20 loss to SMU

SMU defeats Tulane for first 10-win season since 1984, finishes year perfect at Gerald J. Ford Stadium Dallas Morning News

247 Sports

• Owls start slow, finish strong on Senior Day
• Top performers from Memphis’ win over Cincinnati

UH’s disappointing season comes to an end with loss to Navy Houston Chronicle

Navy marches past Houston in wild shootout, 56-41 Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• ACC bowl guide: UNC to New York?
• Going bowling: How the Tar Heels dominated the Wolfpack and earned bowl eligibility
• UNC bowl bound in Mack Brown’s return as coach after rout of NC State
• Gap between resurgent UNC and rebuilding NC State as big as Saturday’s final score
• Strong final Saturday gives Duke hope for better seasons to come

Winston Salem Journal

• As Wake Forest football deals with injuries to key players again, the question becomes: will this always be the case for the Deacons?
• My Take On Others: The top teams hold serve and let’s see how the battle for No. 4 plays out next weekend
• UNC defeats NC State 41-10 to become bowl-eligible
• Wake Forest suffers too much self-inflicted damage to be upset with final play
• Duke beats Miami 27-17 to snap 5-game slide

Wolfpack implodes in second half Fayetteville Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Navy runs over Houston to gain share of division crown; Liberty eligible for first bowl
• ODU falls to Charlotte in what could be coach Bobby Wilder’s last game
• Coaching change feels inevitable after ODU completes 1-11 season
• U.Va. earns first Coastal Division title, ends The Streak in style

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Columbia The State

• Six-pack: Clemson blows out South Carolina to extend winning streak
• Changes are coming at South Carolina, Muschamp makes clear as season ends
• Breaking down where it all went wrong for South Carolina’s 2019 football season

College Football Conference Championship Schedule 2019: Teams & Dates Heavy.com

Odom out at Mizzou, quick search expected for coach’s replacement St Louis Post Dispatch

Justin Fields Has ‘Heisman Moment’ in Ohio State’s Win Over Michigan New York Times

Washington Post

• College football winners and losers: Auburn knocks out Alabama and its playoff hopes
• With Ohio State soaring, Michigan can only look up
• Virginia snaps long skid vs. Virginia Tech, clinches spot in ACC title game
• Back at home and back to underwhelming: Georgetown falls to UNC Greensboro