GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Sunday, December 8, 2019

Player meeting adds to Gilbert’s comfort level…No. 16 Memphis wins AAC title, coach heads to Florida State…SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: Fans’ hopes dashed in UGA’s loss to LSU in SEC game …No. 2 Ohio State rallies for 3rd straight Big Ten title…No. 6 Oklahoma beats No. 8 Baylor 30-23 in OT for B12 title…Penn State assistant reportedly a strong candidate to be ODU’s next football coach…Perry Fewell era begins for Panthers…Patriots-Chiefs AFC championship game rematch among NFL Week 14 games on TV

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Player meeting adds to Gilbert’s comfort level
• Breaking down the Pirates by class

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Memphis Defeats Cincinnati, 29-24, to win American Football Championship
• UCF, Memphis Earn Wins Saturday
• Cincinnati Upsets No. 6 Pitt To Reach NCAA Sweet Sixteen

The Associated Press

• Florida State makes Memphis’ Mike Norvell new head coach
• No. 16 Memphis wins AAC title, coach heads to Florida State

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis football relieved to finally win AAC championship game on third try
• Who could Memphis football face in Cotton Bowl
• What’s next for Memphis football with Mike Norvell expected to leave for Florida State?
• Mike Norvell informs Memphis football team he is leaving to take Florida State job
• As reports surface, Memphis fans bemoan Norvell’s pending departure, FSU fans whine about his hire
• Memphis football coaching hot board: Potential candidates to replace Mike Norvell
• Everything Memphis football coach Mike Norvell said after winning AAC Championship Game
• Celebrate Memphis Tigers’ Season with new book

Cincinnati Enquirer

• Cincinnati football comes up short at Memphis in AAC Championship
• No. 16 Memphis wins AAC title, coach heads to Florida State
• Cincinnati Bearcats football under Luke Fickell has an obvious next-step goal
• Marshall scores 31, Xavier beats rival Cincinnati 73-66
• Naji Marshall called his shot 5 hours before Xavier beat UC in the Crosstown Shootout

UCF basketball uses balanced attack during win over NJIT Orlando Sentinel

Missouri rallies to hand Temple 64-54 loss Philadelphia Inquirer

‘Notre Dame is Notre Dame:’ The teams aren’t the same, but the rivalry persists into Sunday’s matchup between UConn and the Irish Hartford Courant

Nothing settled yet: Tulane to learn its bowl destination Sunday NOLA.com

Dallas Morning News

• Georgetown rocks SMU 91-74, ending their eight-game winning streak to start the season
• Breaking down SMU’s bowl options: Is a Frisco Bowl appearance in the Mustangs’ future?

Loss to Arkansas State ends Tulsa men’s home nonconference winning streak Tulsa World

Men’s basketball preview: UH at South Carolina Houston Chronicle

Navy won’t know bowl destination until Sunday afternoon Annapolis Capital

Here are five ways Wichita State basketball can beat Oklahoma State on the road  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Another Clemson Championship: Tigers dominate Virginia to set up playoff run  Charlotte Observer

Raleigh News and Observer

• Oklahoma should join LSU, Ohio State and Clemson in top four
• Quick scout: UNC vs. UVA. Here’s everything you need to know about the Cavaliers
• NC State win ends with ‘scary’ fall for Jericole Hellems

Winston Salem Journal

• My Take On Others: It’s still Clemson — and we’re that much closer to a victory lap
• Wake Forest advances to College Cup with hard fought 1-0 victory at Spry Stadium over UC Santa Barbara
• On No. 21 App State, doing something that’s never been done and Eli Drinkwitz’s hope for the future
• Wake Forest gets turned over in loss to Wolfpack
• Ed Hardin: N.C. State flips the script in Wake Forest’s Joel Coliseum
• ‘This feels like my championship’: App State’s second straight Sun Belt title game win has added meaning to Baer Hunter

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Clemson crushes U.Va. in ACC championship game as Cavs await bowl bid
• U.Va. joins list of overmatched Clemson opponents
• Penn State assistant reportedly a strong candidate to be ODU’s next football coach
• ODU AD Selig “very disappointed” Bobby Wilder reportedly almost left ODU before 2016 Bahamas Bowl
• No. 2 James Madison routs Monmouth to reach FCS quarterfinals

Charleston Post and Courier

• Clemson vanquishes Virginia in ACC Championship game
• Clemson’s Tee Higgins basks in career performance in ACC Championship
• Sapakoff: Clemson CFP edge? Three star coordinators, for one more game at least

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• How the playoff picture looks entering  ‘Selection Sunday’
• SEC CHAMPIONSHIP: Fans’ hopes dashed in UGA’s loss to LSU in SEC game 
• Analysis: Will UGA be motivated for Sugar Bowl this time?
• Cartersville’s Trevor Lawrence leads Clemson to ACC title again
• Jake Fromm unable to lift Georgia in SEC Championship game
• Injuries, caution wreak havoc on Bulldogs
• LSU was too good for Georgia. But the Bulldogs were bad. 
• No contest: LSU and Burrow make UGA look pedestrian

The Associated Press

• Charlotte earns 1st bowl trip, faces Buffalo in Bahamas Bowl
• No. 2 Ohio State rallies for 3rd straight Big Ten title
• Saturday’s best
• No. 3 Clemson tops No. 22 Virginia 62-17 for ACC title
• No. 1 LSU locks up playoff spot, routing No. 4 Georgia
• Heisman coronation? Burrow leads LSU past Georgia 37-1
• Georgia QB Jake Fromm has day to forget in blowout loss
• No. 19 Boise State tops Hawaii 31-10 for Mountain West title
• No. 6 Oklahoma beats No. 8 Baylor 30-23 in OT for B12 title