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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupMonday, December 30, 2019

December 30, 2019 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU women’s basketball drops sixth straight at Georgia, 67-50…UConn, USF, Wichita State Pick Up MBB Wins Sunday…Clemson’s national title game appearance a huge benefit for USF…An AAC basketball primer as Memphis basketball begins league play Monday vs Tulane…Another defensive coach has left Dave Doeren’s N.C. State football staff…U.Va.’s Orange Bowl appearance conjures memories of Sugar Bowl 29 years ago…Oregon’s Rose Bowl run powered by recruiting in Los Angeles…No. 22 West Virginia rallies, upsets No. 2 Ohio State 67-59…Redskins need to hire Ron Rivera before he comes to his senses…The Panthers’ season is thankfully over, but what coach can put out this dumpster fire?…What to know from NFL Week 17: The Patriots blew it, and the 49ers won by an inch

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Insights from Brett
ECU’s talent haul helps close the gap with rivals
 Bonesville.net

Pirates Drop Final WBB Non-Conference Game At Georgia ecupirates.com

ECU skid continues at Georgia Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Pirates Drop Final Non-Conference Game At Georgia WNCT 9

ECU women’s basketball drops sixth straight at Georgia, 67-50 WITN 7

247 Sports

  • East Carolina baseball’s all-decade team
  • ECU 2020 Signee Film Evaluation: QB Ryan Stubblefield

ECU extends win streak to four ahead of conference play The East Carolinian

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

  • UConn, USF, Wichita State Pick Up MBB Wins Sunday
  • Houston, SMU and Tulsa WBB Victorious on Sunday

Tampa Bay Times

  • Clemson’s national title game appearance a huge benefit for USF
  • Basketball preview: USF Bulls vs. Florida Atlantic Owls

Christian Vital leads UConn men to rout of NJIT Hartford Courant

Green Wave gears up for always-challenging conference play NOLA.com

10 key storylines for SMU men’s basketball in 2020, including its 3-point shooting struggles Dallas Morning News

An AAC basketball primer as Memphis basketball begins league play Monday vs Tulane Memphis Commercial Appeal

Cincinnati football: Bearcats’ top recruit Evan Prater following Gino Guidugli’s lead Cincinnati Enquirer

Maize South’s Payten Ricks follows in father’s footsteps as senior standout at Abilene  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Campus safety will be a key issue for UNC System leaders and students in 2020
  • Another defensive coach has left Dave Doeren’s N.C. State football staff
  • Disjointed schedule gives NC State plenty of time to think
  • DJ Funderburk helps NC State top Appalachian State

Winston Salem Journal

  • DJ Funderburk, Devon Daniels spark N.C. State win in C.J. Bryce’s absence
  • Three takeaways from App State’s loss to N.C. State
  • Aggies confident for MEAC play despite loss at Illinois in first game without Jay Joyner

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • U.Va.’s Orange Bowl appearance conjures memories of Sugar Bowl 29 years ago
  • U.Va. looks to cap breakthrough season with Orange Bowl win over Florida

Clemson is finally a true underdog vs. LSU, which history says is a good thing  Columbia The State

L.S.U. and Clemson Reached the Championship on Opposite Tracks New York Times

Charleston Post and Courier

  • Sapakoff: Dabo’s Disney World is a Clemson guy from Alabama facing LSU in New Orleans
  • Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, Travis Etienne show uncharacteristic emotion in Fiesta Bowl
  • SEC referee explains two controversial calls in Clemson’s Fiesta Bowl victory

OU football notebook: Lincoln Riley met with the media 12 hours after Peach Bowl loss. Here are his thoughts Tulsa World

The Associated Press

  • No. 22 West Virginia rallies, upsets No. 2 Ohio State 67-59
  • Virginia will seek Orange Bowl upset against No. 6 Florida
  • Oregon’s Rose Bowl run powered by recruiting in Los Angeles
  • Waiting game: 15 days between CFP semifinals, championship

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Washington Post

  • Redskins need to hire Ron Rivera before he comes to his senses
  • Bruce Allen fired as Redskins team president after 10 seasons with the franchise
  • Hail or Fail: Redskins say goodbye to Skintangibles, Bruce Allen
  • What to know from NFL Week 17: The Patriots blew it, and the 49ers won by an inch
  • An era to remember: Capitals will finish 2010s as winningest NHL franchise of decade
  • 49ers stop Seahawks in a wild finish to the regular season, capture top seed in the NFC

Charlotte Observer

  • Source: Former Panthers head coach Ron Rivera set to take job in Washington
  • Redskins fire President Bruce Allen, eye Ron Rivera to coach
  • Carolina Panthers fall to the New Orleans Saints
  • The Panthers’ season is thankfully over, but what coach can put out this dumpster fire?
  • The Panthers’ 2020 NFL Draft position is set. Is it worth trading up to get a QB?

Winston Salem Journal

  • NFL playoffs schedule, bracket and what you need to know
  • What to know from NFL Week 17: The Patriots blew it, and the 49ers won by an inch
  • Ron Rivera to meet with Redskins about coaching vacancy
  • Christian McCaffrey races into NFL history in Panthers’ down season
  • Saints beat Panthers 42-10; Christian McCaffrey reaches 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving in same season
  • Ed Hardin: A season comes to a fitting end, and now comes the reckoning for Carolina

Canes’ All-Decade team has Finnish flavor, two Staals, consummate captain Raleigh News and Observer

New York Times

  • Giants’ Pat Shurmur Is Out as N.F.L. Begins Coaching Purge
  • Top Seed to the Niners … by Inches
  • What We Learned in N.F.L. Week 17
  • Gracie Gold Embraces a Rugged Comeback Path
  • Eagles Pull Away From Giants, Clinching a Playoff Spot
  • In Premier League, V.A.R. Exposes the Limits of the Laws

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