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Greg Vacek's Daily Web RoundupFriday, July 31, 2020

July 31, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Ahlers Named To 2020 Manning Award Watch List…Over 300 ECU Student Athletes named to American All-Academic Team…Alabama offensive lineman Richard Pearce chooses ECU…Decision made: SEC drops non-conference games, Gamecocks won’t face Clemson in 2020; Coastal Carolina, ECU lose South Carolina game with SEC decision…Can Gamecocks get out of millions in damages for canceled games? The answer is tricky…UCF football may get schedule boost following SEC decision…Carolina Panthers release Graham Gano, will go with Joey Slye as kicker…For Hurricanes, Rangers it’s time to focus on the real thing…NBA relaunches with a nod to social justice and first official games since March

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Set To Open 2020 Preseason Camp
  • Ahlers Named To 2020 Manning Award Watch List
  • Over 300 From ECU On The American All-Academic Team

The East Carolinian

  • Over 300 ECU Student Athletes named to American All-Academic Team
  • AAC award given to four ECU athletes

WNCT 9

  • Ahlers named to 2020 Manning Award Watch List
  • Cliff Godwin Prepares to Host Baseball Camp at J.H. Rose

WITN 7

  • ECU QB Holton Ahlers named to 2020 Manning Award Watch List
  • SEC goes to conference-only schedule, Sept. 26 start

Can Gamecocks get out of millions in damages for canceled games? The answer is tricky Columbia The State

247 Sports

  • Pirates expecting growth from second-year players
  • Alabama offensive lineman Richard Pearce chooses ECU
  • ECU to open preseason camp Friday
  • Holton Ahlers named to Manning Award Watch List
  • What ECU is getting in new 2021 commitment Richard Pearce
  • Mid-Summer ECU 2021 Recruiting Board Update: Defensive Backs

Virginia Tech, ECU in Contention for JUCO WR Kaedin Robinson, Who Plans to Announce Commitment Today Sports Illustrated

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • Houston: Logistics to operate are daunting
  • Three questions about the Pirates’ defense

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • American Announces Team Academic Excellence Awards; 3,299 Student-Athletes on All-Academic Team
  • The American’s Racial Equality Action Group Announces Mission Statement

UCF football may get schedule boost following SEC decision Orlando Sentinel

American Athletic Conference Rankings: 2020 CFN Five Year College Football Program Analysis College Football News

Breonna Taylor’s death ‘hit home’ for UC women’s basketball coach Michelle Clark-Heard Cincinnati Enquirer

Sonny Dykes talks SMU football season, says 2021 recruiting class ‘close to being done’ Dallas Morning News

Tulsa World

  • TU football: With almost no spring practice, fall camp will serve as 2-in-1
  • College football season in doubt: More conferences deciding to eliminate games

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • The ACC and Notre Dame: officially dating or just good friends?
  • What we do and don’t know about how the ACC football 10 + 1 model affects NC State
  • What we know and don’t know about how the ACC football’s 10+1 model affects Duke

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest’s football game against Notre Dame remains set for Charlotte
  • My Take On Others: The first of several offbeat Top 25 polls
  • NCAA to allow players to support causes with uniform patches

Herd football starts preseason practice on Friday Huntington Herald-Dispatch

South Carolina-Clemson football game won’t happen under SEC’s conference-only schedule Charleston Post Courier

Coastal Carolina loses South Carolina game with SEC decision Myrtle Beach Sun-News

Columbia The State

  • Decision made: SEC drops non-conference games, Gamecocks won’t face Clemson in 2020
  • USC president Caslen took stance to keep Clemson game on schedule
  • Analysis: What new schedule could mean for South Carolina 2020 hopes
  • Reaction: South Carolina-Clemson football game won’t happen in 2020
  • Longtime Gamecocks supporter, philanthropist Dodie Anderson dies at age 92
  • A closer look at Clemson’s all-new 2020 schedule. Did Tigers’ ACC slate get tougher?

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • SEC decides on conference-only schedule, Bulldogs drop Georgia Tech
  • The ACC wanted plus-one. The SEC said, ‘No thanks’
  • SEC decision leaves Georgia Tech without Georgia game

Column: SEC moves raise question: Is season even worth it? FT Worth Star-Tribune

BYU football season continues to unravel as SEC announces conference-only scheduling Daily Herald

How Michigan MAC schools are impacted by SEC’s conference-only football schedule MLive

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Carolina Panthers release Graham Gano, will go with Joey Slye as kicker
  • Split squads, tracing devices and a revamped facility all part of Panthers’ 2020 camp

For Hurricanes, Rangers it’s time to focus on the real thing  Raleigh News and Observer

Hard ‘N Fast: Racing recedes as major sports take the spotlight Winston Salem Journal

Campbell’s Chris Clemons among players with N.C. ties inside NBA bubble Fayetteville Observer

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Dansby Swanson’s fast start a product of a very serious mind
  • Fried shines as Braves silence Rays
  • Perilous plan for young Braves pitchers: ‘Let them figure it out’

New York Times

  • A Momentous First Night for the N.B.A.
  • The Lakers Hold On to Beat the Clippers in Thriller
  • Baseball in Empty Stadiums Is Weird. How Will It Affect Outcomes?
  • No Summer Tournaments Means More Recruits Committing to Colleges
  • A W.N.B.A. Coach Heard a Call to Feed the Hungry. She’s Answering It.
  • FIFA President Gianni Infantino Faces Criminal Investigation
  • ‘Bubbles’ Are Working. But How Long Can Sports Stay Inside?
  • August’s Arrival Brings With It an Onslaught of Sports (Hopefully)
  • With Women’s Hockey in Flux, League Says It Will Play in 2021

Washington Post

  • The NBA restarts in Florida with a night that started with Rudy Gobert and ended with LeBron James
  • NBA relaunches with a nod to social justice and first official games since March
  • ‘I believe I can make a difference’
  • Special teams ace Deshazor Everett on Washington’s new culture, workouts with Landon Collins
  • TE Logan Thomas placed in coronavirus protocol
  • Focus on details amid a pandemic? The Nationals show some days it’s easier than others.
  • MLB’s coronavirus crisis continues as Phillies report two positive tests for staff members
  • Nats use unlikely formula to enter break on high note
  • John Carlson misses Thursday practice, Capitals hope he will be able to skate Saturday

Baltimore Sun

  • Orioles rally from early deficit only to blow ninth-inning lead in 8-6 loss to Yankees
  • Ravens coach John Harbaugh on Antonio Brown interest: ‘It’s not really a conversation’ right now

 

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