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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Friday, August 7, 2020

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Houston on return of students: ‘We’ve got to protect our season’…Volleyball Welcomes Pair Of Transfers To 2020 Roster…Bengals’ Kendall Futrell: Comes off COVID-19 list…Freshman tight end a ‘pleasant surprise’ early in camp…UCF, Cincinnati Ranked In USA Today Preseason Poll…Memphis football not in preseason Amway Coaches Top 25 poll…UC doing its best to create ‘bubble’ for Bearcats football team ahead of season-opener…Navy football salvages best of bad situation by replacing Notre Dame with BYU…Temple, Miami working to reschedule football season opener for another year …Clemson again starts at No. 1 in preseason coaches poll…27 colleges in NC won’t have an NCAA title to play for. Some may try to play anyway…Jalek Felton, ex-UNC basketball player, was expelled for sexual assault, documents show…Shawn Clark on postponed App State-Wake Forest game: ‘We’re very disappointed, not just for our players, but for our fans’; ODU plugs one hole, will travel to Wake Forest…Rematch! Hurricanes’ first-round playoffs opponent narrowed down to two familiar teams…Wyndham Championship without fans creates unique financial challenges for tournament and its charities…Jason Day leads PGA as Koepka continues to be a major force…Nick Markakis announces return to Braves with walk-off homer

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Volleyball Welcomes Pair Of Transfers To 2020 Roster ecupirates.com

ECU students could be fined, expelled for violating mask mandate WTVD

Bengals’ Kendall Futrell: Comes off COVID-19 list CBS Sports

247 Sports

  • Houston on return of students: ‘We’ve got to protect our season’
  • Freshman tight end a ‘pleasant surprise’ early in camp

Potential atmosphere still major question mark Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • UCF, Cincinnati Ranked In USA Today Preseason Poll
  • Statement from American Athletic Conference Regarding Scholarships for Student-Athletes

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Luke Fickell wants conference title, a higher poll ranking for University of Cincinnati
  • UC doing its best to create ‘bubble’ for Bearcats football team ahead of season-opener

UCF Football ranked No. 21 in preseason Coaches Poll KnightNews

Notre Dame opens ACC play against Duke, won’t play Navy The Associated Press

What has changed since USF’s last football practice? Plenty Tampa Bay Times

UCF football ranked in preseason top 25 coaches poll Orlando Sentinel

Temple, Miami working to reschedule football season opener for another year Philadelphia Inquirer

247 Sports

  • Former LSU QB Peter Parrish commits to Memphis
  • Memphis AD unveils 11-game 2020-2021 schedule for the Tigers

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis football not in preseason Amway Coaches Top 25 poll
  • Memphis football is back, even if nobody knows how or when this season will end

NOLA.com

  • Optimism abounds for Tulane football amid real pandemic concerns
  • Walker: From testing to scheduling, Tulane football doing all it can to return to normalcy

BYU’s first game of season (against the Naval Academy), on Labor Day, to be broadcast on ESPN Gephardt Daily

Annapolis Capital

  • Navy football replaces Notre Dame on schedule with BYU; game to be played in Annapolis on Labor Day
  • Navy football salvages best of bad situation by replacing Notre Dame with BYU | COMMENTARY

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • 27 colleges in NC won’t have an NCAA title to play for. Some may try to play anyway
  • Jalek Felton, ex-UNC basketball player, was expelled for sexual assault, documents show
  • UNC excited about new football schedule, and Top 25 ranking, on first day of practice
  • NC State football players explain some of the COVID measures in place
  • COVID-19 took a toll on Clemson’s Xavier Thomas. Now he’ll miss most of 2020
  • The ACC football schedule is out. Here’s who Duke, UNC, NC State are playing and when

Frustrations growing for college athletic directors amid the coronavirus pandemic ESPN

Winston Salem Journal

  • Shawn Clark on postponed App State-Wake Forest game: ‘We’re very disappointed, not just for our players, but for our fans’
  • Wake Forest has its 2020 football schedule — here are takeaways on each of the Deacons’ games
  • Wake Forest’s Rachel Kuehn wins first-round match at U.S. Women’s Amateur
  • NCHSAA pushes start of sports further into fall, aims for calendar by Aug. 17

Fayetteville Observer

  • Clemson again starts at No. 1 in preseason coaches poll
  • UNC lands spot in preseason football poll
  • UNC’s 2020 football schedule
  • Wake Forest, Appalachian State postpone Sept. 11 game
ACC finalizes football schedules, featuring Hokies hosting U.Va. on Sept. 19; ODU plugs one hole, will travel to Wake Forest Norfolk Virginian Pilot

The Associated Press

  • Clemson’s Swinney: “Awesome” to return to field amid virus
  • The Latest: Clemson pauses DE Xavier Thomas for virus-plus.
  • Florida governor pushes to reschedule UF-FSU football game
  • Clemson, Ohio State, Alabama top preseason coaches’ poll
  • Ray Lewis’ sons will transfer to play football at Kentucky
  • Star Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons opts out of season

Marshall’s fundraising efforts impacted by COVID-19 protocols Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Charleston Post Courier

  • Clemson ranked No. 1 in preseason football poll for second straight season
  • Sapakoff: Can Gamecocks play with 30 COVID cases? Will Muschamp says yes
  • Clemson defensive end to redshirt after bouts with coronavirus, strep
  • Revised Clemson football schedule: Nov. 7 at Notre Dame, Wake Forest opener
  • Two Gamecocks opt to skip football season because of coronavirus concerns

Columbia The State

  • Clemson ranked No. 1 in first major preseason poll. Here’s the full Top 25
  • Dabo welcomes Notre Dame to full ACC status, says dropping USC game ‘kind of crazy’
  • No, Muschamp didn’t sign petition to save USC-Clemson game. But he’s still frustrated
  • How many players can South Carolina be down and still play? What Muschamp says
  • COVID-19 took a toll on Clemson’s Xavier Thomas. Now he’ll miss most of 2020
  • Clemson’s preseason depth chart is set. Here it is, with 3 takeaways

AAC, Mountain West announce plans for 2020 college football season YAHOO! Sports

Is your favorite college football team going to play in 2020? Find out here. Lexington Herald-Leader

UGA football perched in familiar spot in preseason coaches poll Savannah Morning News

‘Money games’ going away, time for the Mid-American Conference to face reality about football budgets – Terry Pluto Cleveland.com

Aztecs’ Wicker talks about football schedule, coronavirus testing, stadium plans and more San Diego Union-Tribune

A possible casualty of Mizzou football’s new league-only schedule: contract incentives Kansas City Star

Geoff Collins ‘micromanaging’ Tech’s efforts to stay infection-free Atlanta Journal Constitution

Maryland’s Mike Locksley forms coalition for minority football coaches Baltimore Sun

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Charlotte Observer

  • Panthers Tracks: 3 things we learned about Carolina through Week 1 of NFL training camp
  • What’s driving Panthers’ Donte Jackson in his third season? His desire to be the best
  • NASCAR driver Erik Jones will not return to Joe Gibbs Racing team next year

Rematch! Hurricanes’ first-round playoffs opponent narrowed down to two familiar teams  Raleigh News and Observer

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wyndham Championship without fans creates unique financial challenges for tournament and its charities
  • Jason Day leads PGA as Koepka continues to be a major force

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Nick Markakis announces return to Braves with walk-off homer
  • Braves start strong despite setbacks, and they’ll keep it going
  • A deal to replace Soroka? Braves must first recognize reality

New York Times

  • Brooks Koepka Is Here to Win Majors, Not Friends
  • For a Small Stable, Big Prizes Could Lie Ahead
  • Fair Balls and Foul Language
  • Whatever Happened to Arda Turan?

Washington Post

  • At the PGA, it’s Jason Day and Brendon Todd on top — and a pack of big names giving chase
  • Tiger Woods opens with new putter and a 2-under 68
  • Complete PGA Championship leader board
  • Union says 56 NFL players have tested positive for the coronavirus since training camps opened
  • Washington’s rebuilt secondary is fast, versatile and a big unknown
  • Defense will be led by talented line that hasn’t reached its potential
  • Capitals are sloppy and a step slow in 3-1 loss to Flyers, continuing their bubble struggles
  • MLB’s extra-innings experiment is gimmicky, untraditional — and worth keeping
  • In baseball’s pandemic season, Max Scherzer’s injury counts as a welcome diversion

Baltimore Sun

  • ‘Who knows?’ Watching MLB stumble, Ravens fans, players feeling uncertain as team prepares to play amid pandemic
  • Willie Snead IV has become the ‘keeper’ of the Ravens’ young receivers | COMMENTARY
  • How the Orioles are preparing Ryan Mountcastle for the big leagues at Bowie camp: ‘We’re not trying to fence in a wild horse’

Houston Chronicle

  • James Harden’s 39 points help Rockets beat Lakers
  • A’s coach says apparent Nazi salute was ‘not intentional’
  • Diamondbacks beat Astros on Kole Calhoun’s walkoff double
  • Texas Tech women’s coach fired one day after report of abuse
  • Simone Biles posts photos with new boyfriend, Texans’ safety

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