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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Saturday, September 5, 2020

September 5, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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Mike Houston: Pirates set back by interruption …ECU athletics struggle through difficult times…ECU Football season opener closed to public…JUCO LB Jacoby Simpson commits to ECU…Dooley addresses freshmen Farrakhan and Quansah…ECU ranks top 15% in Washington Monthly’s 2020 College Guide ‘Best Bang for the Buck’ Southeast…ECU residence halls remain open to nearly 800 students…Mike Houston Radio, TV Shows Set To Debut …Sept. 19 game addition looking less likely for East Carolina…TCU-SMU game postponed by COVID outbreak among Horned Frogs…Memphis fans making the most of ‘weird’ home opener…Marshall takes on Eastern Kentucky…The Kentucky Derby arrives in Louisville, amid protests and a pandemic…For Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho, the year 2020 has been more than about hockey…Darlington Raceway to honor SC native, ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman…At U.S. Open, contending group of American women continues to grow

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Mike Houston: Pirates set back by interruption Bonesville.net

Mike Houston Radio, TV Shows Set To Debut ecupirates.com

The East Carolinian

  • ECU athletics struggle through difficult times
  • Dooley addresses freshmen Farrakhan and Quansah
  • ECU Football season opener closed to public
  • ECU residence halls remain open to nearly 800 students

WNCT 9

  • Mike Houston television, radio shows set to debut
  • ECU ranks top 15% in Washington Monthly’s 2020 College Guide ‘Best Bang for the Buck’ Southeast

WITN 7 

  • ECU ranks as “Best Bang for your Buck”
  • College intern killed in NCSHP crash posthumously named ’Honorary Trooper’

Highway patrol intern, ECU student posthumously named honorary state trooper WBTV 3

Juco Linebacker Jacob Simpson Will Reload at East Carolina Rivals

247 Sports

  • JUCO LB Jacoby Simpson commits to ECU
  • Sept. 19 game addition looking less likely for East Carolina
  • BREAKING: WR Umari Hatcher commits to Syracuse

Pirates coaches can watch, wait, learn from other games Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Game Preview: Arkansas State at Memphis
  • Game Preview: SMU at Texas State

Dallas Morning News

  • Iron Skillet rivalry game put on hold due to COVID-19 outbreak among TCU players and support staff
  • SMU season preview: Stars to watch, breakout candidates, 3 games to circle on the calendar and more

TCU reports positive coronavirus tests, postpones game against SMU USA Today

Washington Post

  • TCU-SMU game postponed by COVID outbreak among Horned Frogs
  • Navy’s class president is a football player who has eyes on another presidency

Annapolis Capital

  • After a summer plagued by death and gun violence, Navy slotback Myles Fells wants to save everyone
  • BYU offensive attack, led by quarterback Zach Wilson, expects to challenge improved Navy defense 

Memphis’ offense a stiff test for ASU Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • Chad Bowden’s ‘crazy’ ideas paying off for UC Bearcats football
  • Cincinnati QB Desmond Ridder trying to ‘stay level-headed’ ahead of season-opener

Tampa Bay Times

  • What you need to know about college football’s soft Week 1 schedule
  • Less hyped for football than usual? You’re not alone
  • USF football’s ‘eternal pessimist’ has Bulls defense hopeful

Young UCF running backs impressing during camp Orlando Sentinel

Local Division I schools have different rules for different teams | Mike Jensen Philadelphia Inquirer

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Report: Tigers’ Broussard injured in shooting near U of M campus
  • Giannotto: Memphis fans making the most of ‘weird’ home opener
  • Liberty Bowl GM on changes at Tigers football games
  • 5 things to know ahead of Tigers-Arkansas State
  • Why the Tigers’ new starting RB almost left Memphis
  • How Tigers’ Ellis responded to disappointing freshman year

TU projected to finish ninth in AAC Tulsa World

BYU, Houston move their Oct. 16 football game from Provo to Houston due to travel issues during COVID-19 Deseret News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Game notes: Marshall vs. Eastern Kentucky Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest spending $75,000 per week on COVID-19 testing for athletes, Currie says
  • Wake Forest football 2020 schedule: The season’s key games
  • Boogie Basham, Nick Sciba predicted to earn All-ACC; Deacons tabbed to finish 10th
  • Clemson projected to win ACC football championship
  • Appalachian State football 2020 schedule: The season’s key games
  • College towns growing alarmed over outbreaks among students
  • Wake Forest women’s and men’s soccer teams to play shortened fall season
  • No games, no crowds, no football on this Labor Day weekend

Raleigh News and Observer

  • Clemson picked to win ACC. Here’s where UNC, NC State and Duke were picked to finish
  • UNC depth chart breakdown – quarterbacks: Sam Howell gets the full playbook
  • NC State depth chart breakdown – quarterback: ‘QB of the future’ now under center
  • Duke depth chart breakdown – quarterback: Who’s the favorite to start vs. Notre Dame?
  • Which college football teams are allowing fans at games during COVID-19

Charlotte 49ers receivers young, talented — and now they have experience  Charlotte Observer

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • William & Mary eliminates 7 sports to fix budget issues after “thoughtful, intense deliberative process,” athletic director says
  • Hokies Analysis: Here are 5 starting positions where interesting scenarios could be brewing

A local college coach once had police guns drawn on him. Now he’s one of many talking about race and police with his players.  Hampton Roads Daily Press

Charleston Post Courier

  • Clemson’s Lawrence named preseason ACC Player of the Year, Etienne runner-up
  • Citadel football’s summer of soul-searching: Grief, COVID-19 and social justice
  • The Citadel will allow fans at its lone home football game this fall. Here’s how many.
  • Gamecocks defensive tackle Zacch Pickens’ strategy: Stop trying ‘not to mess up’

Clemson athletics jumps from 0 positive COVID-19 tests to nearly 20 in a week  Columbia The State

Better offense means more wins for Georgia Tech football Atlanta Journal Constitution

UNT gameday: UNT aims to get back on track without Fine Idaho Statesman

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Raleigh News and Observer

  • For Hurricanes’ Sebastian Aho, the year 2020 has been more than about hockey
  • NASCAR playoff race at Darlington: How to watch and starting lineup
  • Here are the 2020 NASCAR playoff drivers and why each could win it all

Darlington Raceway to honor SC native, ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman  Columbia The State

Ronald Acuna hits three homers in doubleheader but Braves split  Atlanta Journal Constitution

New York Times

  • N.B.A.’s Head Coaching Diversity Under Scrutiny as Vacancies Loom
  • With Bucks Facing Elimination, Uncertainty Grows Around Giannis Antetokounmpo
  • Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Kentucky Derby
  • Pull Out of the Kentucky Derby? Pressure on a Black Owner Mounts

Washington Post

  • The Kentucky Derby arrives in Louisville, amid protests and a pandemic
  • It’s a Kentucky Derby day like no other. Here’s all you need to know.
  • Here are the best bets for the Kentucky Derby
  • NFL asked Snyder to ‘back off’ use of private investigators, lawyer says, as PI visits rattle ex-employees
  • Jason Wright has helped save big corporations. Next up: The Washington Football Team.
  • Adrian Peterson didn’t see his Washington release coming: ‘It was shocking to me’
  • 53-man roster projection: Bryce Love in, Reuben Foster out
  • Cal Ripken’s record streak is 25 years old. Its meaning, and magic, have endured.
  • Nationals snap seven-game losing streak
  • At U.S. Open, contending group of American women continues to grow
  • Contact tracing nearly ends a match before it starts

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