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Greg Vacek's Daily Web Roundup
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

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Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Audio Feature
Mike Houston Presser
 Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

  • Coach Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
  • Verity Named American Specialist-Of-The-Week

The East Carolinian

  • ECU athletic trainers face challenges amidst COVID-19
  • The future of Pirate football is the run game
  • ECU’s defense rose up against USF

Houston recaps win over USF, previews Navy in exclusive one-on-one interview with 9 On Your Side Sports  WNCT 9

Navy football looks to go 3-0 in American Athletic Conference by continuing dominance of East Carolina Baltimore Sun

Navy’s option won’t surprise ECU National Post

Navy´s option won´t surprise ECU This is Money

WITN 7

  • ECU Football: Navy Game Week Coverage
  • ECU football’s Harris and Verity honored by AAC

247 Sports

  • ECU knows all too well about Navy’s fast starts
  • Everything Mike Houston said during his Navy Press Conference
  • Triple option week arrives for East Carolina
  • Injury updates on McMillian, Hatfield, Bivens
  • Coach’s Corner: Defending The Triple Option
  • ECU depth chart updated for Navy game
  • What Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo said about ECU
  • Chancellor White commits to East Carolina

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU transitioning from few hundred to few thousand fans
  • Young Pirates aim to continue trend of early lead

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Brian Thornton Named as Associate Commissioner for Basketball at the American Athletic Conference
  • Houston’s Stevenson, Navy’s Adams, ECU’s Verity Take Weekly Football Honors

Group of Five power rankings: Does Cincinnati have a playoff argument? Fan Sided

AAC Football: Memphis Hosts UCF at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium BCSNN

Tampa Bay Times

  • Jordan McCloud is USF’s starting QB ‘going forward,’ Jeff Scott says
  • A closer look at Temple, which hosts USF on Saturday

McCloud Named Starting QB as Bulls Turn Page to Temple South Florida Bulls

National Post

  • Temple and South Florida looking to bounce back
  • Memphis looks to end losing streak vs. UCF

247 Sports

  • UCF forward Collin Smith opts out of 2020 season
  • Brent’s Bearcat Bounce 10/13
  • Who’s next? Dykes sheds light on how to replace injured Mustangs

Tulsa faces No. 8 Cincinnati, seeking first top-10 win since ’71 National Post

Temple to have a phased approach on fans attending football games Philadelphia Inquirer

How Memphis football players are motivated after four losses to UCF Memphis Commercial Appeal

Saturday’s game versus UCF ‘personal’ for Memphis football Local 24 News

Fearsome foursome: Tulane linebackers excelling as team tries to follow their lead NOLA.com

‘The relationship part … is really important to us’: How no in-person recruiting is impacting SMU’s efforts to build a 2022 class Dallas Morning News

Dana Holgorsen loves physicality Cougars showed in opener Houston Chronicle

State of the AAC: Navy remains unbeaten in conference play as top teams idle The Daily Cougar

Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall, under investigation for allegedly abusing players, denies allegations CBS Sports

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • North Carolina has yet to trail in a game this season. Here’s a big reason why.
  • NC State basketball coach Kevin Keatts excited about his options as practice begins
  • Coach K, Blue Devils open practice with freshmen aching to play

Notre Dame’s Opponents: Clemson is ‘good’, the rest of the ACC confusing NBC Sports

Winston Salem Journal

  • Wake Forest gets a bonus this weekend, an actual football game at home against Virginia
  • College basketball practice previews: Appalachian State men
  • Wake Forest basketball notebook: Steve Forbes on Isaiah Mucius, grad transfers and some local guys
  • Coach Mack Brown, No. 5 North Carolina aim to maintain highest football ranking in 23 years

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • They ran track at Hampton. Now these former Olympians are running “The Amazing Race”
  • William & Mary faculty pushing for reinstatement of eliminated sports, new strategic plan

Charleston Post Courier

  • Sapakoff: Travis Etienne/Trevor Lawrence top duo in college football history
  • Former CCU great Dustin Johnson tests positive for COVID-19
  • CCU football to play Georgia Southern on ESPNU at noon on Oct. 24
  • Gamecocks begin team basketball practice Wednesday with high hopes
  • Gamecocks begin shaking cobwebs from receivers not named Shi Smith

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • No. 3 Georgia looks for faster start, finish in latest Alabama rematch
  • Kenyatta Watson’s father explains transfer to Georgia Tech
  • Still no issues for Georgia as coronavirus impedes some SEC teams

The Associated Press

  • Brown, No. 5 UNC aim to maintain highest ranking in 23 years
  • Kiffin’s high-scoring Mississippi team anything but boring
  • Florida halts meetings, practices amid 19 new COVID cases

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Halfway there! The amazin’ Braves beat the Dodgers again
  • Braves put pressure on Dodgers to avoid another October flop
  • Braves hang on to beat Dodgers, take 2-0 lead in NLCS
  • Braves 8, Dodgers 7: What you need to know about Game 2

Charlotte Observer

  • Analysis: Panthers weren’t supposed to look this good. Then came Teddy Bridgewater …
  • Mike Davis is running angry and doing more than holding McCaffrey’s spot for Panthers
  • Raleigh News and Observer
  • Carolina Hurricanes re-sign forward Clark Bishop to one-year contract
  • Hurricanes sign defenseman Joakim Ryan to one-year contract

New York Times

  • At Cal, a Covid Survivor Keeps Watch Over Football’s Return
  • For the Browns, Trying Everything May Finally Lead to Something
  • Welcome to the Majors. Your Season Is on the Line.
  • In England, Shifting Virus Rules Close Doors One Day and Open Them the Next
  • Cristiano Ronaldo Tests Positive for Coronavirus and Enters Isolation
  • Fastballs and Homers: Braves Win a Playoff Archetype
  • Jets Cut Ties With Le’Veon Bell
  • After the Grand Slams, Tennis Plots Its Growth Plan

Washington Post

  • The NFL’s top five Super Bowl contenders through five weeks
  • Alex Smith’s comeback is confounding. It took his wife, Elizabeth, a while to understand, too.
  • Washington football notes: Inside the O-line’s rough day and Kyle Allen’s first start
  • As the Saints look into playing home games at LSU, NFL says Week 18 is a possibility
  • Who needs practice? Titans return with dominant win over Bills in rare NFL Tuesday game.
  • Braves edge Clayton Kershaw-less Dodgers to claim 2-0 lead in NLCS
  • The Rays capitalize on Astros miscues again, leaving Houston staring into a 3-0 void
  • D.C. United has begun the coaching search. Here are 10 candidates it might consider.
  • Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo tests positive for coronavirus

The Associated Press

  • Rays beat Astros 5-2, move within 1 victory of World Series
  • Freeman, Albies HR again, Braves hang on for 2-0 NLCS lead
  • Greinke says he prefers playing without fans in ballparks
  • LEADING OFF: Altuve, shaky Astros in 2-0 hole vs Rays
  • The Latest: Eagles allowing some fans to game against Ravens
  • Former AP sports writer Ken Rappoport dead at age 85
  • Tannehill scores 4 TDs as depleted Titans beat Bills 42-16
  • 4th down tries on a record-setting pace early in NFL season
  • Hulk Who? AEW dishes out punishment as it hits 1-year mark
  • Jets surprisingly cut Le’Veon Bell after exploring trades
  • NFL will test for COVID-19 on game days, has no bubble plans
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