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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUPMonday, December 21, 2020

December 21, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

East Carolina Tops Cincinnati On The Road, 74-67 ecupirates.com

ECU women top Cincinnati on road, improve to 2-0 in AAC WNCT 9

247 Sports

  • True Freshman Report: CB Sean Tucker
  • True Freshman Report: DL Xavier McIver

Dooley sees up-and-down defense in latest victory Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Cincinnati to Face Georgia in Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
  • Tulsa to Meet Mississippi State in Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
  • No. 6/8 Houston Defeats Alcorn State, 88-55, Sunday

The Associated Press

  • No. 6 Cincinnati lands Peach Bowl date with No. 11 Georgia
  • No. 6 Cincinnati to face No. 11 Georgia in Peach Bowl
  • No. 22 Tulsa, Mississippi St to meet in Armed Forces Bowl
  • New Montgomery Bowl pits Memphis versus Florida Atlantic
  • Houston, Hawaii to meet in New Mexico Bowl in Frisco, Texas
  • Tulane, Nevada to meet in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
  • Coastal Carolina, Cincinnati headline Bowl Day snubs
  • Quentin Grimes helps No. 6 Houston rout Alcorn State 88-55

Cincinnati Enquirer

  •  UC to face No. 9 Georgia in Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day
  •  Breaking down UC’s history in New Year’s Six bowls

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF coaches try to inject fun into unusual bowl week
  • Boca Raton Bowl featuring UCF, BYU is sold out

Memphis eager to avenge 40-point Tulsa loss Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

  • TU in the Armed Forces Bowl: Get to know the Mississippi State Bulldogs
  • Tulsa at Memphis: Hurricane continues AAC play Monday night
  • Guerin-teed it was quite a weekend: If you haven’t thanked the players for this college football season, do it now

UH to have limited players available vs. Alcorn State  Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

  • No. 13 UNC football gets Orange Bowl bid, will face No. 5 Texas A&M
  • NC State football to face Kentucky in the Gator Bowl after eight-win season

Winston Salem Journal

  • Paul Sullivan: A college football bowl season like no other includes the usual suspects in the playoffs and the Rose Bowl in … Texas?
  • LZ Granderson: If Supreme Court rules against NCAA athlete compensation, the fight must not end
  • Orange Bowl: What you need to know about the North Carolina-Texas A&M game
  • Wake Forest heading to Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte and will take on Wisconsin on Dec. 30

Hometown hero Tim Craft and Gardner-Webb has navigated COVID to make return to Tallahassee to take on FSU Tallahassee Democrat

Charleston Post Courier

  • Gamecocks accept invitation to Gasparilla Bowl, will play UAB
  • No. 12 Coastal Carolina to play Liberty in Cure Bowl
  • CFP: Alabama-Notre Dame, Clemson-Ohio St as Aggies left out
  • No. 2 Clemson to face No. 3 Ohio State in Sugar Bowl

Washington Post

  • Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State and Notre Dame selected for College Football Playoff
  • The College Football Playoff: Schedule, teams and what you need to know
  • The College Football Playoff is set. Whether it was worth it depends on whom you ask.
  • Georgetown loses to St. John’s in the teams’ second meeting in a week

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • No. 9 Georgia Bulldogs draw undefeated No. 8 Cincinnati in Peach Bowl
  • College Football Playoff: Alabama vs. Notre Dame, Clemson vs. Ohio State
  • 2020-21 College football bowl schedule

The Associated Press

  • Appalachian State, North Texas kick off COVID bowl season
  • STAT WATCH: Numbers reflect dominance of Alabama, Clemson
  • On Football: Change seems likely amid frustration with CFP
  • Army left out in Bowl Day marred by cancellations, opt outs
  • No. 24 N.C. State faces Kentucky in Gator Bowl
  • No. 20 Texas meets ex-Big 12 foe Colorado in Alamo Bowl
  • Clemson and Ohio State get CFP rematch in Sugar Bowl
  • No. 22 Tulsa, Mississippi St to meet in Armed Forces Bowl
  • The Latest: Independence Bowl canceled; Army in limbo
  • No. 17 Iowa, Missouri renew rare rivalry in Music City Bowl
  • Out of NY6, No. 7 Indiana faces Ole Miss in Outback Bowl
  • No. 6 Cincinnati lands Peach Bowl date with No. 11 Georgia
  • No. 12 Iowa State to face No. 25 Oregon in Fiesta Bowl
  • Former SWC rivals TCU, Arkansas to meet in Texas Bowl
  • Gasparilla Bowl pits UAB against slumping South Carolina
  • No. 15 Northwestern, Auburn set to meet in Citrus Bowl
  • Wisconsin set to face Wake Forest in Duke’s Mayo Bowl
  • Snubbed by committee, Texas A&M will face UNC in Orange Bowl
  • West Virginia to face Tennessee in Liberty Bowl
  • Cotton Bowl: Big 12 champ Oklahoma vs SEC runner-up Florida
  • Louisiana Tech meets Georgia Southern in New Orleans Bowl
  • Hall leads No. 10 Iowa St into Fiesta Bowl vs. No. 25 Oregon
  • Conference champion Spartans, Cardinals meet in Arizona Bowl
  • No. 16 Louisiana-Lafayette gets UTSA in First Responder Bowl
  • Georgia State, Western Kentucky bound for Lending Tree Bowl
  • New Montgomery Bowl pits Memphis versus Florida Atlantic
  • Division champs Marshall, Buffalo meet in Camellia Bowl
  • No. 13 BYU goes for 11th win in Boca Raton Bowl vs. UCF

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: Barry Sanders becomes 3rd player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season
  • NHL schedule will feature 56 games and exclusive intra-division play
  • Erase that 0!: Jets edge Rams 23-20, avoid winless season

Myrtle Beach Bowl Coverage appstatesports.com

Game on! NHL, players officially agree to start a 56-game season on Jan. 13.  Raleigh News and Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • Carolina Panthers fire general manager Marty Hurney
  • Where will the Panthers pick in the 2021 NFL draft? Tracking the path to the top 5
  • Burns, Brown and Chinn: Yea, Panthers can build a championship defense around them
  • Four takeaways from the Panthers’ 24-16 loss to the Green Bay Packers

New York Times

  • Jets’ First Win May Cost Them the No. 1 Pick
  • What We Learned From Week 15 of the N.F.L. Season
  • Alabama in Top Spot as College Football Playoff Is Set
  • The Hall of Fame Tries to Contextualize Baseball’s Racist Past
  • Tested Again, the Chiefs Flex Their Survival Skills
  • Tiger Woods Saw ‘Incredible Golf Shots’: His Son’s
  • ‘Challenges and Bumps’ Expected as N.B.A. Returns
  • N.B.A. Eastern Conference Preview: Will the Nets Reign Supreme?
  • N.B.A. Western Conference Preview: The Lakers Reloaded
  • N.H.L. and Players’ Union Reach Framework for 2020-21 Season

Washington Post

  • Washington’s late rally falls short in 20-15 loss to Seahawks as it drops to 6-8
  • Four takeaways from Washington’s loss to the Seahawks
  • Does Dwayne Haskins have a future in Washington? Sunday’s loss didn’t provide the answer.
  • NHL officially set to return Jan. 13 with a 56-game schedule
  • Giants fall flat against Browns and fail to retake NFC East lead

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Falcons can fool you into thinking they’re good before they fold
  • Falcons unhappy about late-game spot of ball in loss to Bucs
  • Falcons’ defense could not stifle Brady for whole game
  • Miscommunication leads to Bucs’ go-ahead TD against Falcons

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