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GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 30, 2020 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

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Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Sports Illustrated

  • It Took a Pandemic to See the Distorted State of College Sports
  • Lincoln Riley selects Shane Beamer’s replacement for Cotton Bowl

OU football: Ryan Dougherty replaces Shane Beamer on Sooners’ coaching staff for Cotton Bowl The Oklahoman

Davidson basketball coach Bob McKillop going for career win No. 600 on Wednesday sportsgrindentertainment

Lions sign CB Josh Hawkins to practice squad, place CB Alex Myers on Practice Squad I.R. USA Today

ECU – Wichita State Game Postponed Due to Covid19  Rivals.com

247 Sports

  • Grading ECU’s Early Signing Class: Offense
  • True Freshman Report: DE Kareem Stinson

Pirates continue with AAC honor Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

Tulsa Takes Down No. 5 Houston, 65-64, Tuesday Night American Athletic Conference

The Associated Press

  • Rachal’s late free throws lift Tulsa past No. 5 Houston
  • Late 3 by Quinones carries Memphis past South Florida

Cincinnati Enquirer

  •  Cincinnati calls facing Georgia QB ‘a huge challenge’
  •  Breaking down the UC vs. Georgia matchup
  •  Peach Bowl: How to watch, tickets, game time for UC vs. Georgia

USF conference foe SMU ends women’s basketball season Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF’s Tre Nixon, Greg McCrae declare for 2021 NFL draft
  • UCF forward Isaiah Adams inspired by mom’s push to overcome homelessness

Unbeaten SMU takes on untested Temple Sports Illustrated

Learning lessons: Each game is a first for young Tulane basketball team NOLA.com

SMU women’s basketball team opts out of season after six games Dallas Morning News

Alex Lomax sparks Memphis’ rally past South Florida Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

  • Gallery: TU upsets No. 5 Houston on last-second free throws
  • TU upsets No. 5 Houston, 65-64, on Brandon Rachal’s free throws with 0.1 seconds left

Tulsa’s late free throws send No. 5 UH to first loss Houston Chronicle

Inside the world of college basketball scheduling: How the WSU-Newman game came to be Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

West Virginia vs. Army prediction, pick, odds, line, live stream, TV channel, Liberty Bowl kickoff time CBS Sports

Adam Kramer’s College Football Locks and Top Bets for the Bowl Season: Part 2 Bleacher Report

2020-21 College football bowl game schedule and results USA Today

Watchability rankings: Which college football bowl games, including the CFP semifinals, are best bets for excitement Detroit Free Press

Raleigh News and Observer

  • How 2 days in February with a Marine changed NC State football and got it to Gator Bowl
  • UNC will be without 2 best running backs in Orange Bowl. Here’s who replaces them
  • Arizona men’s basketball self-imposes 1-year postseason ban

Why ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit is calling the College Football Playoff from home  Sporting News

Now former App State, ECU OC, Petersen, takes Power 5 job at Illinois Watauga Democrat

Winston Salem Journal

  • With ACC play looming, Wake Forest and Steve Forbes try to start building up again
  • College basketball update: State, Carolina resume play Wednesday night; UNCG postponed

Charleston Post Courier

  • Sapakoff: Buckeyes’ Justin Fields wants last laugh vs. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson
  • Clemson upends No. 18 Florida State in basketball

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Bulldogs’ Ben Cleveland opts out, leaving gap at right guard for Peach Bowl
  • Bulldogs QB and coach bonding through X’s and O’s
  • Georgia Bulldogs plan to stay on move in SEC opener
  • Sacrificing size for ballhandling, Josh Pastner hopes recipe works

For some students in need, campus is a safe — but lonely — place to live during the pandemic  Washington Post

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • NFL MVP watch, Week 16: Aaron Rodgers rises to the top
  • Today in sports history: Miami Dolphins win third straight AFC title in 1973
  • Sports events on the air for Wednesday, Dec. 30
  • Athletes act: Stars rise up against racial injustice in 2020
  • John Wolford to get first NFL start

Hurricanes have one national TV game on NBC Sports, again  Raleigh News and Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • Panthers will evaluate Bridgewater in offseason. What his performance tells us now
  • Fan favorite former Carolina Panthers player announces he’ll soon play his final game
  • Will whatever got into the Charlotte Hornets travel with them to Dallas versus Mavs?

Washington Post

  • In a pandemic-altered 2020 when nothing was normal, sports endured — with wins and plenty of loss
  • In 2021, will sports be fun again?
  • Washington Football Team ownership dispute escalates with allegations of financial malfeasance
  • How Dwayne Haskins’s tenure with Washington unraveled in less than two years
  • Dwayne Haskins has long been groomed for success, but maybe he was set up for failure
  • Tom Brady’s move to Tampa Bay could have looked desperate. Instead it has proved defining.
  • The NFL should see lots of QB movement this offseason. Here are some predictions.

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • One last task for Phil Niekro’s catchers — saying goodbye
  • Why the Falcons aren’t in dire need to start all over

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