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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSunday, October 3, 2021

October 3, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

ECU responds with dominance … Mitchell’s 222-yard day helps East Carolina top Tulane 52-29; Pirates have won 3 straight games for the first time since 2014… ECU’s rout of Tulane a complete reversal of 2020 game…Navy scores 17 fourth-quarter points to overtake UCF; UCF coach Gus Malzahn: ‘We’ll rebound’ after loss to Navy in QB Mikey Keene’s debut as starter…Ridder leads No. 7 Cincinnati past No. 9 Notre Dame, 24-13…Cowboys will be a mettle detector for Panthers, who again have something to prove in Texas

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ecupirates.com

  • ECU Rolls In American Opener, 52-29
  • ECU Opens Season With Seven Individual Wins

East Carolinian

  • ECU football rode the Green Wave in 52-29 win
  • 2021 ECU Homecoming concludes, competition winners announced

WNCT 9

  • Mitchell’s 222-yard day helps East Carolina top Tulane 52-29
  • ECU homeoming welcomes back alumni, football fans

Keaton Mitchell rushes for 222 yards in ECU football’s 52-29 win over Tulane at home WCTI 12

ECU football storms Tulane for huge homecoming victory, Pirates have won 3 straight games for the first time since 2014 WITN 7

Mitchell Runs For 222 Yards In ECU’s 52-29 Win Over Tulane  Rivals

247 Sports

  • ECU captures third win in a row, trounces Tulane 52-29
  • Everything Mike Houston said after ECU’s 52-29 win over Tulane
  • Fourth down conversions lift ECU to big win over Tulane
  • ECU 52, Tulane 29: How it looked from the sidelines

Vonta Leach honored with outstanding alumni award YAHOO!

NOLA.com

  • Awful start, poor finish doom Tulane football team to third consecutive loss
  • Three and Out: Guerry’s thoughts about Tulane’s 52-29 loss to East Carolina
  • Game notebook: ECU’s rout of Tulane a complete reversal of 2020 game
  • Photos: East Carolina too much for Tulane

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU 52, TULANE 29: Answers from Pirates’ homecoming win
  • WATCH: Scenes from Dowdy-Ficklen, ECU’s win over Tulane

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Mitchell’s Big Day Carries East Carolina Past Tulane
  • Navy Rallies Past UCF in Conference Opener
  • SMU Now 5-0 After 41-17 Homecoming Win Over USF
  • No. 7 Cincinnati Handles No. 9 Notre Dame, 24-13
  • Temple Wins Conference Opener Against Memphis, 34-31

The Associated Press

  • Ridder leads No. 7 Cincinnati past No. 9 Notre Dame, 24-13
  • Desmond Ridder, No. 7 Cincinnati beat No. 9 Notre Dame 24-13
  • Cincinnati at Notre Dame 10/2/2021
  • Mordecai’s 4 TD passes lead SMU past South Florida, 41-17
  • Mitchell’s 222-yard day helps East Carolina top Tulane 52-29
  • Navy scores 17 fourth-quarter points to overtake UCF 34-30
  • UCF at Navy 10/2/2021
  • Anderson’s 52-yard TD highlights Temple’s win over Memphis

Cincinnati Enquirer

  •  Desmond Ridder shines as No. 7/8 UC defeats No. 9/7 Notre Dame 24-13
  •  Reactions: Cincinnati Bearcats knock off Notre Dame in South Bend
  •  UC Twitter thanks Kelly: ‘Just grateful for this opportunity’
  •  Herbstreit: College Football Playoff ‘doors are opening’ for Bearcats

Rising-Power Cincinnati Punishes Notre Dame For Stealing Its Best Coaches Forbes

Cincinnati Downs Notre Dame in College Football Playoff Material Win Down the Drive

College football Saturday review: Why Luke Fickell and USC are drifting apart LA Times

Tampa Bay Times

  • Missed opportunities hurt USF on the road at SMU
  • Navy scores 17 fourth-quarter points to overtake UCF

Annapolis Capital

  • Navy special teams improves drastically, makes the difference in season’s first win over UCF
  • Tai Lavatai, Taylor Robinson lead way as Navy football rallies in fourth quarter to upset UCF, 34-30

Gus Malzahn torched on social media after UCF loses to 0-3 Navy Saturday Down South

Orlando Sentinel

  • UCF loses to Navy, drops second straight in Mikey Keene’s starting quarterback debut
  • UCF coach Gus Malzahn: ‘We’ll rebound’ after loss to Navy in QB Mikey Keene’s debut as starter
  • Without QB Dillon Gabriel, the wheels come off UCF’s Gus Bus | Commentary
  • 3 things we learned from UCF Knights’ 34-30 loss at Navy Midshipmen
  • Orlando social media stars: After choosing YouTube over UCF, former kicker is ‘Deestroying’
  • 3 things we learned from UCF Knights’ 34-30 loss at Navy Midshipmen

Owls secure victory over Memphis in conference opener The Temple News

Memphis blows 17-point lead, loses fifth straight AAC road opener Memphis Commercial Appeal

Still unscathed: Will a hard-fought, homecoming win over South Florida make SMU top 25 worthy? Dallas Morning News

UH defense makes a statement in win over Tulsa Houston Chronicle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • N.C. State holds off Louisiana Tech for 34-27 victory
  • College football replay is frustrating coaches with its frequency and inconsistency
  • UNC football was buried under a mountain of hype. October is the chance to reclaim it
  • Mack Brown says UNC’s 38-7 win over Duke its “best defense of the year.” Find out why
  • Duke must be ‘committed’ to fixing mistakes before season goes sideways

Winston Salem Journal

  • No. 24 Wake Forest outlasts Louisville with the leg of Nick Sciba
  • Wake Forest celebrates Nick Sciba’s birthday and a signature win in the early season
  • PHOTOS: Wake Forest beats Louisville, 37-34
  • WSSU suffers 73-7 loss to Chowan for second-worst loss in school history
  • N.C. A&T Aggies roll past Robert Morris 41-14 to open Big South Conference play in style

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

  • Battle of the Bay is back in a big way as Norfolk State tops Hampton in wild shootout
  • Old Dominion falls to UTEP in Conference USA opener
  • Interception by Kean dooms CNU to overtime loss
  • Virginia starts fast, gets remarkable touchdown catch, then survives when Miami misses last-second field goal

Fayetteville Observer

  • N.C. State runs past Louisiana Tech’s upset bid in the second half
  •  Bell tolls on both sides: Takeaways from UNC’s domination of rival Duke

Columbia The State

  • Five things we learned about South Carolina from wild win over Troy
  • Gamecocks ride twists and turns of wild game to claim victory over Troy
  • Thumbs up, thumbs down: Quick reaction from South Carolina’s win over Troy
  • How Clemson’s DJ Uiagelelei showed commitment to improving — inside an empty stadium
  • What Clemson said about Justyn Ross, Will Taylor, Braden Galloway injuries
  • Clemson grinds out close win over Boston College. What we learned about the Tigers
  • Final thoughts, prediction as Clemson attempts to bounce back with BC in town
  • Is Grayson McCall injured? What Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell said about his QB

SEC Power Rankings: Ranking every SEC team after Week 5 Saturday Down South

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Run-heavy No. 2 Georgia bulldozes No. 8 Arkansas in lopsided home victory
  • Michael Cunningham: No JT Daniels, no problem as Georgia rolls over Arkansas
  • Georgia Tech momentum meets big obstacle in loss to Pittsburgh
  • Mark Bradley: Says Geoff Collins: ‘I’ve got to be better’

Wyoming Cowboys, Mountain West weather latest realignment storm Casper Star-Tribune

Home losses ‘never acceptable’: Nevada drops Boise State to its worst start in 20 years Idaho Statesman

The Associated Press

  • AP Top 25 Takeaways: Amid chaos, ‘Bama, UGA are drama-free
  • COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY: Tide’s Robinson runs for 4 TDs
  • Nix leads No. 22 Auburn to 1st win at LSU since ’99, 24-19
  • Daniels leads Arizona State to 42-23 win over No. 20 UCLA
  • Bulovas FG as time expires lifts Vanderbilt over UConn 30-28
  • Hankins’ late TD run helps UTEP beat Old Dominion 28-21
  • No. 4 Penn State beats Indiana 24-0 with strong defense
  • No. 25 Clemson escapes Boston College with 19-13 victory
  • Kentucky rallies past No. 10 Florida 20-13 in SEC showdown
  • Warren helps No. 19 Oklahoma St. beat No. 21 Baylor 24-14
  • Middle Tennessee builds big lead, holds off Marshall 34-28
  • Rogers leads Mississippi State to 26-22 win over No. 15 A&M
  • Leary throws 2 TDs, No. 23 NC State holds off Louisiana Tech
  • Campbell controls 2nd half, beats North Alabama 48-31
  • Willis, Liberty dominate second half in 36-12 win over UAB
  • Holmes’ catch-and-run boosts ETSU past Wofford 27-21
  • Stanford rallies late to beat No. 3 Oregon 31-24 in OT
  • Hall scores on 99-yard return, Ball State beats Army 28-16
  • Fitzgerald field goal lifts Florida St. past Syracuse, 33-30
  • South Carolina holds on to edge Troy 23-14
  • Garibay’s late FG lifts Texas Tech past West Virginia 23-20
  • Robinson, defense push No. 1 Bama past No. 12 Ole Miss 42-21
  • No. 6 OU leans on Rattler, video review to top K-State 37-31
  • No. 16 Coastal Carolina swarms Louisiana Monroe in 59-6 win
  • Mississippi Valley State stuns NC Central with late TD
  • Johnson, defense help James Madison avoid upset to NH 23-21
  • Adams, The Citadel’s option attack fends off VMI 35-24
  • Carter scores winner in OT, Norfolk State tops Hampton 47-44
  • SC State opens big lead, holds off Bethune-Cookman 42-35
  • Cheek, Witherspoon rally Elon to 20-7 victory over Richmond
  • Copeland’s 3TDs lead Chattanooga past Western Carolina
  • Appalachian St uses explosive plays to sink Georgia St 45-16
  • Sciba’s kick lifts No. 24 Wake Forest past Louisville, 37-34
  • Tennessee makes quick work of Missouri in 62-24 rout

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Giants miss chance to clinch NL West, fall to Padres in 10th
  • Lowe hits 3 HRs, Rays roll 12-2 to prevent Yankees WC clinch
  • Dodgers’ Kershaw goes back on injured list ahead of playoffs
  • Red Sox rally in 9th, on brink of clinching wild-card berth

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: Oct. 3
  • Sports events on the air for Sunday, Oct. 3
  • Jays stay close in wild-card race, hit 5 HRs, rout O’s 10-1
  • Haniger keeps M’s playoff hopes alive with rally vs Angels

Charlotte Observer

  • Why Panthers are big believers that Chuba Hubbard can thrive while McCaffrey heals
  • Cowboys will be a mettle detector for Panthers, who again have something to prove in Texas
  • Here’s who NFL experts think will win Sunday’s Panthers at Cowboys football game

Washington Post

  • Juan Soto, who links baseball’s past, present and future, could change the game
  • Nationals falter late to Red Sox in a game with huge AL wild card ramifications
  • What to watch in NFL Week 4: There’s Tom Brady vs. the Patriots, and there’s everything else
  • In 2021, women’s sports still provide more outrage than empowerment
  • MLB’s postseason tiebreakers, explained (including the insane AL wild-card race)
  • Pressure cooker: Chase Young and Montez Sweat find out how hard it is to be elite
  • No. 3 Oregon melts down at Stanford (college football winners and losers)

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Braves hold off Mets in ninth for victory
  • Atlanta United blows lead, loses to Montreal

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