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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, October 20, 2021

October 20, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates show progress
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ecupirates.com

  • Coach Houston’s Weekly Press Conference Quotes
  • Pirates Return To Action At ITA Regionals

East Carolinian

  • Pirate basketball prepares to storm the court
  • ECU’s ‘Pirates Supporting Pirates’ program makes a return this fall
  • ECU baseball’s recruitment class receives national rankings
  • Pirate football looks to knock off division leader Houston
  • ECU soccer to take on UCF at home
  • PeeDee the Pirate statue repairs continue, students seek answers

ECU coach talks about Pirates’ return after off week, preparation for Houston on Saturday  WNCT 9

Pirates preparing for Houston, App State battles Coastal Carolina WCTI 12

ECU Gears Up For Houston Week  Rivals

247 Sports

  • College football: Leading rushers through Week 7
  • Sensible Realignment Finally Arrives?
  • Newton looking for return to normalcy in third year with ECU
  • ECU updates depth chart heading into Houston game
  • What Houston coach Dana Holgorsen said about ECU

Ahlers seeing more options in pass game Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Houston vs. East Carolina College Football Odds, Plays and Insights Sports Illustrated

2021 AAC College Baseball Recruiting Classes Breakdown Baseball America

Around the American Athletic Conference

Memphis’ Gleason, Wichita State’s Wright Claim Final American Weekly Cross Country Awards Of The Season American Athletic Conference

Houston Chronicle

  • Clayton Tune, the passer, emerging at UH
  • Rice expected to join American Athletic Conference

Source: Six schools officially apply to join American Athletic Conference ESPN

American Athletic Conference reportedly set to expand with six Conference USA schools under consideration The Baltimore Sun

Underdog Dynasty

  • AAC Conference Realignment Rumors Reignite
  • Out of Bounds: An Unconventional Weekly American Athletic Conference Preview – Week 7
  • Underdog Pawdcast: AAC Week 7 Preview

Sports Illustrated

  • Report: AAC Close to Adding Six Conference USA Schools in Expansion
  • AAC Men’s Basketball Preview: Memphis, Houston Provide Plenty of Intrigue at the Top
  • UCF will be Facing an Abysmal Memphis’ Pass Defense

UAB, 5 other schools formally apply to join AAC al.com

Six C-USA teams eyeing departure for AAC; MTSU not among them Nashville Post

UTSA reportedly applies to join American Athletic Conference KENS

UC notebook: No. 2/3 Cincinnati’s secret weapon vs. Navy won’t play a single down Saturday Cincinnati Enquirer

Could Cincinnati Shake Up the College Football Playoff Field? New York Times

Why Temple is a must-win game for USF Tampa Bay Times

Report: Prospective schools have started submitting applications to join AAC The Oracle

Memphis is all-too-familiar with UCF’s home-field advantage Orlando Sentinel

Tulane vs. SMU Football Prediction and Preview Athlon Sports

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • AAC set to expand by adding six C-USA schools, per reports
  • Why Memphis basketball’s Emoni Bates and LeMoyne-Owen’s Jalen Fisher have a special connection

How SMU is the living embodiment of the parity that’s defined this college football season Dallas Morning News

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Duke freshman Paolo Banchero just made history, a testament to him if not the ACC
  • Pony up big bucks. Conduct the band. The many ways to watch Duke before Coach K retires

Winston Salem Journal

  • No. 14 Coastal Carolina to visit Appalachian State on Wednesday night
  • Dabo Swinney weighs in on being mentioned among LSU football coaching rumors

Coastal Carolina is proving that its magical 2020 season was no fluke Washington Post

Coastal Carolina vs. Appalachian State Football Prediction and Preview Athlon Sports

Charleston Post and Courier

  • No. 14 Coastal Carolina takes on App State in midweek football showdown
  • Sapakoff: Clemson vs. Pitt shows flaws in ACC, SEC schedule rotation

App State-Coastal Carolina was supposed to be the Game of the Year Statesville Record & Landmark

Old Dominion seeks to ensure Conference USA’s “viability and attractiveness” as schools prepare to leave Hampton Roads Daily Press

Marshall weighing options from apparent C-USA shakeup Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail

Duke freshman Paolo Banchero just made history, a testament to him if not the ACC Raleigh News & Observer

Columbia The State

  • Unfamiliar territory: Clemson no longer the betting favorite to win the ACC
  • Another Clemson running back to transfer
  • Luke Doty is done for the year. What’s next for South Carolina at quarterback?
  • Gamecock holograms? Why Dawn Staley, Aliyah Boston are sliding into the ‘metaverse’
  • Gamecock mailbag: Will South Carolina make ‘real improvement’ on offense this year?

Steve Hummer: It’s a wide gap between No. 1 Bulldogs and the rest Atlanta Journal Constitution

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Column: Dodgers were finished until epic Game 3 comeback. Now it’s the Braves who are done
  • Yankees re-sign Aaron Boone to new 3-year deal: ‘He’s been a good hire’
  • Today in sports history: Oct. 20
  • Marcus Hayes: Enough B.S. Suspend Ben Simmons indefinitely.

Charlotte Observer

  • Hornets games are again unavailable on TV to many fans in Charlotte
  • Charlotte Hornets got a gift from the NBA to open the season that can erase scars
  • Will Charlotte Hornets make NBA playoffs for the first time since 2016? My prediction
  • Hornets honor Rick Bonnell’s legacy with annual scholarship, name entrance after him

Washington Post

  • Astros catch a break, then pile on seven runs in the ninth to win Game 4 and square the ALCS
  • In the new NFL, teams are scoring on two-minute drives like never before
  • Opening loss shows it’s going to take time for Lakers to figure it out with Russell Westbrook
  • Eighth-inning uprising revives Dodgers, helps them avoid the brink in Game 3 of the NLCS
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov breaks out with a pair of goals as the Capitals rout the Avalanche

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Braves blow three-run lead late, NLCS lead cut to 2-1
  • Michael Cunningham: Braves lose Game 3 in their L.A. house of horrors
  • Braves plan on bullpen game for NLCS Game 4

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