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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPFriday, December 31, 2021

December 31, 2021 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

 

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

  • Basketball- COVID strikes again
  • Bearcats lead AAC’s early signing push

ecupirates.com

  • ECU’s Trip To SMU Postponed
  • ECU-Wichita State Men’s Basketball Game Postponed
  • ECU Picked As Preseason Favorites In The American
  • ECU Athletics, Pirate Club Launch Bill Clark Homes Military Bowl Fund
  • Thompson Named AAC Player Of The Week

ECU creates fund to help offset expenses from canceled Military Bowl WRAL Sports

East Carolinian

  • ECU basketball vs. Wichita State game postponed due to COVID-19
  • ECU Athletics launches fund for bowl game expenses
  • Military Bowl canceled due to BC COVID-19 cases

‘State of shock:’ Canceled bowl games bring disorder to fans, teams, finances and TV YAHOO! Sports

WNCT 9

  • ECU men’s basketball home game with Wichita State postponed due to COVID-19
  • ECU women’s trip to SMU postponed due to COVID-19 cases within Pirates
  • ECU baseball picked preseason favorites in AAC
  • ECU’s Thompson named AAC Player of the Week

N.C. State is first up for ECU on Labor Day weekend YAHOO!

WITN 7

  • ECU men’s basketball game vs. Wichita State postponed ‘due to COVID-19 developments’ within ECU program
  • ECU women’s basketball has cancelled its AAC opener due to COVID-19 within the program

247 Sports

  • ‘Three Things I Know, Three Things I Think’ heading into a new year
  • Bill Clark Homes donates $200K to help launch ECU’s Military Bowl fund
  • ECU’s game with Wichita State called off due to COVID issues
  • Three primary questions that will help decide if ECU can repeat as champs in 2022
  • ECU once again picked as preseason favorite in the AAC
  • LSU adds East Carolina transfer Slade Roy

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • SPORTS YEAR IN REVIEW: Pirates finish 7-5, Jaguars win 3rd straight
  • ECU Notes: Faculty, staff named 2021 Treasured Pirates

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • College Football Playoff Preview: Cincinnati Faces Top-Seeded Alabama in CFP Semifinal
  • UCF MBB Takes Down Michigan in Non-Conference Action
  • SMU, Tulane Pick Up Wins in Conference Openers
  • Tulane WBB Earns 72-62 Nonconference Win Over Wofford
  • Memphis-South Florida Women’s Basketball Game Scheduled For Jan. 2 Postponed
  • Temple-UCF Women’s Basketball Game Scheduled For Jan. 2 Postponed
  • East Carolina-SMU Women’s Basketball Game Scheduled For Jan. 1 Postponed
  • Wichita State-East Carolina Men’s Basketball Game Scheduled for Dec. 29 Postponed
  • East Carolina Voted as The American’s Baseball Preseason Favorite

Cincinnati Enquirer

  • It’s game day Cincinnati! Get ready for UC’s first College Football Playoff game
  • Inside UC’s mindset before Playoff semifinal vs. Alabama
  • What’s Arlington, Texas like right now? ‘You see red and black all over the city’
  • Could Tre Tucker be X-factor for Cincinnati Bearcats in CFP semifinal?
  • Toppmeyer: Is Alabama among four ‘disrespected’ underdogs in playoff?
  • UC football feels prepared for big stage – and confident here to stay
  • Preview: UC Bearcats men’s basketball to open AAC play against Tulane

College Football Playoff: Cincinnati playing for underdogs who never got chance ESPN

Cotton Bowl: Alabama vs. Cincinnati odds, picks and prediction USA Today

For Cincinnati, the College Football Playoff is both a burden and an opportunity Washington Post

The Associated Press

  • Non-P5 Cincy takes CFP journey to Cotton semi against Bama 
  • No. 1 Alabama faces upstart Bearcats in Cotton Bowl CFP semi

Tampa Bay Times

  • What USF football can learn from Cincinnati’s College Football Playoff run
  • USF offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. headed to Ole Miss: reports

UCF men’s basketball catches fire in 2nd half to knock off Michigan for 1st time Orlando Sentinel

Owls game against Wildcats postponed The Temple News

NOLA.com

  • Tulane holds on for first win over Memphis since 2016
  • Jeff Duncan: Take advantage of this hot college hoops trend while you can
  • The Tulane women are still undefeated at home after their final game of 2021. Next: AAC play.

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • Memphis basketball vs. Wichita State: Scouting report and score prediction
  • Tigers’ All-AAC safety Quindell Johnson to return for 2022 season
  • 5 takeaways from Memphis’ loss to Tulane

Kendric Davis’ 26-point outburst helps SMU extend winning streak to seven games Dallas Morning News

TU falters late, falls to SMU in conference opener Tulsa World

Houston Chronicle

  • Cincinnati showcases names to keep in mind for NFL draft
  • Houston’s Marcus Sasser has season-ending foot surgery
  • Smith: With Houston and Cincinnati, AAC is peaking again
  • Houston quarterback Sofian Massoud enters transfer portal
  • How Dana Holgorsen’s vision for UH paid off — and what’s ahead
  • UH rallies past Auburn for Birmingham Bowl victory, 12-win season
  • The story behind UH’s Birmingham Bowl trophy unlike any other
  • UH extra points: Clayton Tune-Jake Herslow connection delivers

Eyeing shot at NFL, former Navy football standout Jake Springer makes the most of opportunity at Ole Miss Annapolis Capital

Wichita Eagle

  • A complete guide to the 2021-22 American Athletic Conference men’s basketball season
  • Wichita State’s basketball game postponed because of COVID-19 issues at East Carolina
  • Former Shocker makes history with Washington Wizards as NBA’s first Colombian player

Houston defense shines in 17-13 Birmingham Bowl win over Auburn Underdog Dynasty

SDS’ Ultimate Cotton Bowl Preview: Give Cincinnati its due. But should you give the Bearcats a chance? Saturday Down South

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • N.C. State bowl cancellation could come with a costly price tag
  • Holiday Bowl timeline: Details of days, hours before NC State, UCLA game was canceled
  • NC State loses another RB to NFL draft. Zonovan Knight won’t return for Pack in 2022
  • Gamecocks ran all over UNC in bowl despite game plan that was ’100% stop the run’
  • UNC wasted much of the Sam Howell era. It’s time for him to go pro after bad bowl loss
  • Did Sam Howell just play his final game for UNC? Here’s what he said after the bowl
  • Mike Elko adds Texas A&M assistant to Duke football staff as defensive ends coach

‘No clue at all’: NC State coach sears NCAA over Holiday Bowl debacle New York Post

Opinion: Last-minute Holiday Bowl cancellation was a bad call San Diego Tribune

The Struggle of Assigning Blame, Coping With UCLA Football Backing Out of Holiday Bowl Sports Illustrated

Winston Salem Journal

  • Preview: Wake Forest to face Rutgers in the Gator Bowl
  • Wake Forest’s Jaquarii Roberson to skip bowl game
  • Paying it forward takes on new meaning for former Wake Forest player, key donor Bob McCreary
  • Dick Vitale taking extended break from ESPN college hoops

Trice, Long shine as ODU men open Conference USA play with win at FIU Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Disappointment doubles: UNC takeaways on loss to South Carolina in bowl game Fayetteville Observer

Columbia The State

  • Mayo clinic: Gamecocks bowl over UNC to secure winning season in Beamer Year 1
  • Bowl win gives Shane Beamer final chapter in storybook first season at South Carolina
  • ‘Never give up on your dreams.’ Inside Dakereon Joyner’s bowl game to remember
  • Thumbs up, thumbs down: South Carolina vs. North Carolina in Duke’s Mayo Bowl
  • Unranked and shorthanded Missouri stuns No. 1 Gamecocks
  • For Clemson, there’s one bigger goal that rivals winning a national championship
  • New coordinators, familiar result as Clemson scores Cheez-It Bowl win over Iowa State

Charleston Post and Courier

  • New coordinators, familiar result as Clemson scores Cheez-It Bowl win over Iowa State
  • Sapakoff: Beamer’s mayo fun caps the most impressive Gamecocks debut
  • Parker White sets new Gamecocks scoring record, ponders rib-eye reward
  • Clemson stops Iowa State in Cheez-It Bowl to extend streak of 10-win seasons
  • Sapakoff: So far, Clemson’s Wes Goodwin is an ‘all fun’ Cheez-It Bowl whiz
  • 7 takeaways from Clemson’s bowl win over Iowa State

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Georgia Bulldogs will battle Michigan, expectations in Orange Bowl
  • Steve Hummer: Facing Georgia is a revived Harbaugh, surprising Michigan
  • Georgia-Michigan: TV, online, radio information
  • Weekend Predictions: Victories for Bulldogs and Bama, defeat for Falcon
  • Michigan State rallies past Pitt in Peach Bowl
  • Georgia Tech’s five most significant events in 2021

Why Central Michigan playing the Sun Bowl is a lesson for us all: ‘You don’t bitch’ Detroit Free Press

The Associated Press

  • Allen, Wisconsin hold off Arizona State in Las Vegas Bowl
  • Utes want world to get loud for Jordan, Lowe at Rose Bowl
  • Avoiding coronavirus part of quieter bowl week for CFP teams
  • Thorne leads No. 11 Spartans past No. 13 Pitt in Peach Bowl
  • Surprising Michigan takes run at Georgia’s dominant D in CFP
  • Gator Bowl fill-in Rutgers ‘letting it hang out’ vs Wake
  • Central Michigan ends wild trip west in Sun Bowl against WSU
  • Purdue outlasts Tennessee 48-45 in OT in Music City Bowl
  • Beamer gets mayonnaise bath as South Carolina wins Mayo Bowl
  • Before Harbaugh, Smart play Orange Bowl they shared birthday
  • Syracuse hires offensive coordinator, QB coach from Virginia
  • Coan, Sanders looking to lead their teams to Fiesta Bowl win

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

Winston Salem Journal

  • Today in sports history: Dec. 31
  • Sports events on the air for Friday, Dec. 31
  • Antetokounmpo and the Bucks face the Pelicans
  • Cleveland takes home win streak into matchup with Atlanta
  • Packers’ LaFleur thrives by giving freedom to staff, players
  • Grieving Kelly makes emotional return to Colts headquarters
  • Nuggets-Warriors off; Rivers, Malone enter NBA protocols

Carolina Hurricanes’ special teams too much for Canadiens Raleigh News & Observer

New York Times

  • The Most Memorable Sports Moments of 2021, According to Us
  • The Son of New York Who Runs the South’s Most Envied Sports League
  • On an Iconic Wyoming Peak, Ski Mountaineers See a Test
  • With Exasperation, College Football Is Just Trying to Get Through the Playoff
  • How John Madden Became the ‘Larger-Than-Life’ Face of a Gaming Empire

Washington Post

  • Cincinnati’s Ahmad ‘Sauce’ Gardner will get a chance to cook on the biggest stage
  • Michigan and Georgia prepare for bright lights and stars, even if they would look great in mud
  • Taylor Heinicke’s past two WFT starts are testing Ron Rivera’s belief in his QB
  • Reeling WFT deals with more tragedy as brother of Montez Sweat killed in shooting
  • Ron Rivera shares fond memories of time spent with mentor John Madden
  • Bradley Beal makes an in-form return, leads Wizards past Cavaliers
  • Bradley Beal’s greatest act of leadership came from a syringe
  • John Madden could have remained a coach. Aren’t we lucky he knew better?
  • Two years in, how much better off is Washington under Ron Rivera?

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