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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPMonday, September 12, 2022

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Pirates Stun Florida After Weather Delay … Notable improvements for ECU in first win … Bye week comes at good time for Navy football, which has a lot of work to do… Braves’ run reminiscent of ’93 — but stakes are different

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Pirate Football Playback

ecupirates.com

  • Pirates Stun Florida After Weather Delay
  • Pirates Open Season at Cougar Classic

WNCT 9

  • Pirates stun Florida after weather delay
  • Notable improvements for ECU in first win

ECU football earns first win of the season with 39-21 triumph over Old Dominion at home WCTI 12

Pirates hold no quarter in win over Monarchs The East Carolinian

247 Sports

  • Pirates own fourth quarter against Monarchs: ‘It’s what we’ve been trying to build’
  • PODCAST: Initial thoughts from ECU’s first win of 2022

ECU football: Pirates run away from Old Dominion and secure first win Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Bill Wagner: Bye week comes at good time for Navy football, which has a lot of work to do | COMMENTARY Baltimore Sun

Zay Jones proving to be a worthwhile add from the waiver wire ESPN

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Four American Teams Pick Up Wins in Sunday Action
  • SMU, Houston and Tulsa Post Successful Results at Weekend Meets
  • Tulane, UCF End Weekend With Sunday Win

USF finds second-half mojo, picks up win over Howard The Tampa Times

 Tigers dedicate win over Navy to Memphis after tragic week: ‘For 901’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

After clobbering overmatched foes, Tulane faces litmus test against Kansas State NOLA.com

SMU closes out ‘preseason’ with learning lessons in victory over FCS-level Lamar Dallas Morning News

Takeaways from TU’s 38-35 win over Northern Illinois Tulsa World

Warner, Fox grab high ratings as Temple tops Lafayette 247 Sports

 Cincinnati Bearcats rout Kennesaw State, 63-10 Cincinnati Enquirer

Orlando Sentinel

  • John Rhys Plumlee “not the reason” UCF lost to Louisville, coordinator says
  • Nebraska fires former UCF coach Scott Frost; AD Alberts says 16-31 ‘not acceptable’

UH’s Derek Parish earns American Athletic Conference sack record Houston Chronicle

Brett Vito: UNT’s win this week didn’t tell us a lot, but how the Mean Green fare against UNLV will Denton Record-Chronicle

UTSA pulls out overtime win at Army San Antionio Express News

With the Charlotte 49ers’ defense on the ropes, their schedule isn’t getting any easier  Charlotte Observer

UAB’s dominant running game can’t overcome turnovers in loss at Liberty AL.com

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • After college football upsets, NC State and Wake Forest move up in latest AP poll
  • Three things we learned about NC State football in 55-3 win over Charleston Southern
  • Three things we learned about UNC football in 35-28 win at Georgia State
  • Three things we learned about Duke football in 31-23 win at Northwestern

Winston Salem Journal

  • Top 25: Georgia reclaims No. 1 spot after Alabama’s close call
  • Nebraska fires Scott Frost after 1-2 start
  • Report: Texas QB Quinn Ewers out 4-6 weeks
  • No. 23 Wake Forest beats Vanderbilt in QB Sam Hartman’s return
  • N.C. Central pounds WSSU 41-0 in Durham on Saturday night

Charleston Post & Courier

  • 5 Gamecock takeaways as USC limps home from loss at Arkansas
  • Clemson QB Uiagalelei’s growth among 5 takeaways from win over Furman
  • The Citadel defense, last-play field goal spark upset of No. 8 ETSU
  • Clemson wins 35-12, but finds itself outgained by Furman
  • Sapakoff: Gamecocks’ progress and loss out on the edge of SEC reality
  • No. 19 N.C. State overwhelms Charleston Southern
  • Gamecocks can’t stop runnin’ Razorbacks, drop SEC opener

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • East Carolina piles up more than 500 yards, uses big fourth quarter to pull away from Old Dominion
  • No. 20 William & Mary backs up big season-opening win, treats large student section to comfortable win over Campbell
  • Virginia Tech rebounds with strong defensive effort in home victory against Boston College
  • Illinois defense disrupts Virginia’s offense in ‘rough day at the office’ for Cavaliers coach Tony Elliott
  • James Madison dominates from the start to hand Norfolk State a second straight blowout loss

Context is coming as No. 1-ranked Georgia Bulldogs open SEC play Atlanta Journal Constitution

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Carlos Alcaraz wins US Open for 1st Slam title, top ranking
  • Brady, Bucs throttle Cowboys 19-3 as Prescott injures hand
  • Dodgers 1st team to clinch a playoff spot, rout Padres 11-2
  • Wentz triumphant in Week 1 Revenge Tour; Wilson next?
  • Braves’ run reminiscent of ’93 — but stakes are different
  • Pujols’ 697th HR, moves into 4th, rallies Cards over Pirates
  • Mahomes throws 5 TDs, Chiefs hammer Cardinals 44-21

Charlotte Observer

  • Slow start and suspect snaps: Here are 5 things we learned in Panthers’ loss to Browns
  • Scott Fowler’s best and worst from the Panthers’ season-opening loss to the Browns
  • QB Baker Mayfield makes late charge, but Panthers still lose to Browns in season debut
  • Bubba Wallace beats the boss and quiets his critics in with win at Kansas Speedway 

Washington Post

  • What to know from NFL Week 1: Chiefs are just fine, but Patriots sure aren’t
  • Cowboys’ Dak Prescott will undergo surgery for hand injury
  • Commanders kick off a new era with a late rally to upend the Jaguars
  • Carlos Alcaraz, just 19, grabs the U.S. Open title — and No. 1 ranking
  • A’ja Wilson keeps the party going as Aces take Game 1 of the WNBA Finals
  • The Carson Wentz Experience? Grab the antacids, and hang on.
  • Commanders’ win sends a message to Terry McLaurin: Help is here

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Kenley Jansen blows save to lose wild game versus Mariners
  • Marcus Mariota’s red zone fumble, bobbled snap prove costly for Falcons
  • Cunningham: Falcons rise up on Saints before collapsing again

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