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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPFriday, December 9, 2022

December 9, 2022 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Birmingham Bowl tickets through ECU Ticket Office ecupirates.com

WNCT 9

  • Pirates announce 2023 lacrosse schedule
  • ECU students nearing end of semester

247 Sports

  • Pirates using early bowl practices to bring along younger players
  • ECU transfer offensive lineman Avery Jones visiting Illinois
  • Three-star LB Taye Seymore decommits from ECU
  • ESPN reveals announcers for Birmingham Bowl between ECU, Coastal Carolina

ECU team helping to identify a centuries-old shipwreck Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Georgia Tech Linebacker Target Taye Seymore De-Commits from East Carolina Sports Illustrated

Hawaii grabs East Carolina transfer Elijah Robinson to aid D-Line Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Around the American Athletic Conference

Houston Falls in NCAA Volleyball Regional Semifinals to No. 1 Stanford American Athletic Conference

Local players recruited by Alex Golesh laud new USF coach’s sincerity, relatability Tampa Bay Times

 What worries Penny Hardaway entering Auburn game — it’s not Kendric Davis Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

  • Tulsa women outlast Prairie View A&M 66-61
  • TU Sports Extra podcast: Kevin Wilson first impressions

Grading the Green Wave: historic season produces the expected high marks under Willie Fritz NOLA.com

Owls’ defense guides them to victory over Hawks  Temple News

SMU’s Toyelle Wilson saw ‘gold mine’ in once-struggling program. Now Mustangs are winners Dallas Morning News

Cincinnati Enquirer

  •  Wes Miller set for Round 2 against rival Xavier in Crosstown Shootout
  •  Former Bearcats coach Luke Fickell pens thank you letter to Cincinnati

Houston Chronicle

  • UH’s historic volleyball season comes to an end
  • UH WR Nathaniel Dell named 2nd team All-American

Annapolis Capital

  • Navy football players have personal reasons for selecting patches to wear on their jerseys against Army
  • Army-Navy football game full of pageantry and traditions, both serious and silly
  • Army-Navy 2022: What you need to know for the 123rd edition of ‘America’s Game’

Wichita State basketball looks to fix turnover problem to end skid with Longwood game Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Sports Illustrated

  • Seven Questions for Virginia to Answer Before the Houston Showdown
  • College football bowl game predictions, picks by computer model

Raleigh News & Observer

  • NC State’s Christopher Dunn receives 2022 Groza Award as nation’s best kicker
  • Report: NC State football set to hire Syracuse offensive coordinator Robert Anae
  • NC State center Dusan Mahorcic to have surgery for dislocated right patella injury
  • UNC basketball’s Puff Johnson leans on his brother’s wisdom in return from injuries

Winston Salem Journal

  • Michael Cunningham: Georgia’s Stetson Bennett deserves to be Heisman Trophy finalist
  • Options are plenty for quarterback Sam Hartman of Wake Forest but he plans on playing in bowl game
  • Mark Story: Now that the battle is on, who has the advantage, Mark Stoops or Jeff Brohm?
  • No. 10 Arizona, No. 14 Indiana set for first-ever meeting

Columbia The State

  • South Carolina tight end stepping away from football
  • South Carolina TE Austin Stogner heading back to Oklahoma
  • The transfer portal is bigger than ever. Time for Clemson football to jump in?
  • Dawn Staley issues statement on Brittney Griner’s release from Russia
  • Facing adversity for first time, Lamont Paris pushes right buttons for Gamecocks

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Sapakoff: The Citadel must get aggressive in its football coach search
  • Clemson’s Cole Turner goes from hidden gem to 100-yard receiver in a flash
  • Gamecocks’ Kamilla Cardoso chooses dominance after Dawn Staley sermon
  • Gamecocks’ Dawn Staley rejoices as Brittney Griner is freed from Russian penal colony

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • UVA student accused of fatally shooting 3 football players appears in court, preliminary hearing set
  • Molinaro: DJ Uigalelei transferring from Clemson to UVA is a reach, considering Cavaliers’ struggles under Tony Elliott
  • Carl Fowler is a ‘natural leader’ and the man for the defense: On nationally ranked William & Mary’s line and the courtroom

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Cunningham: Stetson Bennett deserves to be Heisman Trophy finalist
  • Georgia’s Brock Bowers wins Mackey award for college football’s best tight end
  • Georgia, Ohio State mine transfer portal with care
  • Georgia Tech quarterback Taisun Phommachanh goes into transfer portal

The Associated Press

  • USC QB Caleb Williams voted AP Player of the Year
  • UNC losing offensive assistants Longo, Bicknell to Wisconsin
  • Suspect in deadly UVA football shooting appears in court
  • Louisville gives Jeff Brohm 6-year deal as football coach
  • Brian Brohm to serve as Purdue’s interim coach for bowl game
  • FCS playoffs: When will defenses assert themselves?
  • Army ponders how long it can remain independent in football
  • Kentucky RB Rodriguez to skip bowl, prepare for NFL draft
  • Florida turns to ex-Ohio State QB Miller to start Vegas Bowl
  • Western Michigan hires Lance Taylor to lead football program
  • Roach leads No. 15 Duke past Iowa 74-62 in Jimmy V Classic
  • Schools increasingly giving disgraced coaches second chances

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Baker cooks: Newcomer Mayfield rallies Rams past Vegas 17-16
  • Brittney Griner’s release celebrated by basketball world
  • Analysis: Dominant Eagles’ o-line worthy of MVP talk
  • AP source: Nimmo staying with Mets on $162M, 8-year deal
  • House report: Snyder had role in ‘toxic’ Commanders culture
  • Ronaldo, Portugal looks to end Morocco’s World Cup run
  • Olympic champion surfer Carissa Moore wins Sullivan Award

Back on track: When could injured Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen return to action? Raleigh News & Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • Former Panthers QB Baker Mayfield leads game-winning drive in first game with LA Rams
  • Why Panthers’ Ben McAdoo not surprised Seahawks’ QB Geno Smith is having career season
  • Inside the mind of Panthers’ JJ Jansen: Weird habits, former teammates, and more
  • Rally falls short in Brooklyn. Takeaways from the Hornets’ loss to the Nets

Washington Post

  • The NFL shield never stopped protecting Daniel Snyder
  • Daniel Snyder gave evasive, ‘misleading’ testimony, House committee says
  • Brittney Griner is free, but reclaiming her story will be no easy task
  • Georgetown basketball was once a hot ticket. Now it is giving them away.
  • Soccer’s heavyweights prepare for mammoth World Cup quarterfinals
  • Kylian Mbappé’s captivating, cascading World Cup joy
  • An inside look at CrunchTime, the NBA’s frenetic answer to NFL RedZone

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Quarterback Desmond Ridder set to start for the Falcons
  • Short-handed Hawks can’t contain hot-shooting Knicks
  • Hawks’ Dejounte Murray out two weeks with ankle sprain; Young misses practice

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