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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, July 26, 2023

July 26, 2023 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirates Picked Sixth In 2023 AAC Preseason Poll; Tulane Tabbed as AAC Favorite, UTSA and SMU Also Receive First-Place Votes … Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh expected to be suspended four games for false statements to NCAA… ECU transfer Hamlin qualifies For 2024 Olympic Trials… ECU women’s basketball to host perennial top-five foe South Carolina in December… Charlotte Football Coach Upset With Media Over Three-Question Press Conference

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Houston develops veteran’s perspective

Aresco tackles NIL, Power Five

Pirates picked sixth in preseason poll

What AAC coaches were saying

ecupirates.com

  • Women’s Basketball to Host South Carolina Dec. 30
  • Pirates Picked Sixth In 2023 AAC Preseason Poll
  • Hamblin Qualifies For 2024 Olympic Trials

WNCT 9

  • ECU women’s basketball to host South Carolina on …
  • ECU football team picked sixth in 2023 AAC preseason poll
  • ECU transfer Hamlin qualifies For 2024 Olympic Trials
  • Frustrated Charlotte 49ers head coach Biff Poggi pounds podium, walks off from AAC media day

WITN 7

  • ECU women’s basketball to host perennial top-five foe South Carolina in December
  • ECU football picked to finish sixth in AAC Media Preseason Poll
  • Chris Edwards set to follow in his late mentor’s footsteps into the booth at his Alma Mater ECU
  • ECU Foundation raffling tickets for Jeff Charles Scholarship fund

East Carolina 2023 Win Total Over/Under Odds, Schedule & Stats WECT 6

247 Sports

  • Calhoun ready for increased role in ECU’s offense
  • ECU to host South Carolina in women’s hoops
  • ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 39 Omar Rogers
  • AAC preseason media poll 2023: Tulane picked to repeat as conference champions
  • ECU placed sixth in AAC media preseason poll
  • ECU adds Florida to 2023-24 men’s basketball schedule
  • ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 40 Greg Turner

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU football: Pirates prepared for new-look team, new-look conference
  • AAC football: Tulane picked No. 1, Pirates 6th in media poll
  • College roundup: ECU’s Harrell to compete in Pan-Am Championships

R&D Brewing secures another sports partnership as the official craft beer of the East Carolina Athletics Craft Brewing Business

CBS Sports

  • Can ECU improve its pass rush in 2023?
  • ECU OL looking for new faces to step up in 2023
  • Royals, Guardians send rookie starters to mound
  • Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh expected to be suspended four games for false statements to NCAA

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh expected to be suspended four games for false statements to NCAA Sports Illustrated

Jim Harbaugh ‘expected’ to be suspended four games by NCAA over alleged cover-up New York Post

Michigan football’s Jim Harbaugh shows again he can’t get out of his own way Detroit Free Press

5 questions for Jim Harbaugh, Michigan at Big Ten Media Days MLive

 

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Commissioner Aresco’s Remarks From 2023 Football Media Days
  • Tulane is the Favorite in 2023 American Preseason Media Poll

AAC commissioner Mike Aresco continues crusade to eliminate the Power 5 designation at conference’s media day Baltimore Sun

Tulane Tabbed as AAC Favorite, UTSA and SMU Also Receive First-Place Votes In Media Poll Athlon Sports

Underdog Dynasty

  • 2023 AAC Media Day Recap: The six newcomers
  • 2023 AAC Media Day Recap: The eight incumbent teams
  • Tulane ranks atop 2023 AAC Preseason Media Poll, newcomer UTSA places second
  • In Year Two, Drayton Reflects On Culture Shift At Temple

Charlotte Football Coach Upset With Media Over Three-Question Press Conference Sports Illustrated

‘That’s it, 3 questions?’: Charlotte 49ers coach Biff Poggi smacks podium, chides media at AAC Media Day  Awful Announcing

Biff Poggi bangs on podium, scolds media after only 3 questions about his team Saturday Down South

YAHOO!

  • For the sake of Memphis football and Ryan Silverfield, AAC poll can’t be right | Giannotto
  • Tom Herman says he will talk about his time at Texas. When he writes a book.

Ryan Silverfield understands why Memphis football was fourth in AAC poll Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

  • AAC Media Days: Commissioner Mike Aresco embraced impending 12-team CFP format
  • Q&A with Tom Herman: Catching up with the former Texas football coach at AAC Media Days
  • Tulsa picked 11th in 2023 AAC football preseason poll

Q&A with Tom Herman: Catching up with the former Texas football coach at AAC Media Days

NOLA.com

  • Tulane’s fabulous 2022 football season did have one drawback. See how the Wave dealt with it.
  • Tulane football team tops preseason American Athletic Conference poll

Wave picked to win American WGNO

247 Sports

  • Less FCS? Owls seek foes that ‘help us in postseason play’
  • AAC preseason media poll 2023: Tulane picked to repeat as conference champions

Dallas Morning News

  • AAC preseason media poll: Will SMU be involved in 3-team race for conference supremacy?
  • Why Rhett Lashlee feels SMU is in position to compete for AAC success and more in 2023

Morris: UNT may have fastest team he’s coached and has shot to compete in American Tyler Morning Telegraph

With possibly the fastest team he’s ever coached, Morris says UNT has a shot to compete in the American Denton Record Coordinator

Rice has something to prove in move to new conference Houston Chronicle

Could Wichita State basketball play two centers at once? Why players believe it’s possible Wichita Eagle

Eric Morris lays out new timeline for UNT to pick starting quarterback Denton Record Chronicle

Led by Frank Harris and Rashad Wisdom, UTSA has high expectations despite move to American Athletic Conference San Antonio Express News

Media picks UAB 8th out of 14 in American Athletic Conference WVTM 13

AL.com

  • UAB football picked to finish eighth in AAC preseason poll
  • What AAC commissioner Mike Aresco said to open 2023 AAC Media Days
  • Watch Charlotte’s Biff Poggi slam podium, walk off after just 3 questions at AAC media days

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • After ACC’s airing of grievances, any sense of imminent crisis has passed … for now
  • In wake of Northwestern hazing scandal, ACC commissioner says he championed athletes’ safety
  • ACC commissioner’s new baggage a burden the league didn’t need to shoulder right now
  • Mike Elko turned Duke football around in one season. Now he’s got a contract extension
  • UNC, Kansas men’s basketball teams announce rare home-and-home regular-season series

New A&T coach wants to keep football players out of transfer portal Winston Salem Journal

North Carolina Central Preps to Defend Celebration Bowl Title in 2023  Underdog Dynasty

Columbia The State

  • Who will be the ‘College GameDay’ guest picker for USC-UNC? There are odds for that
  • Syracuse quarterback: It’s ‘our year’ to beat Clemson football team

Charleston Post & Courier

  • ACC Media Days: Charleston-connected duo fuels Syracuse passing attack
  • Clemson, Gamecocks baseball gain transfer pitchers

ACC Kickoff Notebook: Commissioner says league is benefitting from recent ‘difficult’ conversations  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • College football countdown – 31 days: Five more schools up at ACC Kickoff
  • Georgia Tech coach Brent Key won’t define win-loss expectations for new season

The Associated Press

  • Northwestern players opt to forgo Big Ten media days in wake of school’s hazing scandals
  • Georgia Tech’s Key and Louisville’s Brohm aim to deliver 1st-year spark to alma maters
  • ACC commissioner Jim Phillips says league benefitting from recent ‘difficult’ conversations
  • Manchin, Tuberville introduce college sports bill to standardize NIL rules, regulate collectives
  • Florida A&M picked over Jackson State in SWAC East, days after rap video controversy

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Bronny James, son of LeBron, in stable condition after cardiac arrest at USC basketball practice
  • Women’s World Cup rematch pits United States against ailing Dutch squad
  • Rose Lavelle returns to Women’s World Cup a smarter player than her 2019 breakout debut
  • Spain and Japan move on to knockout stage at Women’s World Cup as La Roja beat Zambia 5-0
  • Two goals in 2 minutes help Japan beat Costa Rica 2-0 at Women’s World Cup
  • Chargers, QB Justin Herbert agree to 5-year extension worth $262.5 million, AP source says
  • Lionel Messi shines again in first Inter Miami start, scores twice in 4-0 win over Atlanta
  • Ron Rivera says he has a lot to prove to the new Commanders ownership group
  • McDaniels says no restrictions on QB Jimmy Garoppolo as Raiders open training camp
  • James Outman’s double in 10th completes Dodgers’ comeback for an 8-7 victory over Blue Jays
  • Zach Johnson’s US Ryder Cup captaincy isn’t getting any easier
  • Jaylen Brown, Celtics agree to 5-year supermax deal worth up to $304 million, biggest in NBA history
  • Russians can qualify for Olympic spots in some sports. That doesn’t mean they’ll be allowed in Paris

Charlotte Observer

  • Exclusive: Hall of Fame GM Bill Polian on pros, cons of rookie Panthers QB Bryce Young
  • Panthers podcast: Why Bryce Young is ready to handle the burden of being a franchise QB
  • Panthers training camp sees old players, and a new team, hungry to earn NFL ‘respect’
  • For Panthers rookie QB Bryce Young, ‘lofty expectations’ and a birthday as camp begins
  • Big League peanuts: North Carolina’s essential role in feeding the American pastime
  • Panthers’ Fitterer chats about Burns contract negotiations, Jeremy Chinn’s new role, more

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Carolina Hurricanes sign lightning rod defenseman Tony DeAngelo to free agent deal
  • What’s next for Tony DeAngelo and the Hurricanes? Both hoping to ‘take the next step’

Washington Post

  • NFL running backs can’t beat the system, so they need to change the game
  • These players could define the start of Josh Harris’s Commanders tenure
  • Bronny James in stable condition after cardiac arrest during practice at USC
  • Katie Ledecky ties Michael Phelps for most individual golds at swimming’s Worlds
  • As the trade deadline approaches, keep a close eye on the Angels
  • For USWNT Coach Vlatko Andonovski, it’s the World Cup final or nothing
  • After two delays and some late heroics, the Nats top the Rockies

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Lionel Messi, Miami too much for Atlanta United
  • On a night with a strange play and a triple play, Braves lose to Boston
  • Watch: Braves turn a triple play versus Red Sox at Fenway Park
  • Braves Nation: 2024 spring training schedule announced

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