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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSaturday, September 16, 2023

September 16, 2023 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Game Day Weather

ecupirates.com

  • ECU Heads To Boone For Showdown With App State
  • East Carolina Men 5th, Women 6th at Adidas XC Challenge
  • East Carolina Rolls Past Duquesne, 3-0
  • East Carolina Hosts Clemson In Fall Exhibition Oct. 15
  • Pirates Battle Spartans in Greensboro Sunday

Pirates face App. State after rough start The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

  • ECU heads to Boone for showdown with Appalachian State
  • East Carolina baseball hosts Clemson In fall exhibition on Oct. 15
  • East Carolina men 5th, women 6th at Adidas XC Challenge
  • East Carolina volleyball rolls past Duquesne, 3-0

ECU knows it needs to swing big plays its way to win at App State WITN 7

247 Sports

  • ECU vs App State: Final Game Day Predictions
  • ECU hoping to have more of an answer for App’s offense this time around
  • ECU vs App State: How to watch, listen and stream
  • ECU defense looking to learn from mistakes, ‘finish’ going forward

More than 40,000 expected for App State vs ECU football game Saturday Watauga Democrat

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

  • ECU GAMEDAY: ECU eyes better performance in pivotal game at App State
  • ECU GAMEDAY: The Numbers Game
  • ECU GAMEDAY: Three players to watch

Scott Van Pelt’s ‘Winners’ for CFB Week 3: Gators keep it close vs. Vols ABC 7 Chicago

College Football News

  • AAC College Football Predictions, Previews: Week 3
  • Sun Belt College Football Predictions, Previews: Week 3

Virginia baseball team will play exhibitions against East Carolina, Maryland during fall season The Daily Progress

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • UTSA Unable to Overcome Army’s Fast Start in 37-29 Defeat
  • SMU Ties Single-Game Conference Record in 6-3 Win at Rice

San Antonio Express News

  • UTSA flounders on defense in loss to Army
  • UTSA quarterback Frank Harris out for Friday’s game against Army

Tigers overcome turnovers against Navy in AAC opener WREG

To players’ delight, Miami all but empties bench. Next up: first road trip to Temple YAHOO!

Tampa Bay Times

 Unpacking Blake Watson’s breakout Memphis-Navy game — and what it means Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

  • Oklahoma at Tulsa: Who wins and why?
  • Analyzing OU vs. Tulsa matchups as Brent Venables’ Sooners face Kevin Wilson’s Hurricane

NOLA.com

  • Predicting the outcome of the Tulane-Southern Miss game
  • Keys to victory: four things Tulane needs to do to win at Southern Miss
  • Tulane run defense looking even better than last year

What you need to know about Temple’s Week 3 matchup against Norfolk State  Temple News

Norfolk State at Temple: Long road trip, long odds and a $350,000 payday  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

AL.com

  • Alabama vs. South Florida by the numbers: 129 games since back-to-back losses for Tide
  • Position-by-position breakdown for UAB vs. Louisiana

UAB Football to Host Louisiana on Saturday Night thecutoffnews

Dallas Morning News

  • Rhett Lashlee, SMU not overlooking Prairie View A&M after Oklahoma letdown
  • Cornerback Ridge Texada headed back to familiar territory for UNT’s game at Louisiana Tech

Rice vs. TSU: 5 things to watch Houston Chronicle

Clemson takes on Florida Atlantic: 4 things to watch Charleston Post & Courier

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • Why NC Central football is facing UCLA at the Rose Bowl: ‘It’s bigger than the game’
  • NC Central’s long trip to UCLA is a novelty. For ACC, it’s a glimpse of what’s to come
  • VMI coach not deterred by underdog status. What he said about NC State game

WRAL

  • NC State looks to bounce back against VMI
  • No. 21 Duke aims for a for 3-0 start and fifth straight win against Northwestern
  • NCCU, band make trip to Rose Bowl for game vs. No. 24 UCLA
  • No. 20 UNC is leaning on a productive ground game entering a matchup with Minnesota

Winston Salem Journal

  • Tennessee vs. Florida predictions: Odds, picks and best college football promos for Sept. 16
  • South Carolina vs. Georgia predictions: Odds, picks and best college football promos
  • Guard Jao Ituka of Wake Forest likely out for the season after undergoing knee surgery
  • Maui Invitational moving to Honolulu in wake of fires
  • Mississippi player sues coach Kiffin, school for lack of support during mental health crisis
  • Penn State vs. Illinois predictions: Odds, picks and best CFB promos for Sept. 16
  • Mark Kiszla: For his next trick, CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders could drive CSU football into oblivion
  • Reports: No. 10 Alabama makes quarterback switch
  • Former Wake Forest golfer trails in Mid-Amateur Championship finals
  • No. 20 Wake Forest men’s soccer team has key game on Saturday at Spry Stadium against No. 7 Syracuse

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Bear Bryant’s great-grandson a wise elder in Clemson’s QB room
  • Gamecocks at No. 1 Georgia: 4 things to watch

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

  • Hampton University athletic director says ‘multiple’ athletes do not meet NCAA eligibility requirements
  • Virginia takes early lead but gets blown out at Maryland, falls to 0-3

Huff hopes Marshall capitalizes on early off week to correct noticeable mistakes West Virginia MetroNews

Bourne Leaves Dukes With Desirable Job To Fill Daily News Record

The Associated Press

  • Deion Sanders makes most of rival coach’s comments about him always wearing sunglasses and a hat
  • Maryland blows out Virginia 42-14 in first meeting since 2013
  • Mississippi player sues coach Lane Kiffin, school for lack of support during mental health crisis
  • Blake Watson rushes for 169 yards and a TD to help Memphis beat Navy for the 5th straight time
  • Van Dyke accounts for 3 TDs, No. 22 Miami routs FCS member Bethune-Cookman 48-7

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • Jets’ Rodgers using doubters as motivation and indicates he’ll play again after torn Achilles tendon
  • Shohei Ohtani’s locker has been packed up at Angel Stadium, and the Angels decline to say why
  • History suggests 0-2 start is too difficult to overcome in the NFL
  • Zach Eflin and the Rays limit the Orioles to 2 hits, win 7-1 to pull even in AL East
  • Philadelphia’s 34-28 win over Minnesota sets record as most-streamed NFL game
  • Chargers’ Ekeler and Kendricks doubtful, Bosa questionable going into Sunday’s game at Titans
  • Dodgers on the cusp of NL West title after topping Mariners 6-3
  • Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, drives in 3 runs as Padres beat A’s 8-3 in Bob Melvin’s return
  • Thomas moves back into contention at Fortinet Championship
  • Åberg tied for the lead and McIlroy barely makes weekend after chaotic end to 2nd round at Wentworth
  • MATCHDAY: Man United looks to forget off-field issues. Milan derby in Serie A

As training camp looms, Carolina Hurricanes roll dice on expiring contracts for big names Raleigh News & Observer

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