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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, July 24, 2024

July 24, 2024 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Portal, pros and history

ECU Picked Seventh In 2024 AAC Preseason Poll ecupirates.com

Dyrell Roberts from 2024 Spring Practice media day The East Carolinian

WNCT 9

  • AAC Media Days: ECU players, Coach Houston talk preseason …
  • AAC Media Days: Memphis picked to win league, ECU chosen …
  • AAC Media Days Interview: Commissioner Tim Pernetti
  • AAC Media Days Interview: Coach Mike Houston
  • AAC Media Days Interview: Rahjai Harris
  • AAC Media Days Interview: Shavon Revel

ECU aims for comeback at AAC media days, picked 7th; preseason starts July 31 WCTI 12

247 Sports

  • ECU lands Texas A&M transfer Brett Antolick
  • What ECU’s Mike Houston said at AAC Media Day
  • ECU placed seventh in preseason AAC football poll
  • ECU Countdown to Kickoff: No. 40 Greg Turner

Shavon Revel’s Draft Profile | East Carolina, CB Scouting Report Pro Football Network

2024 Major League Baseball Signing Bonuses The Associated Press

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Commissioner Tim Pernetti’s Remarks From 2024 American Kickoff
  • American Athletic Conference Partners With WSC Sports To Amplify Video Content
  • Memphis is the Favorite in 2024 American Preseason Media Poll

Sports Illustrated

  • AAC College Football Preview: Odds, Prediction to Win and Best Win Total Bets for 2024 Season
  • Tulane Goes From the Hunted to Being Underdogs In Just One Crucial Offseason
  • Exclusive: Tulane Defensive Star Displays Confidence in His Player-Led Team

CBS Sports

  • AAC football predicted order of finish for 2024: Memphis picked as overwhelming favorite over UTSA, Tulane
  • Scheduling issues, College Football Playoff expansion pushed Army to join the American Athletic Conference

AAC’s Tim Pernetti Eviscerates NY6 Selection of Liberty Over SMU in 2023 College Football Network

AAC Preseason Poll: Memphis the Team To Beat in the American Hosted

AAC Commissioner Calls for ‘Additional Playoff’ Beyond CFP for Group of 5 Teams Bleacher Report

Memphis tabbed as American Athletic Conference favorite ahead of UTSA and Tulane WBRC

YAHOO!

  • Tigers make history, picked to win AAC
  • USF coach Alex Golesh on playing Alabama, Miami: ‘Bama and Miami gotta play South Florida’
  • After playing at Florida last year, QB Max Brown embraces his role with Charlotte 49ers

Memphis football picked for first time to win AAC: See the full preseason poll Memphis Commercial Appeal

Memphis Tigers picked to win AAC football championship dailymemphian

Ryan Silverfield reacts to Memphis football being picked to win AAC: ‘Means absolutely nothing’ USA Today

Army football welcomes move to American Athletic Conference, tabbed fifth in media poll Times News Record

Tulsa World

  • Bill Haisten: A 12th-place prediction for TU, but not 12th-place personnel
  • TU 12th in the 14-team American Athletic Conference preseason poll

USF’s Alex Golesh calls out Alabama, Miami at AAC Media Days: ‘Bama and Miami have to play South Florida’ On3

MSN

  • USF football plans to ‘max out’ on NCAA revenue sharing with players
  • USF football picked 4th in AAC preseason media poll
  • Charlotte 49ers picked to finish 13th of 14 teams in AAC preseason football poll

USF football picked 4th in AAC preseason media poll Tampa Bay Times

Tulane coach Jon Sumrall updates QB battle, says key LB might be out for significant time NOLA.com

AAC commissioner vows to advance league with unique approach as media days close Dallas Morning News

UNT picked to finish ninth in AAC preseason media poll KTEN

Denton Record Chronicle

  • Morris makes UNT’s goal clear at AAC media days: ‘We need to go to a bowl game’
  • Light the Tower NIL collective officials point to progress in Tuesday night event

Charlotte women’s basketball team announces new roster for 2024 season ninertimes

Tracking Dontae Balfour’s journey from UNC to leading Charlotte 49ers’ defense Raleigh News & Observer

Charlotte Observer

  • Charlotte football embraces challenge after 49ers picked 13th in AAC preseason poll
  • After playing at Florida last year, QB Max Brown embraces his role with Charlotte 49ers

UTSA picked to finish second in American Athletic Tyler Morning Telegraph

Temple football coach Stan Drayton eager to ‘change the narrative’ of the Owls this season The Philadelphia Inquirer

Drayton lays out QB decision timeline 247 Sports

Oscar Cardenas, Jamal Ligon step forward as UTSA’s faces at AAC media day San Antonio Express News

Rice ready for leap in 2024 as steady progress under Mike Bloomgren continues Houston Chronicle

Navy football picked 11th out of 15 teams in American Athletic Conference preseason poll: ‘Extra motivation moving forward’ Annapolis Capital

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • They already sold out the ACC for a bag of nickels. Why not sell the name, too?
  • ACC commissioner fights for league, but conference’s durability awaits greatest test
  • ACC’s football kickoff a throwback to what made the league great: Expensive lawyering
  • Duke’s all-time leader in women’s soccer coaching wins announces retirement plans
  • International soccer returns to UNC’s Kenan Stadium with Manchester City vs. Celtic FC

WRAL

  • ‘As long as it takes’: ACC commissioner commits to fight ‘harmful’ legal battles with Clemson, Florida State
  • New ACC member SMU ‘bonkers’ about long-awaited return to power conference
  • Manchester City, Celtic FC take center stage in Chapel Hill for FC Series
  • NCHSAA participation rises in almost every sport, surpasses 200,000 total student-athletes

Winston Salem Journal

  • App State picked to win Sun Belt East Division; Aguilar picked preseason offensive player of the year
  • Speeding puts Georgia football culture back into spotlight
  • Big Ten commissioner ushers in new era, welcoming Washington Huskies, other West Coast schools

Columbia The State

  • What is the perception of South Carolina and Shane Beamer? National media figures weigh in
  • Clemson football defensive lineman arrested on marijuana charge

Charleston Post & Courier

  • After 0-11 season, Citadel football aims to defy last-place SoCon prediction
  • Dawn Staley’s newcomers know the Gamecocks’ standard, and want to maintain it
  • Dabo’s 3 sons: Swinney brothers all involved in Clemson football in 2024
  • ACC commissioner calls Clemson, FSU lawsuits ‘damaging,’ vows to ‘fight’ to protect conference

Is Virginia Tech football back? Hokies are confident after strong finish, few transfer portal losses  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Roanoke Times

  • Barber: Tony Elliott can’t afford a failure to launch in Year 3
  • Hokies have begun planning for lengthy trip to Stanford

Liberty Flames Set To Blaze In 2024 Football Season With Key Transfers Stadium Rant

Pitt HC Pat Narduzzi Comments on Recent Renewal of Backyard Brawl Sports Illustrated

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • IOC awards 2034 Winter Games to Salt Lake City. Utah last hosted the Olympics in 2002
  • IOC approves French Alps bid backed by President Macron to host the 2030 Winter Olympics
  • Olympics 2024: How to watch, when it starts, key dates in Paris
  • Patrick Mahomes is a unanimous choice for the top spot in the AP’s quarterback rankings
  • NFL’s expansion to an 18-game regular season seems inevitable: Analysis
  • Paul Skenes loses for the first time in 14 months, since pitching in college
  • Noah Lyles looks to be the star of the Olympics, and bring all of track along for the ride
  • Coco Gauff to be female flag bearer for US team at Olympic opening ceremony, joining LeBron James
  • Biles, Richardson, Osaka comebacks ‘bigger than them.’ They highlight issues facing Black women
  • 49ers have no intention of dealing Brandon Aiyuk despite his trade request
  • US women’s water polo team hoping to follow in Taylor Swift’s footsteps at the Paris Olympics
  • Five players on Australia’s women’s water polo team have tested positive for COVID-19
  • Women’s boxing fights its way to parity with the men’s game, just 12 years after its Olympic debut
  • Surfers, staff and locals make final preparations in Tahiti before the Paris Olympics begin
  • Ohtani drives in 3, Dodgers beat Giants for 5th straight win; SF’s Fitzgerald extends HR streak to 5
  • Brice Turang’s RBI grounder in the eighth gives the Brewers a 1-0 win over the Cubs
  • 76ers welcome Paul George, welcome back Maxey with all parties in desperate chase for championship
  • Edge rusher Randy Gregory placed on restricted list after failing to report to Bucs training camp
  • Tiger Woods’ son, Charlie, misses cut at US Junior Amateur after shooting 82-80 at Oakland Hills
  • Andy Murray confirms Paris Olympics will be the two-time gold medalist’s last event before retiring

Charlotte Observer

  • Breaking down the 5 key storylines as Carolina Panthers training camp begins
  • Julius Peppers was a media-shy Carolina Panthers star. It turns out he has a lot to say
  • Panthers are set on having ‘no expectations,’ but that’s not Jadeveon Clowney’s style
  • Cam Newton has been giving Bryce Young advice. Here are 3 things I hope Cam tells him
  • Why Panthers GM Dan Morgan plans to be ‘aggressive’ with roster building in training camp
  • Charlotte Hornets trim roster, waive recently acquired veteran NBA point guard

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