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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPSunday, October 6, 2024

October 6, 2024 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

East Carolina Drops AAC Road Contest At Charlotte… East Carolina Sweeps Pirate Duels… Grayson McCall released from hospital, in good spirits after taking violent hit… Chaos hits AP poll with 4 teams ranked in the top 11 losing to unranked opponents… Western Carolina wins game against Wofford without spectators due to rescue and recovery efforts; Braxton guides Herd past Appalachian State, 52-37

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

49ers deliver stunning blowout

ecupirates.com

  • East Carolina Drops AAC Road Contest At Charlotte
  • East Carolina Sweeps Pirate Duels

Pirate football flounders in Charlotte, falling 55-24  WNCT 9

247 Sports

  • ECU falls flat in blowout loss to Charlotte
  • Charlotte 55, ECU 24: How it looked from the sidelines
  • Three takeaways from ECU’s loss to Charlotte
  • What Mike Houston said after ECU’s 55-24 loss to Charlotte
  • College football bowl projections in Week 7: Alabama, USC losses shake up playoff outlook

ECU football: Pirates blown out in road loss at Charlotte Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Charlotte football dominates ECU: 3 takeaways from 49ers’ win over in-state rival Pirates Charlotte Observer

Charlotte makes a bold statement against East Carolina Charlotte Post

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • Temple Denied At Goal Line By UConn
  • Charlotte Runs Away From East Carolina In 55-20 Win
  • Tulane’s Offense Carries Green Wave To 71-20 Win At UAB
  • Navy Soars Past Air Force 34-7 To Improve To 5-0
  • Army Wins Ninth Straight As Black Knights Handle Tulsa 49-7

The Associated Press

  • Hughes scores twice, Tulane adds TDs on defense and special teams in 71-20 rout of UAB
  • Charlotte runs for 6 TDs, steamrolls East Carolina 55-24 in AAC battle
  • Navy runs past Air Force 34-7, reaches 5-0 for first time since 2017
  • Daily accounts for 4 TDs to help Army beat Tulsa 49-7, improve to 5-0

How big of a favorite should Memphis be in the AAC? dailymemphian

First by air, then by land Army rolls over Tulsa Tulsa World

AOL

  • Army football pulls within one win of bowl eligibility with dominant win at Tulsa
  • Temple goal-line QB sneak turns into UConn 96-yard fumble return TD

Trent Dilfer buyout: Details of UAB head coach’s contract On3

NOLA.com

  • Happy homecoming: Tulane’s Birmingham products excel in rout of UAB
  • Initial word on injured Tulane tight end Alex Bauman is very positive

CBS Sports

  • Tulane’s blowout win over UAB ends with final score that’s never been seen before in college football history
  • Navy vs. Air Force score, takeaways: Midshipmen snap four-game losing streak in rivalry, advance to 5-0

Sports Illustrated

  • Tulane Green Wave Crush UAB Blazers in 71-20 Rout
  • WATCH: Tulane Green Wave Comes Up With Big Man Interception Off Deflection
  • TAKEAWAYS: Tulane Dominates UAB With Highest Scoring Total In 2024
  • Army Football: Undefeated Black Knights Roll Over Tulsa 49-7

Army running back Kanye Udoh shows some sprinter speed with two long scores at Tulsa Record Online

For The Win

  • 4 things to know about Army and Navy’s potential collision in back-to-back games 
  • Don’t worry, Trent Dilfer: UAB fans are definitely angry with you after another blowout loss

Goal-line stand spoils Temple’s game winning drive Temple News

Dom Amore: In this game of inches, UConn football survived to beat Temple Hartford Courant

UConn football defeats Temple with goal-line stand and touchdown with no time remaining Stamford Advocate

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • ‘Heartbreaking to see’: Massive hit sends NC State quarterback Grayson McCall to hospital
  • As NC State’s Grayson McCall absorbs another violent hit, a reminder of football’s cost, risk
  • Four takeaways from Wake Forest’s comeback from a 10-point deficit to top NC State, 34-30
  • Another week, another loss: 3 takeaways from UNC football’s 34-24 setback to Pittsburgh
  • What was the difference in UNC football’s loss to Pittsburgh? ‘Their quarterback’

WRAL

  • Grayson McCall released from hospital, in good spirits after taking violent hit
  • Claiborne scores three TDs and Wake Forest rallies past NC State 34-30
  • Streaky Tar Heels fall to Pitt for third-straight loss
  • Haynes runs for 128 yards, catches go-ahead scoring pass, as Georgia Tech gives Duke 1st loss, 24-14
  • NC Central beats Campbell 45-14

Winston Salem Journal

  • Appalachian State falls to Marshall in first football game in 16 days
  • Column: I still can’t believe my alma mater Vandy just beat Alabama
  • Virginia Union pounds Winston-Salem State 31-13 in battle of CIAA unbeatens

Columbia The State

  • Dabo Swinney rips Clemson’s ‘horrible’ field goal miscues in Florida State win
  • Injury update on Clemson quarterback Cade Klubnik after Florida State game
  • Rolling right along: Clemson handles FSU on the road, Dabo makes ACC history
  • Missing the moment: In a prove-it game, South Carolina falls short vs. No. 12 Ole Miss
  • Five things we learned from South Carolina’s 27-3 loss to Ole Miss
  • If Ole Miss is faking injuries, it’s a ‘bad look for college football,’ Shane Beamer says

What we learned about the College Football Playoff race after the season’s wildest week yet New York Times

Roanoke Times

  • Hokies successfully turn the page in dominating victory at Stanford
  • Hokies football notebook: Defensive depth shows in win at Stanford

Marshall football: Braxton guides Herd past Appalachian State, 52-37 Huntington Herald-Dispatch

Atlanta Journal Constitution

  • Georgia Tech uses 14 fourth-quarter points to hand Duke its first loss
  • Sugiura: While No. 1 Alabama falls, No. 5 Bulldogs take care of business
  • Bulldogs record eighth consecutive win over Auburn
  • Georgia coach Kirby Smart ‘disappointed’ in fan energy, crowd noise against Auburn

The Associated Press

  • Chaos hits AP poll with 4 teams ranked in the top 11 losing to unranked opponents
  • NC State QB McCall is ‘alert and in good spirits’ following a helmet-jarring hit
  • Coach Clark Lea promises Vanderbilt’s historic win over No. 1 Alabama is only the start
  • Vanderbilt takes down No. 1 Alabama 40-35 in historic college football victory
  • No. 8 Miami rallies from 25 points down to beat California 39-38
  • Singleton scores late TD as Arkansas beats No. 4 Tennessee 19-14
  • Haynes runs for 128 yards, catches go-ahead scoring pass, as Georgia Tech gives Duke 1st loss, 24-14
  • Graham Mertz, Montrell Johnson account for scores as Florida beats UCF 24-13 in the Swamp
  • Texas swaggers into SEC and midseason break undefeated and in best shape in more than a decade
  • Washington pulls away in 4th quarter to beat No. 10 Michigan 27-17 in title game rematch
  • Klubnik and Mafah lead Clemson’s attack in a 29-13 win over Florida State
  • Branson Peters’ 78-yard scoop and score powers Towson’s 34-27 upset over FCS No. 10 William & Mary
  • Lamb throws 2 TDs, Harrison adds pick-6 as Western Illinois beats Charleston Southern 31-20
  • North Carolina Central rides 28-point 2nd quarter to a 45-14 win over Campbell
  • Cornhuskers beat the heat and then Rutgers 14-7 to move within a win of bowl eligibility
  • Braylon Braxton accounts for 5 touchdowns to lead Marshall past Appalachian State 52-37
  • 325-pound JJ Pegues runs for 2 TDs as No. 12 Ole Miss posts 27-3 win over South Carolina
  • Drones accounts for 3 TDs, Hokies manhandle Stanford 31-7 to end two-game skid
  • No. 5 Georgia bounces back from loss at Alabama, makes it 8 in a row over Auburn 31-13
  • Rourke helps No. 23 Indiana stay unbeaten with 41-24 victory over Northwestern
  • No. 3 Ohio State sputters in the first half before blowing out Iowa 35-7
  • Western Carolina wins game against Wofford without spectators due to rescue and recovery efforts
  • UT Martin beats Gardner-Webb 35-17 behind Patrick Smith’s 3 TD runs
  • Trey Hedden throws two late touchdown passes to rally Furman to 17-16 victory over The Citadel
  • Palmer-Smith, King combine for 300 yards, 2 TDs to lead Richmond past North Carolina A&T 20-17
  • Claiborne scores three TDs and Wake Forest rallies past NC State 34-30
  • Jennings has best game of career as SMU holds on to beat No. 22 Louisville 34-27
  • Holstein powers Pitt past struggling North Carolina 34-24 for its first 5-0 start since 1991
  • Drew Allar throws TD, runs for another as No. 7 Penn State beats UCLA 27-11
  • Moss scores 3 TDs as No. 25 Texas A&M gives No. 9 Missouri its first loss in 41-10 rout
  • Virginia rallies from 14-point deficit to beat Boston College 24-14

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • The Big Sho: Ohtani hits tying 3-run homer in playoff debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers in NLDS win
  • Alex Verdugo credits personal chef he hired for turnaround in AL Division Series opener
  • Mets starter Kodai Senga goes 2 innings and passes baton to brilliant bullpen in Game 1 NLDS win
  • Lane Thomas hits 3-run homer, Cleveland’s bullpen torments Tigers as Guardians win ALDS opener 7-0
  • Mets and Yankees win playoff games on same day for first time in 24 years
  • Verdugo’s go-ahead single and acrobatic catch lift Yankees over Royals 6-5 in ALDS opener
  • Coco Gauff wins China Open final in straight sets, Sinner rallies to advance in Shanghai
  • Muchova ends Sabalenka’s 15-match winning streak in China Open quarterfinals
  • Jets add QB Adrian Martinez to roster for game against Vikings
  • Hatton ties St Andrews record to lead Dunhill Links but Monahan and Al-Rumayyan miss the cut
  • Karol Swiderski, Patrick Agyemang, Kristijan Kahlina guide Charlotte to 2-0 victory over Montreal

Williams, Bears look to build on progress when they host Panthers WRAL

CLTFC’S first win against CF Montréal, 2 to 0  Queen City News

Charlotte Observer

  • Who says Charlotte isn’t a playoff town? Charlotte FC will enter postseason on hot streak
  • What Charlotte coach Charles Lee will be looking for in Hornets-Knicks preseason game

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