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GREG VACEK'S WEB ROUNDUPWednesday, November 6, 2024

November 6, 2024 By Greg Vacek Leave a Comment

Guzman Repeats As AAC Diver Of The Week… Pirates Set for Season Opener Hosting Charleston Southern on Wednesday… ECU football interim head coach Harrell getting team ready for Florida Atlantic

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville Pregame Show

ecupirates.com

  • Guzman Repeats As AAC Diver Of The Week
  • Pirates Battle Owls On Night Of The Boneyard
  • Pirates Set for Season Opener Hosting Charleston Southern on Wednesday

ECU football interim head coach Harrell getting team …  WNCT 9

247 Sports

  • After working, and waiting, ECU senior Tyler Savage is now making the most of his opportunity
  • Switching Viewpoints: Baker explains the reasoning behind calling plays from the field
  • West Virginia buying out 2026 trip to ECU

ECU football interim head coach Harrell getting team ready for Florida Atlantic YAHOO!

East Carolina vs. Florida Atlantic Football Prediction & Game Preview – Nov. 7 SF Gate

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

  • East Carolina, FIU, Rice, Tulane Earn Weekly Honors
  • American Women’s Hoops Earn Six Wins on Opening Day
  • Nine American Squads Win on 2024-25 Opening Night

As USF’s Bryce Archie finds his groove, Bulls are finding success Tampa Tribune

Memphis Commercial Appeal

  • How will Memphis football’s 2024 season be remembered?
  • Memphis basketball mailbag: Can Tyreek Smith keep NIL money and Penny Hardaway’s options

Rice vs. Memphis Prediction: Super Mario Anderson Knocks the Owls Off Their Perch College Football Network

Tulane’s Sam Howard announced as Burlsworth Trophy nominee Crescent City Sports

Sports Illustrated

  • Three Biggest Keys for Tulane Green Wave to Beat Temple Owls
  • Tulane Green Wave Among Top Three in Latest G5 Power Rankings
  • Tulane Green Wave Men’s Team Has the Talent To Shock Basketball World

BASKETBALL PREVIEW: 2024  Temple News

Charlotte 49ers must win their final 3 games to be bowl eligible. It won’t be easy Charlotte Observer

Houston Chronicle

  • Tulane, Army, Week 11 AAC Football Power Rankings
  • AAC College Football Predictions for Week 11
  • Rice vs. Memphis Football Prediction & Game Preview – Nov. 8

Men’s cross country struggles at AAC, eyes regional comeback Rice Thrasher

Rice vs. Memphis prediction, odds, pick for CFB Week 11 Clutch Points

‘It’s a statement’: Is WKU road win a sign Shocker basketball is ready for a leap? Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

  • From Dean Smith to Roy Williams and beyond: UNC, Kansas basketball share storied history
  • Pack snaps out of it: 3 takeaways from NC State women’s basketball’s opening win over ETSU
  • In Duke basketball’s opener, Kon Knueppel was the Maine event, not Cooper Flagg
  • Elon rallied. Hubert Davis fumed. Why UNC basketball needs fast lessons from opening night

WRAL

  • Brooks, James carry No. 9 NC State past ETSU 80-55 in season opener
  • UNC’s Cadeau put in the work on his 3-point shot. In first game, it showed.

Winston Salem Journal

  • WSSU will close season with homecoming game against Fayetteville State
  • Miami ranked No. 4 in first College Football Playoff ranking of the season
  • Oregon, Georgia, Miami and OSU are projected 1st round byes in opening CFP rankings

Charleston Post & Courier

  • Calming the Commodores: Gamecocks prepare for battle against rejuvenated Vandy
  • ‘Quite an experience.’ Unexpected mix-up when Dabo Swinney tried to vote on Election Day
  • USC charged with NCAA Level III violation and given light penalties in Taylor Edwards matter
  • After a bye week, The Citadel ready to face nationally ranked SoCon opponent
  • Hamilton: Most teams stay the course before first CFP rankings reveal
  • The Citadel makes it close, but Boston College powers to season opening victory

Roanoke Times

  • Hokies still have mindset of ‘win out’ after ‘tough loss’ at Syracuse
  • Bowl projections for Hokies after Week 10: Leaning toward a trip to Fenway
  • ‘AC is our guy’: Virginia football sticks with QB Anthony Colandrea
  • College basketball roundup: VMI opens with lopsided win
  • Storylines to follow as Virginia basketball opens up its new season

The Associated Press

  • Led by Mark Sears, No. 2 Alabama is perhaps SEC’s best hope to end national title drought
  • Oregon leads first expanded College Football Playoff rankings as two-loss Alabama finds way in
  • Oregon gets top billing in College Football Playoff’s opening rankings, Ohio St 2nd and Georgia 3rd
  • Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy apologizes after lashing out at critics
  • Clemson coach Dabo Swinney challenged at poll when out to vote in election
  • Florida finds its footing under coach Billy Napier. It should be enough to earn him a 4th year
  • From rankings, to 4-wheelers, to tortillas, Deion Sanders had plenty on his mind after the bye week
  • South Carolina off to another late surge after convincing win over Top 10 Texas A&M

 

Nuggets and Briefs:  National and Professional articles of interest

The Associated Press

  • NFL trade deadline: Commanders acquire Lattimore; Lions get Za’Darius Smith; Steelers add Williams
  • Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has surgery to repair labrum tear in shoulder after World Series injury
  • 76ers’ Joel Embiid is suspended by the NBA for three games for shoving a newspaper columnist
  • U.S. Nordic combined salvages program with grant from International Ski and Snowboard Federation
  • Real Madrid, Manchester City both humiliated in Champions League, Liverpool enjoys Alonso’s return
  • Jerry Jones says Dak Prescott is likely headed to IR, but owner isn’t giving up on Cowboys’ season
  • The Commanders acquire 4-time Pro Bowl cornerback Marshon Lattimore from the Saints
  • Which move is better down 1 late? Kick the extra point or go for 2
  • Bills release safety Mike Edwards after failing in a bid to trade him before NFL deadline
  • Alex Ovechkin is scoring and helping teammates and the Washington Capitals are off to a hot start
  • Hurricanes host the Flyers after Orlov’s 2-goal game
  • Celebrini returns from injury and Wennberg scores in OT to lift Sharks over Blue Jackets 2-1
  • Quinn Hughes and Brock Boeser score big in Canucks’ 5-1 rout of Ducks
  • Lehkonen scores go-ahead goal in return from injury as Avalanche beat Kraken 6-3

WRAL

  • Panthers trade WR Jonathan Mingo to Cowboys for 2025 fourth-round pick
  • Necas scores go-ahead goal with 29 seconds left, Hurricanes beat Flyers 6-4

Panthers trade former 2nd-round pick to Cowboys  Queen City News

Charlotte Observer

  • Two brothers, their late father and the Panthers’ game in Germany that connects them
  • Carolina Panthers trade WR Jonathan Mingo to Dallas Cowboys for draft pick swap
  • Post-trade deadline thoughts: Panthers GM makes up for Johnson trade with Mingo swap
  • Another injury: Key member of Charlotte Hornets’ rotation to be sidelined for weeks

Washington Post

  • Commanders make a big move, trading for Pro Bowl CB Marshon Lattimore
  • Winners and losers on the NFL trade market: Commanders, Chiefs, Steelers make big gains
  • First CFP ranking shifts the spotlight to a new place: Seeding
  • Laugh at Mississippi, but the Rebels (sort of) know what they’re doing
  • The Capitals’ early-season surge doesn’t feel fluky. It feels foundational.
  • NBA suspends Joel Embiid three games for shoving journalist in locker room

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