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News Nuggets, 08.26.03
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08.25.03: Southern
Miss 'community blitz' package includes ear of corn... ..
Tough Louisville hoops slate heavy on national TV exposure... ..
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08.24.03: USM-Cal
game selected for HD-TV telecast... .. ECU-Houston game
celebrates region's military bases... .. Charlotte slate
features two Final Four teams... ..
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08.23.03: New
ECU depth chart packed with answers... .. Butkus committee
eyes seven C-USA players... .. Hawaii Bowl lands new title
sponsor... ..
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08.22.03: Pirate
offense percolates, QB battle heats up... .. Bearcats offer
incentives for fans to attend ECU game... .. Cincinnati player
penalized for unapproved game... ..
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08.21.03: Michigan
programs oppose schedule shifts to Friday night... .. Clock
ticking on ECU starting position battles... ..
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08.20.03: Private
money rolls in for TCU basketball palace... .. Bearcats' hoops
slate loaded with heavyweights... .. Berry starts unraveling
Army QB logjam... ..
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08.19.03: Muse
taps in-house talent to buy time for AD search... .. C-USA
saddled with another Friday night game... .. League
official Teter accepts Cincinnati position... ..
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08.18.03: Work
ethic reaps dividends for USM walk-ons... .. Tigers take
preseason trip to Liberty Bowl... ..
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08.17.03: Pirates'
final open practice touches all bases... .. AP poll identifies
Horned Frogs as Top 25 material... ..
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08.16.03: East
Carolina's go-to running back sidelined for 2003... .. Pirate
football legends headed to Hall of Fame... .. 'Uptown' Pirate
Radio sets sail for football season... ..
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08.15.03: ECU
harvests brightest crop of newcomers yet... .. Ailing Schwab
waits patiently for new lungs... .. Calipari picked for
UNICO's Lombardi Award... ..
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08.14.03: Repaired
Gunn sparks visions of new era of glory at Texas Christian...
.. Tulane relents, sort of, to clamoring tailgate chefs... ..
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08.13.03: Hamrick
candidacy on the rise as Vegas decision looms... .. Fund
established for paralyzed former Card... .. Bearcats expect to
have foes seeing red... ..
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08.12.03: Former
Louisville hoops star paralyzed in cycle accident... .. Police
blotter: 'Cocks' Howell in trouble again... .. Terps get wrist
slap for 'major' recruiting violation... ..
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The official web site of the East Carolina
Pirates will host an online 'Instant Interview' with Pirate football coach
John Thompson today at 10 a.m. The live moderated chat forum, on
ECUPirates.com, will allow Thompson to read and respond to
participants' questions in real-time. Fans may submit their questions during
the chat session or in advance, according to guidelines posted on the site
by the ECU sports information office. The link to the session is located on
the ECUPirates.com home page.
Early TV exposure plentiful for C-USA teams
Four nationally televised games highlight
Conference USA's Labor Day weekend schedule. On Saturday, South Florida
makes its debut as a football member of C-USA with a game at Alabama (3:00
p.m. EDT on ESPN). On Sunday, Louisville and Kentucky battle for bragging
rights in the Bluegrass State (6:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN2). Four of the leagues
teams will be laboring on Labor Day Monday, when ESPN puts on day-night
C-USA doubleheader (East Carolina at Cincinnati, Noon EDT, and Texas
Christian at Tulane, 8:00 p.m. EDT).
Nevels wins scramble for Army starting
QB job
WEST POINT — It's been a highly competitive
battle, but head coach Todd Berry ended the five-way tussle for Army's
starting quarterback job on Monday when he named Reggie Nevels to open
beneath center for the Black Knights' season opener versus Connecticut on
Sept. 6.
When preseason camp opened nearly three
weeks ago, the starting quarterback race remained wide open, a five-way
fight between returnees Nevels, Zac Dahman, Laron Bybee, Matt Silva and
Connor Crehan. Berry and his staff sliced the list of potential starters to
three (Nevels, Silva and Bybee) following the team's first intra-squad
scrimmage last weekend, then named Nevels the starter and Bybee the top
backup earlier today based on last week's practice and scrimmage sessions.
"I didn't really have a timetable set,"
Berry explained. "Obviously we knew that we were going to try to name one
this week. I wanted to see that there was enough separation, and I think
there's been enough separation over the last couple of weeks to be able to
name one now. We feel good about it. I think it was becoming very apparent
to everyone, not just the coaches, but everyone on the team."
Green Wave elects team captains
NEW ORLEANS — The Tulane University
football team had its first Louisiana Superdome practice of the year on
Monday after which head coach Chris Scelfo announced the team's 2003
captains, as voted on by the players.
This year's team captains are all seniors
as quarterback J.P. Losman and running back Mewelde Moore will lead the
offense and defensive linemen Daniel Nevil and Terrence Tarver are the
defensive captains. Losman and Moore were also captains last season.
"These four guys have all taken different
paths to reach the highest award a player can achieve," Scelfo said. "To be
voted a team captain by your peers is a great honor."
Attrition depletes Billikens' projected hoops roster
ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University head
men's basketball coach Brad Soderberg announced Monday that guard Brandon
Morris did not meet NCAA academic eligibility requirements for a junior
college transfer and will not be with the Billikens in 2003-04. During the
2002 fall signing period, Morris signed a National Letter of Intent to
attend the University and play basketball for the Billikens. Morris spent
two years at Iowa Western Community College after playing high school
basketball at Kenosha (Wis.) St. Joseph's where Soderberg first spotted him.
SLU also will be without the services of
injury-plagued junior swingman Floyd McClain (Houston, Texas), who has
withdrawn from the University and left the basketball program for family and
personal reasons. After playing in only 21 games during his freshman year,
McClain sat out both the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons while recovering from
injuries. He averaged 2.0 points and 1.2 rebounds in 7.1 minutes per game
for his career.
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schools, and from Associated Press and
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