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News Nuggets, 04.23.04
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28 bowls in the house, 3 knocking on the door
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04.22.04: Diamondbacks
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04.21.04: Pirates'
frontcourt of the future taking shape... .. UAB wins battle
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04.20.04: Pirates
mount assault on baseball polls... .. C-USA pays tribute to
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04.19.04: Supercharged
Pirates sail into 1st place tie... .. C- USA baseball
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Bowl to Christmas Eve... ..
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04.18.04: Extreme
games: College baseball day to remember... .. Penders lures
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04.17.04: Juco
star joins elite Memphis recruiting crop... .. Relief
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04.16.04: National
anthem Charlie Daniels-style on tap for USM... .. 3rd time
around for Houston assistant coach... .. Huggins inks juco
backcourt wizard... .. NFL players return to U of L for
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04.15.04: Mother
Nature sweeps Pirates and Seahawks... .. Green Wave pitcher
grabs national spotlight... .. Hoops honcho Hodge hangs
tight at State... ..
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04.14.04: DePaul's
Leitao halts pursuit of St. John's job... .. Norwood hitting
spree merits C-USA honor... .. Miami-Big East court fight
adds new twist... .. Pirates climb in Baseball America poll... ..
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04.13.04: DePaul's
Leitao halts pursuit of St. John's job... .. Norwood hitting
spree merits C-USA honor... .. Miami-Big East court fight
adds new twist... .. Pirates climb in Baseball America poll... ..
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04.12.04: Pirates
chase USM for league lead... .. C-USA baseball standings &
scoreboard... .. Frogs coach springs upset in fancy threads
showdown... ..
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04.11.04: Calipari
clan bestows $100K on Memphis... .. PAC-10 supplants Big
East in bowl game... .. Rejuvenated Tulsa football program
extends Kragthorpe contract... ..
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04.10.04: Sunday
forecast mandates Saturday twin-bill... .. ECU basketball
gala open to public... .. Scrutinized Auburn program settles
for Lebo... ..
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04.09.04: Ballard:
AD door not closed yet... .. Patterson pact stretched out by
TCU... .. Curry felony plea triggers scholarship revocation... ..
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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA recertified 28 bowl games
Thursday and will consider applications from three more groups that could be
added in the 2005-06 season.
Two bowl games from last season will have new names.
The Diamond Walnut San Francisco Bowl will now be called the Emerald Bowl,
while the Humanitarian Bowl has been renamed the MPC Computers Bowl.
The NCAA now requires bowl games to maintain an
average attendance of 25,000 or 70 percent of the seating capacity to retain
its certification.
Four bowl games — the Las Vegas, New Orleans,
Emerald and Silicon Valley Bowls — were certified with concern expressed by
the subcommittee regarding the required attendance.
Two games — the EV1.net Houston Bowl and the Silicon
Valley Football Classic — were certified with conditions. Those bowl
officials must submit letters of credit by Sept. 1 because they missed the
deadline for the 2003-04 bowl season.
The Football Certification Subcommittee also heard
presentations from representatives of Seattle, Denver and South Florida. Any
bowls submitting applications for play in 2005-06 will receive notification
for possible certification at next year's meeting of the subcommittee.
The other bowls that were recertified for this year
were: AutoZone Liberty, Capital One, Chick-Fil-A Peach, Continental Tire,
Fed Ex Orange, Gaylord Hotels Music City, GMAC, Independence, Insight,
MasterCard Alamo, Motor City, Nokia Sugar, Outback, Pacific Life Holiday,
PlainsCapital Fort Worth, Rose, SBC Cotton, Sheraton Hawaii, Tangerine,
Tostitos Fiesta, Toyota Gator and Vitalis Sun.
ECU, USM jockey for
control of 1st place
A pair of series involving Conference USA co-leaders
East Carolina and Southern Mississippi will be the headliners this weekend
in a full slate of league action.
The No. 9 Pirates (12-3, 32-6) will carry a 13-game
winning streak into its three-game set against Louisville (8-7, 20-17) in
Greenville, while 12th-ranked USM (12-3, 30-8) visits No. 18 Tulane (10-5,
27-12) to renew one of C-USA's fiercest rivalries.
In other action around the conference: South Florida
(8-7, 26-13) will take to the road to battle Memphis (7-8, 18-16) for three
games; Houston (9-6, 17-22) carries an improving offense into its home
series against Cincinnati (2-13, 8-28); Texas Christian (9-6, 23-15)
entertains Saint Louis (2-12, 11-27); and UAB (4-10, 17-19) takes to the
road to face Charlotte (6-9, 16-18).
This weekend's C-USA baseball schedule:
Friday, April 23
UAB at Charlotte 6 PM
Cincinnati at Houston 8 PM
Louisville at East Carolina 7 PM
USF at Memphis 8 PM
Saint Louis at TCU 8 PM
Southern Miss at Tulane 7:30 PM
Saturday, April 24
UAB at Charlotte 2 PM
Cincinnati at Houston 8 PM
Louisville at East Carolina 6 PM
USF at Memphis 3 PM
Saint Louis at TCU 3 PM
Southern Miss at Tulane 3 PM
Sunday, April 25
UAB at Charlotte 1 PM
Cincinnati at Houston 2 PM
Louisville at East Carolina 1 PM
USF at Memphis 2 PM
Saint Louis at TCU 2 PM
Southern Miss at Tulane 2 PM
Pirates reshuffle May baseball
schedule
East Carolina's May 5 game against Duke at Kinston's
Grainger Stadium has been scratched and a pair of previously rained out
contest with UNC Wilmington have been rescheduled.
The Pirates will host the Seahawks on May 4 in what
will be this season's final game at Harrington Field before ECU closes out
the remainder of its home slate at Grainger Stadium in order to make way for
construction work to begin at the Harrington site on a long-planned new
stadium.
The Pirates will make the return trip to UNCW on May
11.
Each game is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start and ticket
stubs from each of the rained out games will be honored at the corresponding
venue.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically from staff, ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools, and from Associated Press and
other reports. Copyright 2004
Bonesville.net and other publishers. All rights reserved. This material may not be
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