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11.24.06: Herd
takes ECU hopes to Hattiesburg ... Gonzaga has a Garden
party in NIT semis ... Iowa State search eliminates two
candidates |
11.23.06: Yow
taking leave of absence for treatment ... Marshall's
Bradshaw nabs
C-USA weekly honor |
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11.22.06: Pirates
face Houston if Marshall wins ... Former teammates push Raye
for MSU coach ... SMU's Wideman named academic player of
year |
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11.21.06: Duke,
Wake athletes named Rhodes scholars ... UAB captures
Conference USA volleyball ... Old Dominion stuns Georgetown
on the road |
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11.20.06: Ohio
State-Michigan rematch possible ... Video helps inspire Tar
Heels to beat State ... Cords stepping down as AD at
Marquette |
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11.19.06: Cougars
to host USM or ECU in C-USA title game ... ECU falls in
women's hoops to Vermont ... Pirate swimming teams in
seventh place |
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11.18.06: ECU
baseball bringing in 10-man class ... UTEP edges Pirates in
C-USA volleyball ... West Virginia steamrolls Pitt |
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11.17.06: Pirates
reschedule hoops contest with NCCU ... ECU volleyball places
3 on all- league team ... Top-ranked SMU goes down in NCAA
soccer |
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11.16.06: Paterno's
hall of fame induction postponed ... Tressel downplays his
dominance vs. Michigan ... ECU softball announces pair of
signees |
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11.15.06: Pirates
control their fate in East Division ... Pinkney in star
game, playing for Buddy Ryan ... ECU's Lee named special
teams player of week |
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11.14.06: ECU-NCSU
kickoff moved to 7 p.m. for TV ... Butch will succeed
Bunting at UNC- Chapel Hill ... Conference USA coaches make
debuts ... Pirates seeded sixth in C-USA volleyball ... Lady
Pirates drop hoops opener to JMU |
11.13.06: Houston
clinches
C-USA championship berth ... ECU volleyball slips in regular
season finale ... Grad rates: Athletes outperform student
body |
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11.12.06: ECU
announces women's hoops signees ... Miners extinguish
Blazers' bowl hopes ... Mustang duo in contention for
Hermann Trophy |
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11.11.06: Rutgers
kicks Cards out of title picture ... Roach selected for
district academic honor ... Krug getting it done on court,
in classroom |
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11.10.06: Pirates
prepare for Saturday hoops opener ... Houston's Kolb makes
cut on O'Brien award list ... UNC-CH officials mum on Davis'
status |
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11.09.06: Former
star QB to represent N.C. in Congress ... Homicide unit
probing death of Miami player ... Krog's 73 puts her in top
five at Augusta |
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11.08.06: UK's
win over Payne's charges not flawless ... SMU, UAB gain NCAA
men's soccer berths ... Three C-USA women's teams get NCAA
slots |
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11.07.06: Two
Marshall players get C-USA honors ... UAB women capture
C-USA soccer title ... Punter faces attempted murder charge |
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11.06.06: Pirate
volleyball takes down Memphis ... Denny O'Brien's Harris
Poll ballot ... ECU swimmers, divers perform well ...
Paterno recovering from fractured leg |
11.05.06: Promotions
aplenty for ECU-Marshall game ...
Ex-Tulsa great Largent gets humanitarian honor |
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11.04.06: Dougherty
a semifinalist for Ray Guy Award ... Butch Davis deal with
Tar Heels imminent? ... Cardinals talking national title,
again ... Honors abound for ECU women's soccer team |
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11.03.06: Boise
State rolls past Bulldogs ... Reale, Pirates earn seconds at
Kitty Hawk ... ECU softball's Kozlowski promoted |
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11.02.06: Mustangs
a win away from bowl eligibility ... Hunt, Icenhower lead
East Carolina divers ... ECU's Moore earns academic honor
with 4.0 |
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11.01.06: Kragthorpe
curtails Tar Heel speculation ... Pirates in C-USA women's
soccer tourney ... Backup QB Lee to start for FSU against
Cavs |
10.31.06: Kickoff
return nets
C-USA honor for Johnson ... Pirate volleyball streaks to
school record ... Mountaineers on fringe of national title
picture |
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10.30.06: ECU's
Williams: 'I just wanted it more' ... Stokes plans to give
Wynn time to develop ... Central Florida's 530 yards of
offense not enough |
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10.29.06: ECU
women's volleyball extends streak ... Pirate swimmers leave
Towson behind ... UTEP takes muddy victory in Grimesland |
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10.28.06: Cougars
quarterback piling up the numbers ... ECU vs. USM part of
pay-per-view twinbill ... Hokies tame Tigers in key ACC
battle |
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10.27.06: Rice's
Almond named Wooden candidate ... Pirates hosting C-USA
cross country ... ECU freshman Bools shares C-USA honor |
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10.26.06: Tickets
for Troops promotion expands ... Another C-USA honor for
ECU's Icenhower ... Report: Davis would have interest in
Heels |
10.25.06: Ex-Pirate
Adams attempts PGA qualifying ...
C-USA names football players of week ... Tar Heels will
retain many football recruits |
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10.24.06: New
thumbnails: Baker, Byrd and Thompson ... Ore golden in
Hokies' win over Southern Miss ... Unbeaten start for ECU
swim teams ... Tar Heels picked first in ACC hoops |
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10.23.06: Jenkins'
three lifts Gold in scrimmage ... ECU volleyball takes sixth
straight C-USA win ... Bools finishes sixth in Lady Pirate
golf |
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10.22.06: Pirates
volleyball on record streak ... Mountaineers handle Huskies,
stay unbeaten ... Georgia golfer gets call to play in South
Africa |
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10.21.06: Report:
UNC-Chapel Hill's Bunting to resign ... Coaches' challenges
yield few reversals ... Southern Miss prepared for Hokies |
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10.20.06: ECU's
Roach nominated for Draddy Award ... Memphis picked first in
C-USA basketball ... 4th-ranked UTEP runners coming to
Greenville |
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10.19.06: Koren
Robinson suspended by NFL ... Miami broadcaster axed over
brawl comments ... Dartmouth, Holy Cross row gets
investigation |
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10.18.06: League
teams busy; ECU ends homestand ... C-USA names football
players of week ... ECU's Krug captures C-USA weekly honor |
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10.17.06: ACC,
Miami announce additional suspensions ... More suspensions
also on Sun Belt's agenda ... Duke lacrosse under "60
Minutes" scrutiny |
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10.16.06: Coker
suspends eight Miami players after brawl ... Pirate
volleyball continues roll at UCF ... Szilard leads ECU
women's soccer win ... Harris Poll's top 5 varies from BCS
Standings |
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News Nuggets, 11.25.06
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NOTES FROM ECU AND BEYOND...
Compiled from staff
and electronic reports
ECU-bound Herlocker paces Charlotte Catholic
East Carolina commitment Ben
Herlocker of Charlotte Catholic is one of five great running backs in
the Charlotte Observer's high school coverage area whose team were still
in the playoffs going into Friday night's games.
Herlocker rushed for 359 yards and six
touchdowns two weeks ago, falling eight yards shy of the county record for
rushing yards in a game and tying the county mark for touchdowns in a game,
according to an Observer feature by Langston Wertz.
At Catholic, Herlocker, the MVP of the
2005 N.C. 3AA championship game, is the perfect player for the Cougars'
Wing-T offense, his coach said.
"He's a special kid," Jim Oddo said.
"But in order for him to do things, the offensive line has to work. If they
can get him to the linebackers or the safeties, he's a load. Just get him a
little bit, and he'll take a lot."
Miami enters search mode for football coach
Miami football coach Larry
Coker was fired Friday morning, according to a Miami Herald
report, ending a 12-year career at the university, six of them
as head of the program.
His dismissal was announced at an 11
a.m. news conference on campus. He will coach the team in a bowl game if the
Hurricanes receive an invitation.
Speculation immediately focused on a
replacement. Greg Schiano, a former Hurricanes defensive coordinator who has
turned a previously inept Rutgers program into a national power, is believed
to top the school's wish list.
Coker, 58, led the Hurricanes to a
national championship his first season as head coach in 2001. He came within
one penalty flag of a second national championship in 2002 when he lost to
the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Fiesta Bowl.
Since those national title game
appearances, the program has slipped dramatically. Thursday night's 17-14
victory over Boston College in front of a small crowd in the Orange Bowl
evened the Hurricanes' regular season record at 6-6.
Coker's record as head coach is 59-15.
Although under contract to Rutgers,
Schiano is considered the top contender. Other speculation centers on
Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, 59, who is close friends with UM
President Donna Shalala and turned down the UM head coaching job when Butch
Davis left in 2001.
Alvarez finished his coaching career at
Wisconsin in 2005. His record from 1990 to 2005 was 108-70-4.
Others whose names have surfaced
include Steve Kragsthorpe of Tulsa, Mike Leach of Texas Tech, Gary Patterson
of Texas Christian, Rich Rodriguez of West Virginia and Miami defense
coordinator Randy Shannon.
Boston College out of ACC title contention
Well, at least it won't be a bowl trip
to Boise for the Boston College Eagles, according to a Boston Globe column
by Bob Ryan.
That may not be much of a consoling
thought, but it's about the best anyone can come up with after the Boston
College Eagles eliminated themselves from ACC championship consideration by
losing a 17-14 decision to Miami at the decrepit Orange Bowl on Thursday
night.
The Eagles needed a two-week
convergence of events to get themselves to Jacksonville for next week's ACC
Championship game against Georgia Tech. With two weeks remaining in the
regular season, BC's task was to defeat Maryland and Miami while hoping Wake
Forest would lose to Virginia Tech and Maryland.
The Eagles' dream remained viable last
week when they smacked around the Terps and Wake stumbled against Virginia
Tech. But things went poof when BC could not hold a 14-3 lead over Miami
entering the final minute of the first half following a 22-yard DeJuan
Tribble interception return.
News Nuggets are
compiled periodically based on material supplied by staff members; data
published by ECU, Conference USA and its member
schools; and reports from electronic services and other sources. Copyright 2006
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