News Links, 7/31/13

Football
UConn football team anxious for better season, Post
It’s up to AAC to make own case to be a power conference, Post
Pasqualoni Says There Is ‘Urgency’ For UConn To Improve, Courant
Watch: Paul Pasqualoni on Chandler Whitmer, Courant
The American Football Poll: Louisville 1st; UConn 7th, Courant
Louisville’s The Team To Beat In Its Only Season In AAC, Courant
Jeff Jacobs: After Dust Settles, Aresco Says AAC (And UConn) Will Be Fine, Courant
Willie Taggert Excited About USF, And Optimistic About AAC, Courant
Team-By-Team Capsules On AAC Media Day, Courant
Louisville, Cincinnati and Rutgers top 3 in American Athletic Conference, Register
Time for Aresco, American to devise sales pitch, Register
UConn’s Chandler Whitmer not trying to be like anybody else, Daily Campus
It seems AAC is here to stay — at least for now, Providence Journal
AAC football teams are definitely playing for this year, USA Today
American dream: UCF, others eye unlikely, unprecedented BCS berth, CBS Sports
American wants into NCAA ‘Division 4’? Get ready to pay up, CBS Sports
Q&A with Louisville football’s Charlie Strong at American Athletic Conference media day, Louisville Courier Journal
American Athletic Conference likely wiping record books clean, Courier Journal
UC picked 2nd in AAC football poll, Cincinnati.com
Flood embracing spotlight as Rutgers prepares for lone season in American Athletic Conference, Trentonian
UCF Picked To Finish 4th in American Athletic Conference, WFTV.com
USF football picked fifth in American media preseason poll, Tampa Bay Times
UH picked to finish sixth in American Athletic Conference, Houston Chronicle
No coverage of AAC media day in Dallas newspaper; tons of Manziel stories:
Report: Johnny Manziel has had therapy for alcohol, anger issues; father: Texas A&M, NCAA are ‘selfish’, Dallas Morning News
Temple picked to finish next-to-last, Philly Inquirer
Revamped Memphis program readies for American Athletic Conference, USA Today

Women’s Hoops
Faris’ Final Drive With UConn? Straight To The White House, Courant

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