After Further Review – A Fitting End
For the first half of yesterday’s Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, it seemed like the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers were poised to earn their third bowl trophy. QB Tad Hudson played the best football of his career in the opening two quarters (15-21 passing, 194 yards, 2 TDs), the defense kept getting stops, Louisiana Tech didn’t seem […]
After Further Review – Time to Bowl
On Tuesday afternoon in Shreveport, Louisiana, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers will play in its sixth consecutive bowl game and this time in one of the most historic and long-running still in existence. The Chants (6-6) will square off with future Sun Belt member Louisiana Tech (7-5) in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, played every season (except 2020) with varying sponsors since […]
After Further Review – Return to Excellence
New Coastal Carolina head football coach Ryan Beard was introduced earlier today at the HTC Center on campus and as far as opening acts go, this one was pretty good. Beard is the fifth head coach to lead Chanticleer Football and will be the youngest to do so at 36 years old. However, listening to […]
After Further Review – Fear the Beard
It became official early Thursday evening (Dec. 11) as Coastal Carolina VP for Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Rec Chance Miller announced that he has chosen Missouri State head coach Ryan Beard to become the fifth head football coach in CCU program history. Just one man’s opinion: I am pleased with this choice. We broke things […]
After Further Review – Changes
Typically, after each game in 2025, I would post a blog recapping some view or opinion of the Coastal Football contest from the weekend. Given the recent turn of events around the leadership of the program and how the game against James Madison turned out (about as I expected), I’m not going to spend many […]
After Further Review – Stay in the Fight
South Carolina’s 51-7 win over Coastal on Saturday was much like watching the Chants loss at Old Dominion earlier this year. It was over fast, and the final score was ugly. The Gamecocks hit paydirt on their first play from scrimmage, ran out to a 20-0 lead at the end of the 1st quarter, 37-0 […]
After Further Review – Where to now?
Coastal Carolina’s 45-40 loss at Georgia Southern last Saturday evening was disheartening on several levels. First, the Chants (6-4, 5-2) lost a winnable game to a team that has had a frustrating and difficult season. That game was there for the taking. Second, Coastal lost difference-making quarterback Samari Collier to a knee injury late in […]
After Further Review – The Winning Formula
Continuing the remarkable turnaround that is the 2025 Coastal Football season, the Chants 40-27 victory over Georgia State relied on the formula that has worked in nearly every victory to this point. Namely, running the football for 200 or more yards, stringing together key defensive stops, and winning the turnover battle. Against the Panthers, the […]
After Further Review – Breaking the Jinx
The 2025 Coastal Carolina football turnaround continued last week with a 44-27 whipping of Marshall that followed the blueprint (in some ways) of the win at App State the preceding week. The Chants kept the scoring pace early and then used a shutdown defense in the second half to pull away to victory. Against the […]
After Further Review – Thursday Night Special
Coastal Carolina will host Marshall on Thursday night at Brooks Stadium in a game with major implications in the Sun Belt East Division race. Both teams are coming off a bye and are playing their best football of the 2025 season. A capacity crowd is expected for the 7:30 kickoff, which should make for a great […]