Game 1 Preview: Coastal Carolina @ Penn State

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Gametime: 12:00 pm

TV: Big11Ten Network

Audio: Here

Weather: Partly cloudy, high of 81

Okay, we’re not going to lie, we don’t know much about Coastal Carolina, except they are a D1-AA team (yeah, that’s right, no chapionship/bowl subdivision bs around here), they play in the stellar Big South Conference, they were 5-6 last year and their nickname is the Chanticleers.

Having said that, maybe the most intriguing part of the lead-up to this game has been CC head coach David Bennett’s press conference, which was brought to everyone’s attention by Black Shoe Diaries (do yourself a favor and listen to the press conference). Let's go to Coach Bennett now to get his thoughts on the game:

Coastal Carolina Head Coach, David Bennett.

"Dis is gunna be onea dem games wheres puttin da' ball in da' en'zone ain' gone be easy. I ain't onea dem einsteins but i know points is gonna be hard to get."

Thanks for your time, coach.

Okay, we’re giving Coach Bennett a hard time but we’re sure he’s a nice guy and a great coach. His six-year record at Coastal is 39-17 and he’s 102-34 in his head coaching career.

Moving on, this is Coastal Carolina’s first game ever against a D1-A school, and the crowd at the Beav on Saturday will be larger than the combined crowds at Coastal’s 11 games last year (93,231). We’re just guessing, but we think that might make their players a bit nervous.

Coastal returns 8 starters each on offense and defense from last year’s squad, including preseason All-American candidate, senior offensive lineman Britt Leggett. It should be a great learning experience for the guys from Coastal, but let’s not kid ourselves, this one’s not gonna be close.

3 Bold Predictions:
-Both Royster and Green rush for over 100 yards.
-Maurice Evans injures two Coastal Carolina quarterbacks.
-Anthony Scirrotto punches someone.

Game Prediction: PSU 42, Coastal Carolina 6