Jamey Chadwell has the Coastal Carolina soccer staff with goals past the Remedy Bowl.
After back-to-back 11-win seasons, Jamey Chadwell has his Coastal Carolina soccer program cooking like a greased up vacationer bronzing out at Myrtle Seaside, bruh!
Coastal first entered our lives when David Bennett first taught us the distinct distinction between cats and canine. Almost a decade later, we realized about Chadwell’s program with the facility of teal turf and completely nasty Alabama waterfalls simply dangling out of the again of gamers’ helmets. On the verge of greatness, can Chadwell and the Chants win the Solar Belt to achieve the New Yr’s Six?
Coming in at No. 46 on FanSided’s Preseason Top 50 Rankings, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers!
After Coastal’s breakthrough season in 2020, the Chants put forth one other wonderful marketing campaign to extend their lofty normal. They began out the 12 months ranked within the highest 25. Chadwell’s offense remained prolific, as Coastal climbed all the best way as much as No. 14 earlier than struggling its first of two defeats on the season. A 3-point loss at Appalachian State did knock them down a peg.
Whereas the Chants would rebound with consecutive convention victories over Troy and at Georgia Southern to get to 8-1, they fell at dwelling to Georgia State throughout homecoming, nonetheless. Coastal would spherical out Solar Belt play with a pair of wins over Texas State and at South Alabama to complete the common season at 10-2. They’d defeat Northern Illinois within the Remedy Bowl, 47-41.
Picked to win the East Division and end runner-up to Louisiana within the Solar Belt, Coastal misplaced a pair it couldn’t afford to take action in divisional play to complete in third place. This led to the Chants not being ranked as soon as the climate began to vary within the Southeastern United States. Whereas their model continues to be as robust because it ever was, not caring for enterprise within the division led to a disappointing ending.
Whereas Grayson McCall will probably be again, he does not have much of the same supporting cast he did within the two earlier years. He does have a well-known face or two within the backfield in Braydon Bennett and Reese White, however he has to account for shedding Isaiah Probably, Jaivon Heiligh and Kameron Brown to the NFL in his receiving corps. Willie Lampkin and Antwine Loper return within the trenches, although.
The large key addition to the Coastal Carolina offense is former Georgia State extensive receiver Sam Pinckney. He graduated in December and enrolled at Coastal in January forward of what is going to be his redshirt senior season. Accidents slowed him down a bit throughout his remaining 12 months in Atlanta, however the Greenwood, South Carolina native hopes to be a featured goal on this Coastal Carolina offense. Little question about it, all eyes are on McCall heading into his redshirt junior season. As some of the embellished gamers in Solar Belt historical past, McCall seems to make it three years in a row as his convention’s finest participant. He might have to hold a bit extra of the burden offensively than in years previous, but when he can play as much as his normal, he could possibly be heading to an NFL staff close to you in 2023.
There isn’t any means round it, the Coastal Carolina protection will look vastly totally different than the one from a 12 months in the past. That’s as a result of the Chanticleers have to replace nine starters on that side of the ball. The excellent news is many skilled backups will probably be getting their shot at beginning jobs. Coastal additionally retains defensive finish stalwart Josaiah Stewart, in addition to D’Jordan Sturdy within the secondary.
The Chants have seven gamers transferring in on the defensive aspect of the ball, however solely two are projected to be starters at this juncture. Each occur to play linebacker for the staff. Adrian Hope makes his strategy to Conway after enjoying for Furman in Greenville. Whereas Hope is enjoying up from FCS competitors, Jahmar Brown joins the Chants after enjoying Energy 5 ball for South Carolina.
With so many gamers gone off final 12 months’s protection, the man to obviously control amongst this group is Stewart. The true sophomore linebacker will man the Bandit function on the Chants’ protection. The Massachusetts native could also be undersized, however he has nice athleticism and a knack for making large performs. If Coastal desires to proceed to construct off the final two years, he has to steer this protection.
A handful of Coastal Carolina soccer gamers are up for main awards, together with these three guys.
What hasn’t already been stated about McCall? The man has grow to be as synonymous with Coastal Carolina soccer as has his head coach. One would anticipate the two-time reigning Solar Belt Participant of the Yr to be up for each main award a quarterback could possibly be within the operating for. At this time limit, McCall has been linked to the Maxwell, the Walter Camp and the Davey O’Brien. Buckle up!
Whereas Stewart is on the watch record for the Bednarik, it’s laborious to ascertain a second-year participant at a Group of 5 college taking dwelling the highest honor for a defensive participant within the sport. Nonetheless, he’s the identify and the face individuals will flip to when taking a look at this 12 months’s Chants protection. If he can deliver the strain and rise up there within the sack division, he can drive his means into the dialog.
It’s good to see Lampkin on each watch lists for the Outland and the Rimington Trophies. He’s one in every of two returning offensive linemen for the Chants. Not solely that, however he will get to snap the soccer to the staff’s most vital participant. In brief, if McCall has a fantastic redshirt junior season, don’t be shocked if Lampkin could possibly be within the combine for the Rimington. The Outland is a pipe dream.
Looking at Coastal Carolina’s 2022 regular-season schedule, the Chanticleers ought to once more be one of many higher groups within the Solar Belt, a convention that has added a couple of new groups into the combo. Coastal performs all 4 new entrants into the convention proper off the soar this fall (James Madison, Marshall, Outdated Dominion and Southern Miss). All 4 of these video games will probably be winnable.
Nonetheless, the Chants’ two hardest video games are in-division: at Georgia State (Sept. 22) and vs. Appalachian State (Nov. 3). Each video games will probably be performed on Thursdays. Whereas each will probably be seen as revenge video games for the Chanticleers, Coastal Carolina doesn’t win the division in the event that they fall at dwelling to the Mountaineers. It’s a budding rivalry, one that’s beginning to outline this Solar Belt Convention. Regardless of profitable 11 video games in back-to-back seasons, the 2022 Chanticleers usually tend to go 10-2 throughout their regular-season slate than go an undefeated 12-0. Within the non-conference, the Chants draw Military, Gardner-Webb and Buffalo at dwelling, in addition to a mid-November recreation at Virginia in Charlottesville. 3-1 in that stretch of video games is probably going, 2-2 is feasible, however 4-0 is wonderful.
their eight-game Solar Belt slate, going undefeated there’s not not possible, however 7-1, possibly even 6-2, is far more possible. Once more, this staff’s over/underneath is down significantly regardless of profitable 11 video games in back-to-back years. The query is that if this staff will win nearer to 11 video games … or seven. In the event that they do beat App State, 8-0 in-conference might occur.11-1 is an achievable report.
An 11-1 Coastal staff drops a recreation to both Military, at Georgia State, Appalachian State or at Virginia. Since that’s fairly the parlay right here, let’s say Coastal goes 10-2 (7-1) this fall to win the East Division and play any person like Louisiana within the Solar Belt Convention title bout. A New Yr’s Six bowl completely evades this staff, as they suffered an excessive amount of attrition to realistically go 13-0.
Ought to it hit the fan for Coastal, the Chants are nonetheless going to a bowl recreation, however solely barely. As a result of Chadwell is just too good of a coach and McCall is just too good of a quarterback, this duo ought to be capable of get this staff to proper round eight wins. Nonetheless, a 7-5 (5-3) season isn’t out of the realm of chance both. That might require two losses within the non-conference and three Solar Belt defeats.
For the worst-case state of affairs to transpire, Coastal falls to Military and Virginia within the non-conference. The Chants would want to lose each Thursday division rivalry video games at Georgia State and residential vs. App State in consecutive seasons. And with 4 new convention foes on the schedule, the Chanticleers would conceivably drop a fifth recreation at Marshall or at James Madison, or one thing.
As said earlier than, the duo of Chadwell and McCall is one thing no different staff within the Solar Belt has to supply presently. This probably makes them two wins higher than a rebuilding roster of kinds most likely ought to be. They’re going to win no less than eight regular-season video games, however positively not 11. 10 wins can be nice, however the 4 new entrants into the league have them at 9-3 (6-2).
If the Chanticleers lose a recreation within the non-conference, it’s at Virginia. The Hoos might not win the ACC Coastal in its remaining season, however search for Brennan Armstrong to sling it for brand spanking new head coach Tony Elliott in a loopy shootout. Of their two revenge video games, Coastal Carolina isn’t dropping the pair, however might not win each both. They need to beat the Panthers however may lose at dwelling to App State.
So far as the place the third loss is coming from, at Marshall and at James Madison will probably be extremely fascinating. The Thundering Herd have a fantastic custom in Huntington. Whereas the Dukes are within the means of shifting up a stage, this could possibly be their Super Bowl. If this had been a 12 months from now, take the Dukes to be the likelier staff to beat them than the Herd. For now, Marshall is such a entice recreation…
As an alternative of profitable 11 video games once more and going to the Remedy Bowl, it is going to be a change of surroundings for Coastal Carolina, alright. With someplace round a 9-3 report, they are going to be matched up with the UAB Blazers within the New Orleans Bowl on what would be the shortest day of the calendar 12 months. The Dec. 21 matchup is nowhere near being New Yr’s Six caliber, however the Huge Simple is all the time enjoyable. Coming tomorrow: No. 45: Appalachian State Mountaineers
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