Georgia Southern football at Coastal Carolina on Saturday: Kickoff, how to watch and more
The Georgia Southern Eagles (3-1, 0-0 Sun Belt Conference) visit the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (4-0, 1-0 SBC) on Saturday (weather permitting) in the conference opener for the Eagles and first-year head coach Clay Helton. Here's how to watch and listen to the game, and more as Hurricane Ian's impact has changed the starting time of the game, as of this writing.
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What time do the Georgia Southern Eagles play the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers?
Kickoff: 7 p.m. ET, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Note the change from 4 p.m.
Location: Brooks Stadium (capacity 20,000), Conway, South Carolina
How to watch Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina on TV
Jeff McCarragher (play-by-play) and Nate Ross (analyst) will have the call on the ESPN+ streaming service.
Radio for Georgia Southern at Coastal Carolina
Danny Reed (play-by-play), Terry Harvin (analyst), Russ Brown (analyst) and Frank Sulkowski (sidelines) have the call on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. The pregame, in-game and postgame shows can be heard in Savannah on WIXV 95.5 FM and on the network's flagship station WPMX 94.9 FM in Statesboro.
Betting: Over/under & point spread
As of Saturday morning, Coastal Carolina is a 9.5-point favorite, according to the Tipico Sportsbook. The over/under was 69.5 points and the money line was +270 on Georgia Southern and -340 on CCU.
Series history
Georgia Southern leads the series 5-3, but Coastal Carolina has won three of the past four contests, including two of the past three games played in Conway. The Chants won 28-14 in 2020 in Conway, and 28-8 in 2021 in Statesboro for the largest points differential (20) in any game in the series.
The last time the Eagles beat the Chants was Oct. 19, 2019, 30-27 in triple overtime at Paulson Stadium.
Game notes
Coastal Carolina is tied with Southern Cal for first in the FBS in turnovers gained (14, seven fumbles recovered and seven interceptions) and tied for fifth in turnover margin (1.75 average, plus-7 for four games). ...
Georgia Southern is 10th in the FBS and tops in the Sun Belt with an average of 509.5 yards of offense per game. The Eagles are averaging 322.5 passing yards per game (15th in FBS) and 187.0 rushing yards per game (42nd in FBS). ... Eagles sixth-year quarterback Kyle Vantrease is already ninth on the school's single-season passing list with 1,290 yards through four games. The record is 1,852 set by Antonio Henton in 2008. ...
The Eagles are tied for fourth in the FBS in third-down conversion percentage (30 of 48, 62.5%), and the Chants are 33rd (22 of 47, 46.8%). On fourth downs, the CCU offense is tied for 14th (4 of 5, 80%) and GS is tied for 28th (4 of 6, 66.7%). ...
When it comes to their defenses stopping teams on third down, the teams are virtually the same. CCU is tied for 81st by allowing 21 of 53 attempts (39.6%) and GS is 90th (21 of 52, 40.4%). ...
Coastal Carolina junior quarterback Grayson McCall is fifth in the FBS in passing efficiency, completing 69 of 98 passes for 1,001 yards, 11 touchdowns and one intercepiton for a 191.21 rating. Vantrease is 96th with a 125.01 rating after connecting on 116 of 191 passes for 1,290 yards, eight TDs and six picks. ...
Vantrease is seventh in passing yards, McCall 41st. Vantrease is seventh in passing yards per game (322.50), McCall 45th (250.25). As for passing yards per completion, McCall is 18th (14.51), Vantrease is 90th (11.12). ...
McCall has a current streak of 17 straight games with at least one touchdown pass, a new school record, eclipsing Alex Ross' record of 16 consecutive games. With his two touchdown passes in the 41-24 win on Sept. 22 at Georgia State, McCall has thrown for two or more touchdowns in each of his last five games. ...
The Chants' roster includes a pair of players hailing from the Coastal Empire. Aaron Bedgood is a redshirt junior running back from Richmond Hill High School, while bandit Joah Cash is a redshirt freshman from Jenkins High in Savannah.
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They said it
Georgia Southern head coach Clay Helton on his team's 34-23 win over Ball State last Saturday, and the next opponent:
"I thought (our players) really played like a mature football team down the stretch. It's really good to see. Four games into the season, we've learned a lot of valuable lessons. Now we take those lessons to conference play against a really good Coastal Carolina team that's probably playing as good a football as anybody in our league right now."
Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell:
"We've got a team (Georgia Southern) coming in that's playing with a lot of confidence, playing really well in all three phases, that has improved tremendously. Coach (Clay) Helton has done a fantastic job with their team there and the way they're playing. We've got our work cut out for us if we're going to find a way to be 2-0" in the Sun Belt.
Twitter follows
Follow Georgia Southern beat writer Nathan Dominitz of the Savannah Morning News/savannahnow.com @NathanDominitz for GS updates and Coastal Carolina beat writer Alan Blondin @alanblondin of myhorrynews.com for Chanticleers updates.
You can follow the teams' official Twitter accounts at @GSAthletics_FB and @CoastalFootball
Podcast
Listen to the new and previous episodes of the "Georgia Southern Extra" podcast at https://omny.fm/shows/georgia-southern-extra/playlists/podcast
Nathan Dominitz is the Sports Content Editor of the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com. Email him at ndominitz@savannahnow.com. Twitter: @NathanDominitz
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