CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BigSouthSports.com) – For the third consecutive season, Liberty University has been tabbed as the favorite in the Big South Conference’s annual preseason football poll for the 2009 campaign, as voted by the League’s head coaches and med… more »

Tyler Thigpen wasn’t sure his football career would last beyond high school. Today he has 11 starts as an NFL quarterback on his resume. Heady stuff for a seventh-round draft pick who was a multi-purpose player his senior season at Fairfield Centr… more »

Coastal Carolina finalized its 2009 football schedule on Thursday, utilizing the simplest solution to resolve its scheduling conflict. Coastal will now travel to Towson on Sept. 19, will host N.C. A&T on Sept. 26 and have its bye on Oct. 3, coach… more »

CONWAY -- College football is an ever-evolving entity, where a team's weakness can become its strength in a matter of months. Take Coastal Carolina's secondary as an example. Last fall, the Chants were forced to throw two freshman corners, Josh Norma… more »

S.C.'s second all-time leading rusher will play for Coastal. Coastal Carolina football is making a Small addition to its 2009 signing class. Cheraw tailback Travis Small, who ranks second on South Carolina's career rushing list, plans to enroll an… more »

CONWAY -- Eric O'Neal has started to earn a reputation, but it's not the one he wanted midway through his college career. "I'm starting to get 'injury prone' added onto my name," Coastal Carolina's junior tailback said, "and I really don't like that… more »

A group of Coastal Carolina football players who finished their eligibility last fall have been working out with strength coach Viktor Boyd in advance of the school's pro day later this month. Coastal will host professional scouts on March 27th at 10 a.… more »

Team searches for unity in seasonal drills. CONWAY - A few minutes after 7 a.m. on the final Friday in February, Coastal Carolina's football players are kneeling in a circle around head coach David Bennett. The Chanticleers had just completed thei… more »

Coastal Carolina will meet two Southern Conference powerhouses and the defending national champion over the course of the next three seasons. Georgia Southern returns to Coastal's football schedule for a two-game series that begins in 2010, when the… more »

CONWAY - Coastal Carolina receivers Jamar Anderson and Paul Nicholas have been reinstated to the football team. Anderson and Nicholas were removed from the team following their arrests last month. Coastal coach David Bennett said he reinstated the… more »

Chants, Flames face first test in Big South. At David Bennett's Wednesday press conference, extra frills were brought to the table, including Liberty and Coastal Carolina football helmets, which sports information assistant Scott Kemps playfully cras… more »

Starter MacDowall may have to sit Saturday due to ankle injury. CONWAY -- Coastal Carolina quarterback Zach MacDowall was outfitted with a windbreaker and walking boot at practice Tuesday, not the gear the CCU football team desires to see. A sprai… more »

The Chanticleers will be without their leading tackler for the rest of the season. CCU safety Dominique Davenport dislocated his right elbow on the opening drive against Towson and will undergo season-ending surgery on Thursday morning. An MRI exa… more »

CONWAY - The Coastal Carolina defense was dealt a severe blow Saturday, losing leading tackler Dominique Davenport to a dislocated right elbow on the opening drive against Towson. After swooping in to support the defense of a running play, the scrum… more »

CONWAY - No Coastal Carolina football player is more pleased to be on the field today against Towson than running back Jamie Fordham. Because of academic issues, Fordham missed all of training camp. He returned to practice when school began not knowi… more »