The Roost

Monday Night Quarterback

I apologize for my tardiness on this blog post. A nagging cold has stuck with me for the past two weeks, and, like a fool, I really did nothing about it until it began to eat away at my brain sometime Saturday night. After seeing the doctor - and then the pharmacist - this morning, I'm confident my status for Saturday's home finale against Presbyterian will be upgraded from questionable to probable at some point midweek.

Postgame Links

We have a game story, a scoring rail, a notebook that features reserve tailback Marcus Whitener, a sidebar that features corner Josh Norman and a photo gallery from esteemed colleague Charles Slate. In other news, Coastal is no longer the winningest startup program in FCS history.

Chants clinch regular season

With a 3-1 home win over Radford Saturday night, Coastal's men's soccer team captured the Big South regular-season crown and will be the No. 1-seeded team in next week's conference tournament.

Norman leads Chants to win

CONWAY | After intercepting Gardner-Webb with four minutes remaining, Coastal Carolina corner Josh Norman raised a hand in the air to celebrate as a defender was wrestling him to the ground.

Marrio Norman arrested

Former Coastal Carolina football standout Marrio Norman was charged with multiple offenses following a traffic stop early Saturday morning.

GW-CCU Pregame

CONWAY | Coastal Carolina's football team returns home for the first time in a month Saturday for a 12:30 p.m. meeting with Big South rival Gardner-Webb.

GW-CCU Prediction

CONWAY | Coastal faces a big challenge today in the Big South's top-rated offense. Gardner-Webb is capable of putting up yards and points in bushels.

Gameday Links

We have a story about the toll it takes on teams like Coastal playing two FBS opponents and a game breakdown. Here is a game preview from the Shelby Star. Here is a story on Les Robinson pulling out of the Coastal athletic director search.

Robinson pulls out

Les Robinson has pulled his name from consideration to become the next athletic director at Coastal Carolina, the Charleston Post & Courier reported Friday.

Scrimmage open to public

Coastal's men's basketball team will hold an intrasquad scrimmage before the football team hosts Gardner-Webb Saturday at 12:30 p.m. The scrimmage, which is open to the public, will begin at 10 a.m. The Chanticleers open the season next Friday (Nov. 13) at home against the College of Charleston.