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Coastal-Clemson Prediction

CLEMSON | Easily put, Clemson is going to win. Big. Four touchdowns? Five? Six? It doesn't really matter, because Coastal will march out of Death Valley with a check and a 3-5 record tomorrow afternoon. It does matter if the Chants have some pride when they get back on the bus.

Friday Links

We have a story on what Saturday's game against Clemson could mean for Coastal as a university, and a story about some of the friends that will be on opposite sidelines. We also have a story on Clemson safety DeAndre McDaniel. Here is what Danny Ford thinks about Clemson's win over Miami. Here are Coastal's keys in Saturday's game.

Blog Swap No. 2

This week's other blog swap is with former TSN writer Travis Sawchik, who now covers Clemson for the Charleston Post & Courier. Here is what he had to say:

Blog Swap No. 1

I'll be doing two blog swaps with Clemson beat writers this week, the first with Tiger Illustrated's Larry Williams, who has covered the Tigers for a number of years with the Charleston Post & Courier and now with the Clemson's Rivals.com page. Here are the answers to the five questions I posed to him:

Swinney meets with media

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney met with the media Tuesday morning. Here is the full transcript from CUTIGERS, Clemson's scout.com site. Here is what Swinney had to say about the uniforms each team will wear -- Clemson will wear all orange and Coastal will wear all black to celebrate Halloween:

Tuesday Links

As you can imagine with Clemson on deck, there is plenty being written about the Chanticleers this week. We have a story about coach David Bennett and his unwavering confidence in his assistants, a notebook and an injury update. Paul Strelow of The State has a feature on Clemson FB Chad Diehl and a notebook. Clemson is worried about Coastal? I guess so. Here is a notebook from the Charleston Post & Courier. And here is an AP story on Dabo Swinney. Here is Tiger Illustrated's Larry Williams on the Coastal-Clemson matchup.

Injuries mounting for Chants

CONWAY | Coastal is limping into this week's matchup with Clemson and that has nothing to do with team's two-game losing streak.

WPDE, BSC point fingers

CONWAY | The Big South Conference and WPDE are each pointing fingers at each other for Saturday's Coastal Carolina-Stony Brook game being unavailable locally.

Monday Morning Quarterback

CONWAY | Clemson is coming off one of the program's biggest wins of the last decade. Coastal is coming off two disappointing road losses that have derailed any chance the Chanticleers have of winning the Big South.

Norman will play vs. Clemson

CONWAY | Coastal Carolina corner Josh Norman will play this Saturday against Clemson, despite being arrested early Monday by Aynor police.