For the first time in program history, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are going bowling.
Coastal will play in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl in Orlando on Dec. 26. Their opponent? Former Big South rival Liberty, the winner of the 2019 Cure Bowl. We are honored to welcome Coastal Carolina and welcome back last year s Cure Bowl Champion Liberty to the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl, Alan Gooch, FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl executive director and Orlando Sports Foundation CEO, said in a statement.
The 2020 Cure Bowl will be the first-ever matchup between ranked opponents in the bowl game s history. Coastal Carolina comes in at No. 9 in the AP and Liberty is currently ranked 23rd.
âWeâre obviously devastatedâ: Coastal Carolina coach, AD react to Sun Belt Championship cancellation Sun Belt banners line Brooks Stadium in Conway, SC (Source: WMBF) By Katherine Phillips | December 18, 2020 at 8:04 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 9:25 PM
CONWAY, S.C. (WMBF) - Just two days ahead of the Sun Belt Championship game, Coastal Carolina University announced a fanâs worst fear: the game had been canceled.
According to the CCU athletic department, a positive test within the Chants program has caused a position group to become quarantined.
âWhen the positive test comes back and you follow the guidelines in place with contract tracing thatâs sort of what ends up getting you,â said head coach Jamey Chadwell during a Friday news conference.
Sun Belt football championship game canceled
By RALPH D. RUSSODecember 18, 2020 GMT
The Sun Belt Conference football championship game Saturday between No. 9 Coastal Carolina and No. 17 Louisiana-Lafayette was canceled Thursday night because of a positive COVID-19 test within the Coastal Carolina program.
An entire position group would have been unavailable to play for the unbeaten Chanticleers because of contact tracing, the conference said.
“We are very disappointed that the championship game cannot be played, but we are so proud of all of the players and staff members and their hard work during this truly challenging season,” Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill said in a statement. “We will honor both teams as 2020 Sun Belt Conference Co-Champions.”
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Sun Belt Championship game canceled after positive COVID-19 test for Coastal Carolina CCU head coach Jamey Chadwell (Source: Gabe McDonald) By Kevin Bilodeau | December 17, 2020 at 11:04 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 11:04 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Saturday’s Sun Belt conference championship game, set to be held in Conway between Louisiana and Coastal Carolina, was canceled late Thursday night after a positive COVID-19 test in the Chanticleers program.
According to a release from the school, because of contact tracing, an entire position group would not have been available to play due to possible exposure and therefore the game cannot be played in accordance with health and safety protocols.