Gameday Primer

Coastal Carolina at West Virginia Site: Mountaineer Field(60,000) Kickoff: 3:30 p.m., Saturday TV: Big East local (WCHS inCharleston) Radio: Noon, pregame on Mountaineer Sports Networkstations (Tony Caridi, play-by-play; Dwight Wallace, analyst; JedDrenning, sidelines) 2009 records: Coastal Carolina 5-6 (3-3 BigSouth Conference); West Virginia 9-4 (5-2 Big East Conference) Theline: None Polls: West Virginia: No. 25 AP media; tie No. 24 17 USAToday coaches Series: First meeting The coaches (years, record, almamater, record vs. foe): Coastal Carolina: David Bennett(Presbyterian 88; 8th season at Coastal Carolina, 50-29; 14thoverall, 113-46; 0-0 vs. West Virginia) West Virginia: Bill Stewart(Fairmont State 75; 3rd season at West Virginia, 19-8; 6th overall,27-33; 0-0 vs. Coastal Carolina) Chants meeting: * The Chanticleers,an FCS program, open their eighth season of football against afourth major college program. Coastal lost 66-10 in a 2008 opener atNo. 22 Penn State, then fell 18-0 at Kent State and 49-3 at Clemsonlast season. CCU, picked third in the seven-team Big South race, isgetting a $350,000 guarantee for todays visit. * In 2006, Coastalbecame the first (and still the only) Big South Conference team toreach the FCS playoffs, getting an at-large berth in the 16-teamfield with a 9-2 record. CCU lost to defending champ AppalachianState in the first round. In 2010, an expanded, 20-team FCS fieldwill give the Big South its first automatic playoff bid. Theopponent Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Location: Conway, S.C.Enrollment: 8,300 Conference: Big South