Ex Libertate Veritas | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

YaBoyRobRoy · Post by **YaBoyRobRoy** » 21 Jul 2025, 02:08

ROQUAN!!!! solid first season of the nasty. Took care of business in conference. Any chance of playoffs?

Post by **The JZA** » 21 Jul 2025, 02:23

Guess the cargo shorts and sleeveless hoodie gave the team a +5 in attributes across the board. Squad just bulldozed to a conference title. Love to see it

Post by **djp73** » 21 Jul 2025, 05:15

Damn good season!

Post by **Soapy** » 21 Jul 2025, 06:32

Yeah, Javier is not coming to Coastal, big dawgs are barking now

:nightnight:

Post by **six7** » 21 Jul 2025, 12:11

9-3 year one

redsox907 · Post by **redsox907** » 22 Jul 2025, 00:18

Agent wrote: ↑
21 Jul 2025, 01:54
LEAGUE HIM!
7 touchdowns is insane. Bro was feasting

YaBoyRobRoy wrote: ↑
21 Jul 2025, 02:08
ROQUAN!!!! solid first season of the nasty. Took care of business in conference. Any chance of playoffs?

He's just taking advantage of the opportunities the scheme provides. We RPO'd em to death in the red zone. Our biggest problem offensively is we aren't explosive in the passing game - so if we get behind the sticks we stay there. Makes it tough when you need a quick score, cause outside of a bomb 50/50 ball we ain't got it lol

And no chance of playoffs - which is fine. I was hopping we'd at least end up in the top 25 after downing Southern - but no such luck. If we can win the bowl game we'll probably finish ranked hopefully. In all a solid 1st season I feel.

The JZA wrote: ↑
21 Jul 2025, 02:23
Guess the cargo shorts and sleeveless hoodie gave the team a +5 in attributes across the board. Squad just bulldozed to a conference title. Love to see it

THEYRE DRESS SHORTS :drose:

:kadevaughn:

djp73 wrote: ↑
21 Jul 2025, 05:15
Damn good season!

Thank you good sir - better than I expected tbqh

Soapy wrote: ↑
21 Jul 2025, 06:32
Yeah, Javier is not coming to Coastal, big dawgs are barking now

We were leading at one point then the big boys said hold my beer :rg3:

Encouraging we were at least in the mix. We've got the 24th overall class right now with nothing but 3* recruits. Hoping we can swing a few 4* next season or get lucky in the portal

Google[Bot] wrote: ↑
21 Jul 2025, 12:11
9-3 year one

10-3 after the CCG and counting

redsox907 · Post by **redsox907** » 22 Jul 2025, 00:18

Clemon's Cade Klubnik Captures 2025 Heisman

The Clemson Tigers may have fallen short of an ACC Championship Game appearance, but Cade Klubnik made sure the season ended with a statement and a trophy.

Klubnik threw for over 400 yards and accounted for four touchdowns in a rivalry win over South Carolina to close the regular season, solidifying his place atop the Heisman race. With most of the other finalists sidelined during Conference Championship weekend — and Oklahoma’s John Mateer struggling in a blowout loss to Texas A&M — Klubnik’s late-stage heroics gave him the final word.

The senior quarterback becomes the first Clemson Tiger to win the Heisman Trophy, joining Deshaun Watson (2016 finalist, never won) and Trevor Lawrence (also a finalist, never won) as legends of the program — but standing alone as the first to actually bring the award to Death Valley.

Klubnik's season was nothing short of elite. He passed for 4,066 yards with 32 touchdowns to just four interceptions, adding 446 rushing yards and eight more scores on the ground.

And the Heisman wasn’t his only prize. Klubnik also took home the Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year, Davey O’Brien Award, and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm — a clean sweep of college football’s top quarterback honors.

Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith, who won the Biletnikoff Award, and Buckeyes QB Julian Sayin finished second and third in Heisman voting, respectively. Fittingly, they’ll get their shot at revenge in the first round of the College Football Playoff — where Ohio State is expected to travel to Clemson.

With Clemson looking for their 1st playoff win since 2019 the Tigers are hoping the programs first Heisman winner can once again lead them to the promised land.

2025 Award Winners
Maxwell | QB Cade Klubnik | Clemson
Walter Camp | QB Cade Klubnik | Clemson
Bear Bryant Coach of the Year | HC Pete Lembo | Buffalo
Davey O'Brien | QB Cade Klubnik | Clemson
Chuck Bednarik | DE TJ Guy | Michigan
Bronko Nagurski | DE TJ Guy | Michigan
Jim Thrope | CB Leonard Moore | Notre Dame
Doak Walker | HB Makhi Hughes | Oregon
Fred Biletnikoff | WR Jeremiah Smith | Ohio State
Lombardi | DE TJ Guy | Michigan
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm | QB Cade Klubnik | Clemson
DE of the Year | DE TJ Guy | Michigan
Outland | G Jaeden Roberts | Alabama
John Mackey | TE Marlin Klein | Michigan
Broyles | OC Dave Patenaude | Buffalo
Dick Butkus | MLB Jaishawn Barham | Michigan
Rimington | C Jordan White | Vanderbilt
Lou Groza | K Britton Williams | Kennesaw State
Ray Guy | P Logan Lupo | Florid Atlantic
Return of the Year | WR Bryan Robinson | Marshall

All Americans
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redsox907 · Post by **redsox907** » 22 Jul 2025, 00:36

The Road to Miami

The College Football Playoff bracket is officially locked in, and while the path to Hard Rock Stadium and the 2025 national title is clear, the outrage over who got left out might burn even hotter.

The biggest headline? Oklahoma is out.

Despite entering Conference Championship Weekend ranked No. 12 — safely inside the projected cut line — the Sooners were left watching from home after a disastrous 52-28 loss to Texas A&M in the SEC Championship Game. That stumble opened the door, and the committee didn’t hesitate to slam it shut.

“The CFP committee is putting themselves in a corner,” said ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit. “Last year they rewarded conference title game appearances — even if a team lost. We saw both SMU and Texas get in. Texas made sense. SMU? A lot of people had questions.

“This year, you’ve got Pittsburgh, who lost twice to one team — back-to-back weeks — and Oklahoma, who just suffered their third loss in a conference title game. I thought both were locks. Apparently not.”

With Penn State, Texas A&M, and Miami locking up their conference titles, three of the five automatic berths were secured. That left two spots for the highest-ranked remaining conference champions. MAC champion Buffalo and AAC champion UTSA jumped the line — bumping both Pittsburgh and Oklahoma down to No. 13 and No. 14, just outside the field.

BYU, despite a loss to Baylor in the Big 12 title game, managed to hang on just above the cut at No. 9.

The fallout renewed frustrations surrounding the effects of the most recent wave of conference realignment.

“You’ve got four Big Ten teams sitting on first-round byes — and Michigan lost its conference championship,” Pat McAfee pointed out on the CFP Selection Show alongside Nick Saban. “Meanwhile Oklahoma and Pitt get booted for losing in their title games?

“Make it make sense.”

Saban, a vocal critic of the current playoff structure, added further context.

“Let’s be honest. In the old system, Oregon and USC would’ve played a Pac-12 title game — a rematch everyone would’ve tuned in for. That likely splits up the Big Ten monopoly on the byes. Then your four bye teams are the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, and Pac-12 champs — and I don’t think anyone argues with that.”

Saban acknowledged last year’s Boise State inclusion — which led to a lopsided loss against Penn State — likely spurred the move away from granting automatic byes to lower-ranked conference champions. But without that gatekeeping?

“You’ve got teams like Indiana that didn’t play and got jumped. You’ve got teams that had nothing to lose — who played for pride, not pressure — and got rewarded,” Saban continued. “Oklahoma and Pitt fought through deep, brutal leagues and got punished for playing.”

“I’m not saying I have the fix,” he concluded. “But we’ve got to find one. Because right now, this thing is trending toward an SEC vs Big Ten invitational.”

As the storm around realignment and playoff reform brews toward another chaotic offseason, the bracket is now official.

Let the games begin.

Top 25
1 | Penn State 12-1
2 | USC 11-1
3 | Michigan 11-2
4 | Oregon 10-2
5 | Miami 11-2
6 | Texas A&M 11-2
7 | Clemson 10-2
8 | Georgia 10-2
9 | BYU 11-2
10 | Ohio State 10-2
11 | Indiana 10-2
12 | Pittsburgh 11-2
13 | Oklahoma 10-3
14 | SMU 9-3
15 | Memphis 11-2
16 | Duke 9-3
17 | Tulane 9-3
18 | Alabama 8-4
19 | Buffalo 13-0
20 | UTSA 10-3
21 | Boise State 10-3
22 | Baylor 9-4
23 | Washignton | 9-3
24 | Southern Miss | 9-4
25 | Notre Dame 8-4

redsox907 · Post by **redsox907** » 22 Jul 2025, 01:09

2025 - Salute To Veterans Bowl

Coastal Carolina (10-3)
Offensive Scheme: Power Spread
Defensive Scheme: 3-3-5
Offensive Points Per Game: 34.0 (35th)
Defensive Points Per Game: 21.6 (13th)
Offensive Rankings: 402.8 YPG (54th)
Defensive Rankings: 323.5 YPGA (5th)

Toledo Rockets (7-5)
Head Coach: Jason Candle
Offensive Scheme: Spread
Defensive Scheme: 4-2-5
Offensive Points Per Game: 32.9 (45th)
Defensive Points Per Game: 22.5 (18th)
Offensive Rankings: 406.8 (50th)
Defensive Rankings: 375.1 (42nd)

Toledo Rockets 2025 Results
Week 1 | @ Kentucky (6-6) | L 27-9
Week 2 | Western Kentucky (9-4) | L 36-35
Week 3 | FCS | W 28-0
Week 4 | @ Western Michigan (5-7) | W 37-34
Week 5 | Akron (5-7) | W 37-16
Week 7 | @ Bowling Green (4-8) | W 28-20
Week 8 | Kent State (8-5) | L 28-25
Week 9 | @ Washington State (8-4) | L 31-29
Week 11 | Northern Illinois (3-9) | W 56-24
Week 12 | @ Miami (OH) (7-5) | L 24-21
Week 13 | Ball State (5-7) | W 38-17
Week 14 | @ Central Michigan (3-9) | W 52-13

Toledo Rockets Injury Report
G Michael Glenn-Matthews (67) | Broken Fibula (7 Weeks)
C Terrence Moore (84) | Dislocated Hip (3 Weeks)

Toledo Rockets Depth Chart
Offense | 69 OVR
QB | SR(RS) Tucker Gleason | 80 OVR
HB | SR(RS) Chip Trayanum | 83 OVR
WR | SR Junior Vandeross III | 89 OVR
WR | SR(RS) Trayvon Rudolph | 86 OVR
TE | SR Connor Jones | 74 OVR
LT | JR(RS) Jonathan Harder | 75 OVR
LG | SO(RS) Grant Zimmerly | 65 OVR
C | SO Maddox Marcotte | 72 OVR
RG | JR(RS) Ethan Spoth | 79 OVR
RT | SO(RS) Cole Rhett | 72 OVR
Defense | 71 OVR
DE | SR Anthony Dunn JR | 81 OVR
DE | JR(RS) Malachi Davis | 81 OVR
DT | SR Martez Poynter | 79 OVR
SAM | FR Rickey Williams | 67 OVR
MIKE | JR K'Von Sherman | 77 OVR
WILL | SR(RS) Damon Ollison II | 75 OVR
CB | SR Nasir Bowers | 84 OVR
FS | SR(RS) Jaden Dottin | 73 OVR
SS | SR Emmanuel McNeil-Warren | 90 OVR
CB | JR(RS) Avery Smith | 84 OVR

Toledo Rockets Top Contributors
QB Tucker Gleason | 260/458 (56%), 3,303 Yds, 27 TD, 2 INT
HB Connor Walendzak | 130 Att, 721 Yds, 10 TD
WR Trayvon Rudolph | 69 Rec, 979 Yds, 12 TD
MLB K'Von Sherman | 84 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack, INT
DE Malachi Davis | 42 Tkl, 8 TFL, 6 Sacks
LB Jeremiah Peters | 23 Tkl, 6 TFL, 5 Sacks
CV Avery Smith | 68 Tkl, TFL, 4 INT

Bowl Matchups
68 Ventures Bowl - Air Force (6-6) vs UConn (7-5)
Alamo Bowl - Ole Miss (7-5) vs Texas Tech (7-5)
Arizona Bowl 0 Kent State (8-5) vs Hawaii (7-5)
Armed Forces Bowl - Kentucky (6-6) vs #17 Tulane (9-3)
Bahamas Bowl - Rutgers (6-6) vs Middle Tennessee (6-6)
Birmingham Bowl - Arkansas (6-6) vs #16 Duke (9-3)
Boca Raton Bowl - UTEP (7-5) vs Arkansas State (9-3)
Citrus Bowl - UCLA (8-4) vs South Carolina (8-4)
Cure Bowl - Western Kentucky (9-4) vs Miami (OH) (7-5)
Duke's Mayo Bowl - Louisville (8-4) vs Iowa (6-6)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl - Jacksonville State (7-5) vs UNLV (8-4)
Fenway Bowl - #15 Memphis (11-2) vs Wake Forest (7-5)
First Responder Bowl - Charlotte (6-6) vs Old Dominion (6-6)
Frisco Bowl - Iowa State (6-6) vs Navy (7-5)
GameAbove Sports Bowl - Stanford (6-6) vs #25 Notre Dame (8-4)
Gasparilla Bowl - Virginia Tech (8-4) vs #13 Oklahoma (10-3)
Gator Bowl - Vanderbilt (7-5) vs USF (9-3)
Hawaii Bowl - #21 Boise State (10-3) vs North Texas (7-5)
Holiday Bowl - #12 Pittsburgh (11-2) vs Oregon State (6-6)
Independence Bowl - New Mexico State (6-6) vs #22 Baylor (9-4)
LA Bowl - Oklahoma State (6-6) vs San Jose State (10-3)
Las Vegas Bowl - Washington State (8-4) vs #18 Alabama (8-4)
Liberty Bowl - Utah (7-5) vs Mississippi State (7-5)
Military Bowl - Tulsa (8-4) vs Nebraska (7-5)
Music City Bowl Texas (8-4) vs #11 Indiana (10-2)
Myrtle Beach Bowl - Louisiana-Lafayette (6-6) vs UAB (6-6)
New Mexico Bowl - TCU (7-5) vs #24 Southern Miss (9-4)
New Orleans Bowl - Liberty (11-2) vs South Alabama (7-5)
Pop Tarts Bowl - Kansas (8-4) vs West Virginia (6-6)
Rate Bowl - Arizona State (7-5) vs #23 Washington (9-3)
Reliaquest Bowl - Illinois (6-6) vs Tennessee (7-5)
Sun Bowl - UCF (6-6) vs #14 SMU (9-3)
Texas Bowl - LSU (8-4) vs Arizona (8-4)

redsox907 · Post by **redsox907** » 22 Jul 2025, 02:31

Chanticleers Close Out 2025 With Gritty 4th Quarter Rally

Despite a pair of 1st half interceptions Roquan Barber rallied the Chants, fittingly finding WR Jameson Tucker in his last game as a Chanticleer for this go-ahead touchdown.

BOXSCORE

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Toledo (7-5)	7	7	6	0	20
Coastal Carolina (10-3)	7	7	0	14	28

ScoringSummary

Q	Team	Time	Play	Toledo	Coastal Carolina
1st	Coastal Carolina	7:35	Cane Berrong, 42 Yd Pass From Roquan Barber	0	7
1st	Toledo	2:23	Braxton Harrison, Returned Interception 95 Yds	7	7
2nd	Toledo	3:53	Junior Vanderross III, 23 Yd Pass From Tucker Gleason	14	7
2nd	Coastal Carolina	1:26	Roquan Barber, 6 Yd Run	14	14
3rd	Toledo	7:26	Glenn Spade, 29 Yd FG	17	14
3rd	Toledo	1:42	Glenn Spade, 21 Yd FG	20	14
4th	Coastal Carolina	7:34	Jameson Tucker, 11 Yd Pass From Roquan Barber	20	21
4th	Coastal Carolina	2:23	Cane Berrong, 4 Yd Pass From Roquan Barber	20	28

Coastal Carolina
Passing_Stats

Roquan Barber	26/37, 296 Yds, 3 TD, 2 INT

Rushing_Stats

Camerun Knox	14 Att, 51 Yds
Roquan Barber	8 Att, 46 Yds, TD
Damion Clayborn	2 Att, 13 Yds
Jevon Edwards	1 Att, 3 Yds
Jalen John	1 Att, 2 Yds

Receiving_Stats

Jameson Tucker	8 Rec, 72 Yds, TD
Cane Berrong	5 Rec, 63 Yds, 2 TD
Malick Meiga	4 Rec, 48 Yds
Camerun Knox	4 Rec, 33 Yds
Malcolm Gillie	2 Rec, 22 Yds
Brooks Johnson	1 Rec, 4 Yds
Ja'Marion Wayne	1 Rec, 45 Yds
Ja'Vin Simpkins	1 Rec, 9 Yds

Defensive_Stats

SS Dre Pinckney	9 Tkl, 2 TFL
FS Dante Thomas	9 Tkl, TFL, Sack
CB Lionwell Whitaker	7 Tkl, TFL, 0.5 Sack
MLB Luke Murphy	7 Tkl, 3 TFL
LB Shane Bruce	5 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack
DE Noah Arinze	5 Tkl, 4 TFL, 1.5 Sack

Toledo
Passing_Stats

Tucker Gleason	20/30, 227 Yds, TD

Rushing_Stats

Chip Trayanum	10 Att, 36 Yds
Tucker Gleason	7 Att, -3 Yds
Connor Walendzak	4 Att, 41 Yds

Receiving_Stats

Eric Holley III	5 Rec, 55 Yds
Junior Vandeross III	5 Rec, 84 Yds, TD
Connor Jones	3 Rec, 53 Yds
Trayvon Rudolph	2 Rec, 17 Yds
Terrell Crosby Jr	2 Rec, 12 Yds
Connor Walendzak	1 Rec, 5 Yds
CC Ezirim	1 Rec, 0 Yd
Chip Trayanum	1 Rec, 1 Yd

Defensive_Stats

LB Damon Ollison II	10 Tkl, 2 TFL
CB Nasir Bowers	9 Tkl, TFL, INT
SS Brazton Harriston	6 Tkl, INT, TD
LB Jeremiah Peters	4 Tkl, 3 TFL

Montgomery, AL. - They may have made a habit of blowing teams out down the stretch, but real ones remember how the Chanticleers got back on track in 2025 — by embracing the ugly. That’s exactly what they did again in the Boca Raton Bowl.

“Embrace the ugly,” head coach Kade Vaughn told his team at halftime. “We’re battered, we’re bruised — it’s been a long season. But we don’t have to win flashy. They do. We just have to keep hitting, keep showing up, and grind out one last win. The Chanticleer way.

“Any. Way. Possible.”

It looked like it might be another blowout early. Coastal struck fast on a 42-yard corner route to Cane Berrong, then drove straight back into the red zone. But on 1st and goal from the 5, disaster hit. A curl route to Jameson Tucker was jumped by Toledo’s Braxton Harriston and returned 95 yards the other way for a game-tying pick-six. Just like that, all the momentum evaporated.

Without starting backs Jalen John and Ja’Vin Simpkins — both of whom left the game early with lingering injuries — Coastal’s offense sputtered. Sophomore Camerun Knox was solid, but the Rockets dared Roquan Barber to beat them through the air. And for a while, it worked.

Barber threw a second interception midway through the second quarter, setting up Toledo’s only offensive touchdown of the day — a 23-yard dart to Junior Vandeross III.

But with the Chants trailing 14-7, Barber responded. He led an 11-play drive before halftime, highlighted by a 15-yard third-down scramble and a 6-yard keeper on 3rd and 1 to tie the game at 14-all going into the break.

Toledo opened the second half with back-to-back long drives, but Coastal’s defense held firm both times, forcing two field goals to limit the damage and keep the Rockets within reach at 20-14.

“We just decided we couldn’t leave our defense out there fighting alone,” said Barber. “They’d kept us in it. It was our turn to send the best fanbase in the world into the offseason with one more dub.”

That turning point came on a drive that almost never happened. After a holding penalty stalled their possession, Coastal faced 4th and 4 from their own 31. Barber hit Tucker for 8 yards to move the chains — then capped the 12-play march with an 11-yard touchdown to Tucker for a 21-20 lead.

“I think it’s fitting,” said Vaughn. “Jameo’s been a dog all year, and for a senior, what a way to go out.”

Toledo had a chance to answer but couldn’t convert on 3rd and 1, and Coach Jason Candle gambled on trusting his defense instead of punting it away.

Wrong call.

Barber led a clock-chewing 10-play drive, converting a 4th and 1 with a gutsy 13-yard scramble. He finished the job with a 4-yard hitch to Cane Berrong, making it 28-20 and putting pressure squarely back on Toledo.

The Rockets would get one last gasp. But after a sack by DE Noah Arinze on 3rd and 2, the Rockets were left facing a 4th and 10. Junior Vandeross III took a slant and made the first defender miss — but Noah Arinze chased him down from behind and dropped him inches short of the sticks.

Ballgame.

Coastal Carolina closed out its dream season with an 11-3 record and just the third bowl win in program history.

“It’s been a magical first season,” Vaughn said postgame. “When I took over late in the offseason, I believed we could get here — but the guys had to buy in. They did the work no one thought they would, and now look at us.

“We’ll celebrate with our seniors tonight. They’ve earned every second. But soon enough? The clock restarts. And we’ll be building a team to top this one.

“Ex Libertate Veritas. They gave me the freedom to lead — and we gave them the truth of a season no one will forget.”

DE Noah Arinze made back to back plays to close out his senior season with this sack then a chase down tackle to keep the Rockets from converting their final 4th down.

Toledo swung the momentum with this pick six late in the 1st quarter to turn a would be 14-0 lead into a 7 all deadlock.

4th and 1 from midfield and Barber said "Give me the damn ball" - taking the QB Blast up the gut and breaking a would be tackle before scampering 13 more yards to keep the final touchdown drive rolling.

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