Coastal Carolina’s baseball team has given fresh hope to every mid-major school that dreams of succeeding against the Power 5.
As was the case when VCU and George Mason went to college basketball’s Final Four, the Chanticleers’ recent victory over Arizona in the College World Series championship game shows the little guys can win once in a while.
But competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision? That’s a much bigger challenge, something Coastal Carolina has discovered a full year before the Chanticleers begin playing big-boy football.
Coastal has run into a roadblock trying to get a stadium expansion approved by the state.