Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State Prediction, Game Preview

Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State prediction, game preview, how to watch: Wednesday, October 20

Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State prediction, game preview, how to watch: Wednesday, October 20


Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State How To Watch

Date: Wednesday, October 20
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Kidd Brewer Stadium, Boone, NC
How To Watch: ESPN2
Record: Coastal Carolina (6-0), Appalachian State (4-2)
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Why Coastal Carolina Will Win

The machine marches on.

There was a good fight against Buffalo, but that’s been it with three straight blowout wins thanks to an offense that went from great to totally unstoppable.

How good have the Chanticleers been? Okay, so UMass, Arkansas State, and ULM might night seem all that great, but ULM just whacked Liberty. Coastal Carolina beat those three by a combined score of 165 to 29 with the nation’s No. 2 offense behind Ohio State, the No. 1 most efficient attack, the No. 1 scoring offense, the No. 1 best O on third downs, and it keeps rolling on from there.

The defense has been great, too.

On the flip side, for all of the good things Appalachian State has done, it was just okay on third downs before cranking up an 0-for-11 day in a puzzling disaster of a performance last week against Louisiana.

The talent is there on the Mountaineers, and the defensive front is good enough to get into the Coastal Carolina backfield, but there are way too many holes in the game. However …

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Why Appalachian State Will Win

Coastal Carolina doesn’t take the ball away. Start there, because it’s a big thing for Appalachian State.

The Chanticleers have just three takeaways on the year, and the Mountaineers could use the break after giving it up four times against Louisiana and nine times in the last four games.

More than any one thing Appalachian State can do, though – and when the ground game is on, it can run very, very well – is the competition. This team is battle-hardened, and Coastal Carolina isn’t.

ASU might have lost to Louisiana last week, but that’s a good team on the road. Marshall is solid. East Carolina will go bowling. Miami is struggling, but it’s still Miami, and Georgia State on the road isn’t all that bad a win.

Meanwhile, Coastal Carolina has faced one team in Buffalo that has a realistic shot of going bowling. The opponents Coastal Carolina has faced are a combined 11-26 and only 3-3 ULM doesn’t have a losing record.

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What’s Going To Happen

Appalachian State is much, much better than the 41-13 loss to Louisiana, but can it keep up with a Coastal Carolina attack that’s hit the 200-yard mark in both rushing and passing in every game?

This is a massive step up in competition on a weird Wednesday night game, but the Chanticleers are more rested with 13 days off, the offense has been too sharp, and they’ll overcome a strong day by the Appalachian State running game to take total control of the Sun Belt race.

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Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State Prediction, Line

Coastal Carolina 30, Appalachian State 24
Line: Coastal Carolina -5.5, o/u: 61.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

Must See Rating: 4

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Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 21
Game Time: 12:00 pm ET
Venue: Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC
Network: ESPN2

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Why Appalachian State Will Win

The running game has been devastating, and even when it wasn’t the team found a way to win.

The Mountaineers were able to rumble for over 300 yards on the ground in four of the first five games – with the only loss coming to Marshall when they were held in check – and they managed to get by Georgia State when the offense struggled.

Coastal Carolina’s run defense has been fantastic with one of the best, most active defensive fronts among the Group of Five programs, but it was hit by Louisiana for 236 yards and hasn’t been barreled on like ASU is about to do.

For all of the good things Coastal Carolina does, Appalachian State is the best in the Sun Belt offensively on third downs, the secondary is great at taking the ball away, and the team is air-tight overall when it comes to mistakes.

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Why Coastal Carolina Will Win

Yeah, Coastal Carolina had a few problems with the Louisiana running game, and allowed 205 to Campbell, but the front seven was all over the Georgia Southern option attack and stopped it cold.

Georgia State has one of the nation’s most dangerous ground games, and it went absolutely nowhere.

Coastal Carolina is swarming in the backfield on a regular basis – if you haven’t seen Tarron Jackson yet, here you go – and few quarterbacks are playing better than Grayson McCall, who’s hitting 70% of his passes with 16 touchdowns and just one pick.

This is a team playing with extreme confidence, it’s not making mistakes, and …

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What’s Going To Happen

Coastal Carolina will probably have to beat Appalachian State twice – or the other way around.

Louisiana will have something to say about it – it plays Appalachian State in early December – but these are the two best teams in the Sun Belt playing what should be one of the best games of the day.

Both defenses are fantastic, and both offenses have been timely and efficient. At home, with the momentum after taking everyone’s big shot over the last several games, Coastal Carolina will be just a bit stronger with a better day from the defensive front.

Coastal Carolina vs Appalachian State Prediction, Line

Coastal Carolina 23, Appalachian State 20
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Coastal Carolina -5, o/u: 48
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2

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