Coastal Carolina preps untested QB for UTSA, Myrtle Beach Bowl

Coastal Carolina will enjoy an extra home game of sorts when it faces UTSA on Monday in the Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, S.C.It marks the Chanticleers’ (6-6) first appearance in the bowl game held on their campus. But they’ll do so without their first- and second-string quarterbacks, Ethan Vasko and Noah Kim, who both entered the transfer portal.Coastal Carolina coach Tim Beck said redshirt freshman Tad Hudson likely is the next man up. Hudson has not appeared in a game this season.”Tad Hudson will probably be the starter. We have Alex Walker as well,” Beck told reporters, “and then after this meeting, I’m taking all of you outside for tryouts.”It was an opportunity for Beck to say college football “free agency” makes it impossible to build a program in the current age; instead, coaches are building a new team each year.”There was a lot of excitement at practice because there are a lot of guys that haven’t played a lot that know they are going to,” Beck added.With Hudson under center, the Chanticleers may lean on their rushing offense that ranked 46th in the country with 178.7 yards per game. Braydon Bennett led with 727 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns, and Christian Washington added 537 and five.UTSA (6-6) has far fewer defections to deal with than its opponent.”Our kids intend to play and we are rooting and hoping that everybody passes their classes, stays healthy and chooses to play in the bowl game,” coach Jeff Traylor said.The Roadrunners recovered from a 3-5 start to the season and won three straight home conference games in November to become bowl-eligible.”The world is telling (players) to collect (social media) posts and collect more offers and collect more attention,” Traylor said. “Our guys want to collect bowl wins, so I’m very excited to be coaching these guys.”

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