Coastal to meet Clemson in football
By Josh Hoke - The Sun News
Coastal Carolina will get a shot to take on one of the Palmetto state’s powerhouse football programs sooner than expected.

Clemson and Coastal have agreed to play in Clemson on Oct. 31, 2009, meaning Chanticleers will play two Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly I-A) teams that season. Coastal will open the year at Kent State.

Clemson and Coastal have already signed a contract to play in 2014, but Clemson needed an extra game in 2009, so the schools agreed to play on Halloween that season.

"This is about the experience for our players, our coaches, our fans and our alumni," Coastal Athletic Director Moose Koegel said. "They're going to go up there and Coastal is going to be playing Clemson. That's a dream that we all have to be able to play those type of games."

Coastal will be paid more than $300,000 for the trip. The school is playing its first Football Bowl Subdivision opponent in 2008, when it travels to State College, Pa., for a season-opening matchup with Penn State. The school received $450,000 to play the Nittany Lions.