UTSA Roadrunners vs Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

The Roadrunners have won three of their last four and covered in five of their last six, upsetting Memphis as a 6-point underdog and taking Army to the wire. Coastal Carolina has the home field, but the Chanticleers have won just two of their last seven and were regularly blown out by the better teams on their schedule.

Both of the quarterbacks that Coastal Carolina used this year - Noah Kim and Ethan Vasko - have hit the transfer portal, and redshirt freshman Tad Hudson is expected to make his first career start with zero snaps at the college level. He’ll likely struggle against UTSA’s defense that ranks sixth in success rate, and the Roadrunners can take advantage of a poorly ranked Coastal run defense.

Coastal is the ONLY bowl team that will actually play on its home field in a bowl game. Winner right? Not so fast.

The Chanticleers, maybe my favorite college nickname, have issues at quarterback. Starting QB Ethan Vasko and backup Noah Kim have BOTH entered the evil transfer portal. Gotta wait on the news about the starting QB for Coastal before opening the wallet. But if Vasko does suit up, we will tickle the chandeliers, oops, Chanticleers.

Losing two quarterbacks isn't always comforting from a betting perspective. But, head coach Tim Beck isn't phased. Beck, though in just his second year with Coastal Carolina, is looking to add onto his current 1-0 SU/ATS bowl record. He took to media to say that players are excited to get a chance to take the field, including QB Tad Hudson -- who will make his first college football start. Luckily for him, UTSA's passing defense (286.9 YPG) is the seventh-worst in the nation.