Ex Libertate Veritas | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

[redsox907]

Ain't no way Vaughn gonna lose to the Catholics. Ain't no way.

Joe Montana ain't walking through that door.

You going to get your prediction in for where what happens with Vaughn??

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Chanticleers Are National Championship Bound After Late Irish Rally Falls Short

BOXSCORE

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Notre Dame	14	7	7	14	42
Coastal Carolina	14	10	14	7	45

ScoringSummary

Q	Team	Time	Play	Notre Dame	Coastal Carolina
1st	Coastal Carolina	7:39	Tavares Tinker, 2 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	0	7
1st	Notre Dame	4:25	Sherard Vernon, 37 Yd Pass From Zac Pappoe	7	7
1st	Coastal Carolina	0:22	Jamal Stephen, 6 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	7	14
1st	Notre Dame	0:10	Sean Philbin, 83 Yd Pass From Zac Pappoe	14	14
2nd	Coastal Carolina	4:46	Gene Marable, 39 Yd FG	14	17
2nd	Notre Dame	1:49	Emmanuel Strnad, 61 Yd Pass From Zac Pappoe	21	17
2nd	Coastal Carolina	0:21	Morgan Briggs, 21 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	21	24
3rd	Notre Dame	2:07	Tye Vaughn, 1 Yd Run	28	24
3rd	Coastal Carolina	1:24	Cornell Jennings, 60 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	28	31
3rd	Coastal Carolina	0:00	Bernie Bender, 54 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	28	38
4th	Coastal Carolina	5:27	Jamal Stephen, 10 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	28	45
4th	Notre Dame	3:14	Sherard Vernon, 53 Yd Pass From Zac Pappoe	35	45
4th	Notre Dame	1:45	Dom Tamm, 90 Yd Pass From Zac Pappie	42	45

Notre Dame                                                   Coastal Carolina

Passing            | Stats                                   Passing            | Stats
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Zac Pappoe         | 22/27, 523 Yds, 5 TD, INT               Fredrick Meredith  | 28/38, 461 Yds, 6 TD, INT

Rushing            | Stats                                   Rushing            | Stats
-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Tye Vaughn         | 7 Att, 11 Yds, TD                       Cornell Jennigs    | 15 Att, 93 Yds
Zac Pappoe         | 6 Att, -20 Yds                          Fredrick McCallum  | 7 Att, 35 Yds
                   |                                         Fredrick Meredith  | 4 Att, 21 Yds    

Receiving          | Stats                                   Receiving          | Stats
-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Sean Philbin       | 6 Rec, 141 Yds, TD                      Jamal Stephen      | 7 Rec, 72 Yds, 2 TD
Emmanuel Strnad    | 5 Rec, 97 Yds, TD                       Bernie Bender      | 6 Rec, 145 Yds, TD
Tye Vaughn         | 4 Rec, 45 Yds                           Dorian Allen       | 4 Rec, 30 Yds
Dom Tamm           | 4 Rec, 117 Yds, TD                      Tavares Tinker     | 4 Rec, 76 Yds, TD
Sherard Vernon     | 3 Rec, 94 Yds, 2 TD                     Malcolm Briggs     | 1 Rec, 21 Yds, TD
Glenn Lindsay      | 2 Rec, 49 Yds                           Cornell Jennings   | 1 Rec, 60 Yds, TD

Defensive          | Stats                                   Defensive          | Stats
-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
LB Larry Webb      | 13 Tkl, 2 TFL, 0.5 Sack, INT, FF, FR    MLB Anthony Atogwe | 9 Tkl
MLB Kentrell Tamm  | 8 Tkl, TFL                              FS Keke Allotey    | 6 Tkl, 2 TFL, Sack, INT, FF
DE Dexter Sermon   | 5 Tkl, 2 TFL, 0.5 Sack                  LB Tyrone Flinn    | 3 Tkl, 3 TFL, 1.5 Sacks, FR
DT Arrion Amerson  | 5 Tkl, 2 TFL                            DT Imani Wake      | 3 Tkl, TFL, 0.5 Sack

Miami, FL. - In a national semifinal that lived up to every bit of the hype, it wasn’t the reigning Heisman winner who stole the show; it was the quarterbacks. Fredrick Meredith and Notre Dame’s Zac Pappoe traded blows all night at Hard Rock Stadium as Coastal Carolina outlasted the Fighting Irish 45–42 to punch their ticket to a second straight National Championship Game.

Both signal-callers came out firing. Pappoe was nearly flawless early, going 10 of 12 for 266 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. Meredith matched him throw for throw, completing 21 of 26 passes for 248 yards and three scores of his own. The only difference between the two offensive juggernauts was a costly Notre Dame fumble that led to a 39-yard Gene Marable field goal.

It looked like the Irish would head to the break ahead after Pappoe’s third touchdown strike made it 21–17, but Meredith orchestrated a flawless two minute drill, finding Morgan Briggs up the seam for a touchdown in the final seconds to send Coastal into halftime with a 24–21 lead.

The pace slowed in the second half as both defenses found their footing, but Notre Dame struck first after converting a Fredrick Meredith interception into a short Tye Vaughn touchdown run to reclaim the lead.

Enter Cornell Jennings. Known mostly for his Heisman winning production on the ground, the junior tailback reminded everyone he can catch too, torching All-American linebacker Larry Webb on a 60 yard wheel route touchdown that flipped the momentum back to Coastal.

From there, the Chanticleers seized control. Safety Keke Allotey made a stunning over the shoulder interception to set up a 53 yard strike to Bernie Bender, and Meredith capped the surge with his sixth touchdown pass of the night to push the lead to 45–28.

But Pappoe refused to go quietly. The Irish quarterback engineered two lightning-quick touchdown drives, including a 90-yard catch-and-run by Dom Tamm on a bubble screen to pull within three late. Notre Dame’s onside kick attempt failed, however, and Coastal drained the clock to secure the win.

“This is the kind of game you want on this stage,” said head coach Kade Vaughn. “Winner goes home, and those guys across the field played their hearts out. That’s the best challenge we’ve had all season.” When pressed about whether this was the kind of game Coastal expected from ACC rival Miami, Vaughn simply smirked: “Ah, ah, ah. Not getting me this time.”

With the win, Coastal advances to its second straight National Championship and third in six years, extending its program-record winning streak to 31 games; tied for the fifth-longest in college football history.

Up next: a date with the Ole Miss Rebels, who stunned Ohio State in a triple overtime thriller (50-48) after erasing an 11-point deficit in the final minutes.

Fredrick Meredith continues to be the X factor for Coastal's playoff run.


Zac Pappoe consistently found room in the Chanticleers coverage on his way to a 523 yard outing, a new Orange Bowl record.


Allotey snagged the momentum flipping interception in the 3rd quarter that allowed Coastal to take just enough of a lead to weather the late Irish surge.

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2033 - College Football Playoff National Championship Preview

#1 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (15-0)    | Description                   | #11 Ole Miss Rebels (13-2)
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98 Overall // 98 Offense // 99 Defense     | Team Rating                   | 87 Overall // 86 Offense // 89 Defense
Kade Vaughn (118-13)                       | Head Coach                    | Jon Sumrall (13-2)
Veer and Shoot                             | Offensive Scheme              | Power Spread
3-3-5                                      | Defensive Scheme              | 4-2-5
53.5 (1st)                                 | Offensive Points Per Game     | 39.7 (15th)
19.2 (4th)                                 | Defensive Points Per Game     | 26.9 (43rd)
531.3 (1st)                                | Offensive Rankings            | 427.8 (45th)
299.9 (2nd)                                | Defensive Rankings            | 379.3 (37th)

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers       | Description             | Ole Miss Rebels
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142-74                              | Combined Record         | 139-64
@ Virginia Tech (6-7) W 51-21       | Week 1                  | Miami (11-4) W 40-37
Clemson (9-4) W 20-10               | Week 2                  | Purdue (7-6) W 45-23
@ Penn State (11-3) W 48-14         | Week 3                  | FCS W 70-10
Tennessee (10-3) W 45-21            | Week 4                  | Arkansas (7-6) W 48-30
@ Florida State (7-6) W 57-28       | Week 5                  | @ UCLA (10-4) W 31-25
Louisville (10-3) W 42-14           | Week 6                  | Texas A&M (9-4) W 27-24
Georgia Tech (4-8) W 79-6           | Week 7                  | Alabama (12-3) L 42-40
Wake Forest (2-10) W 65-20          | Week 8                  | @ Kentucky (4-8) W 38-24
@ LSU (9-4) W 66-24                 | Week 9                  | BYE
BYE                                 | Week 10                 | @ Tennessee (10-3) W 49-32
@ Miami (11-4) W 49-35              | Week 11                 | @ Texas (9-4) W 42-21
@ Pittsburgh (5-7) W 51-17          | Week 12                 | LSU (9-4) L 38-17
Liberty (11-3) W 84-10              | Week 13                 | @ Mississippi State (4-8) W 35-6
Miami (11-4) W 52-9                 | Conference Championship | BYE
BYE                                 | 1st Round CFP           | @ Michigan (9-4) W 35-17
Miami (11-4) W 49-17                | Quarterfinal CFP        | Penn State (11-3) W 29-26
Notre Dame (12-2) W 45-42           | Semifinal CFP           | Ohio State (12-3) W 50-48

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers        | Description                   | Ole Miss Rebels
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N/A                                  | Injuries                      | N/A

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers                                      Ole Miss Rebels
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JR(RS) Fredrick Meredith (94) 289/437 (66%), 4,026 Yds, 44 TD, 16 INT  | QB  | SO(RS) Marco DeMar (95) 314/507 (61%), 4,000 Yds, 34 TD, 4 INT
JR(RS) Cornell Jennings (92) 266 Att, 2,121 Yds, 35 TD                 | HB  | SR(RS) Jamie Buechele (91) 222 Att, 1,185 Yds, 25 TD
JR(RS) Tavares Tinker (90) 62 Rec, 1,377 Yds, 16 TD                    | WR  | SR(RS) Kyle Britt (93) 85 Rec, 1,047 Yds, 5 TD
SR(RS) SS Randy Granger (89) 90 Tkl, 23 TFL, 7.5 Sacks, 2 INT          | DEF | JR(RS) MLB Ben McCray (94) 96 Tkl, 8 TFL, 3 Sacks, 2 INT
SR(RS) DE Alfonso Smith (94) 58 Tkl, 45 TFL, 30.5 Sacks                | DEF | SR(RS) DE Kadeem Griffen (82) 24 Tkl, 11 TFL, 4.5 Sacks
JR(RS) LB Carl Urbik (91) 53 Tkl, 30 TFL, 12.5 Sacks                   | DEF | JR(RS) LB Josh Gilliam (84) 20 Tkl, 10 TFL, 6 Sacks
SO(RS) FS Keke Allotey (93) 101 Tkl, 17 TFL, 1.5 Sack, 7 INT           | DEF | JR CB Marquiss Dobbs (86) 72 Tkl, 3 TFL, Sack, 4 INT

[YaBoyRobRoy]

Holy crap way closer than I imagined. But got the job done. Crazy you matched up with Miami for a fricken third time, what is this the NFL? Good luck against the Rebels. Ratings wise looks like you will blow them out of the water.

[Agent]

What a finish in the championship.

[Captain Canada]

Ain't no way Vaughn gonna lose to the Catholics. Ain't no way.

Joe Montana ain't walking through that door.

You going to get your prediction in for where what happens with Vaughn??

Knowing your ass, you're going to put that "I'm not leaving" meme from Wolf of Wall Street and run it back.

[Caesar]

Coach Vaughn almost choking away his last game at Coastal in the semis would've bee crazy. Can't go out a fraud, bruh

[redsox907]

Holy crap way closer than I imagined. But got the job done. Crazy you matched up with Miami for a fricken third time, what is this the NFL? Good luck against the Rebels. Ratings wise looks like you will blow them out of the water.

Pappoe is a 99 overall and he did his thang I thought for sure they'd recover the onside.

Rebels have a good starting roster just not a lot of depth

What a finish in the championship.

just the semis brodie - natty is next

Ain't no way Vaughn gonna lose to the Catholics. Ain't no way.

Joe Montana ain't walking through that door.

You going to get your prediction in for where what happens with Vaughn??

Knowing your ass, you're going to put that "I'm not leaving" meme from Wolf of Wall Street and run it back.

Coach Vaughn almost choking away his last game at Coastal in the semis would've bee crazy. Can't go out a fraud, bruh

would be hard for Vaughn to potentially walk away on a loss for sure

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BACK TO BACK

BOXSCORE

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Ole Miss	3	0	7	28	38
Coastal Carolina	7	23	7	13	50

ScoringSummary

Q	Team	Time	Play	Ole Miss	Coastal Carolina
1st	Ole Miss	5:53	Ron Hopper, 40 Yd FG	3	0
1st	Coastal Carolina	5:43	Fredrick McCallum, 75 Yd Run	3	7
2nd	Coastal Carolina	7:58	Cornell Jennings, 2 Yd Run	3	14
2nd	Coastal Carolina	4:43	Fredrick Meredith, 24 Yd Run	3	21
2nd	Coastal Carolina	4:37	Safety	3	23
2nd	Coastal Carolina	2:43	Bernie Bender, 44 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	3	30
3rd	Coastal Carolina	5:58	Jamal Stephen, 2 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith	3	37
3rd	Ole Miss	1:17	Shawn Mama, 9 Yd Run	10	37
4th	Ole Miss	8:43	Darrell Allgeier, 53 Yd Pass From Marco DeMar	17	37
4th	Coastal Carolina	6:43	Fredrick McCallum, 10 Yd Run	17	44
4th	Ole Miss	3:01	Shawn Mama, 23 Yd Run	24	44
4th	Ole Miss	1:44	Desmond Hurns, 36 Yd Pass From Marco DeMar	31	44
4th	Coastal Carolina	1:28	Fredrick McCallum, 21 Yd Pass From Fredrick Meredith (Failed 2PT)	31	50
4th	Ole Miss	0:18	Vai Mauga, 6 Yd Pass From Marco DeMar	38	50

Coastal Carolina                                             Ole Miss

Passing            | Stats                                   Passing            | Stats
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Fredrick Meredith  | 14/22, 316 Yds, 3 TD, INT               Marco DeMar        | 34/40, 434 Yds, 3 TD

Rushing            | Stats                                   Rushing            | Stats
-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Cornell Jennings   | 11 Att, 79 Yds, TD                      Shawn Mama         | 20 Att, 95 Yds, 2 TD
Fredrick McCalllum | 10 Att, 139 Yds, TD                     Marco DeMar        | 4 Att, -11 YDs
Fredrick Meredith  | 3 Att, 46 Yds, TD                                         

Receiving          | Stats                                   Receiving          | Stats
-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
Bernie Bender      | 3 Rec, 61 Yds, TD                       Tim Edmunds        | 9 Rec, 59 Yds
Tavares Tinker     | 3 Rec, 55 Yds                           Darrell Allgeier   | 7 Rec, 128 Yds, TD
Fredrick McCallum  | 2 Rec, 69 Yds, TD                       Desmond Hurns      | 5 Rec, 93 Yds, TD
Dorian Allen       | 2 Rec, 52 Yds                           Shawn Mama         | 4 Rec, 32 Yds
Jamal Stephen      | 2 Rec, 10 Yds                           Kyle Britt         | 4 Rec, 39 Yds
Tyler Hagg         | 2 Rec, 69 Yds                           John Madden        | 3 Rec, 64 Yds
                                                             Vai Mauga          | 2 Rec, 19 Yds, TD

Defensive          | Stats                                   Defensive          | Stats
-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------
SS Randy Granger   | 15 Tkl, 2 TFL                           MLB Ben McCray     | 8 TKl, 2 TFL, INT
CB Emmanuel Abrams | 10 Tkl, 2 TFL                           FS Jeffrey Stitser | 7 Tkl, TFL
DT Jermaine Uzomah | 4 Tkl, 3 TFL, Sack, FR                  CB Marquise Dobbs  | 4 Tkl, TFL
DE Ramon Queiro    | 3 Tkl, 3 TFL, Sack, FF                  MLB Marshall Talbot| 4 Tkl, TFL

Houston, TX. - For the second straight game, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers built a massive lead—then spent the fourth quarter clinging to it. But cling they did, and when the clock finally struck zero, they stood tall once again: back-to-back National Champions, the first to do so since Georgia in 2021 and 2022.

“I thought the first one was amazing, the second even sweeter,” said head coach Kade Vaughn, grinning from the championship podium. “But after everything we went through this year? This is the cherry on top.”

Vaughn handed the offensive MVP trophy to Fredrick McCallum, the former Ohio State transfer who delivered the knockout blow. After Fredrick Meredith opened the game with an ugly interception that set up an Ole Miss field goal, McCallum responded immediately—ripping off a 75-yard touchdown that ignited a 37–3 Chanticleer blitz.

From there, Coastal’s defense and big-play offense took turns crushing the Rebels’ spirit. Ramon Queiro forced a fumble at the goal line that flipped momentum, Cornell Jennings punched in a short score, and Meredith found Bernie Bender for a 44-yard dagger just before halftime. When Coastal opened the third quarter with another scoring drive, it looked like time to cue the celebration.

But Ole Miss quarterback Marco DeMar had other plans, torching the Coastal secondary for 434 yards as the Rebels outscored the Chants 35–13 down the stretch. Still, two recovered onside kicks and a pair of short touchdown drives sealed it—Coastal Carolina 50, Ole Miss 38—and ensured the teal and bronze would reign supreme for one more year.

“We said at the start of the season, you’d better come correct if you want this crown,” shouted Meredith into the mic postgame. “Some came close, but in the end… WE THE BEST.”

Yet even as confetti rained, the story wasn’t just about the repeat. It was about survival—of the season, of the locker room, and of the uneasy alliance between Vaughn and Athletic Director Mike Buddie.

For months, the two had been locked in a quiet cold war—rumors of power struggles, sideline snubs, and off-field friction swirling even as Coastal kept winning. But on the championship podium, the tension thawed—if only for a moment. Buddie, eyes fixed on the cameras, introduced Vaughn as “the greatest coach in Coastal Carolina history” before handing him the National Championship trophy.

The handshake that followed was brief, polite, and entirely calculated.

“Winning cures a lot, but not everything,” warned Nick Saban on ESPN’s postgame broadcast. “When two strong-willed people go to war like that, one trophy doesn’t erase the scars. But if the goal is winning titles? Coastal probably isn’t finding anyone better than the man they already have.”

The game couldn't have started any better for the Rebels, turning an opening drive INT into a quick field goal to put the pressure on Coastal early.


Jamal Stephen bidding the Rebels fans adieu after his touchdown gave Coastal a seemingly secure 37-3 lead.


Marco DeMar threw 300+ yards and three touchdowns in the 2nd half, nearly bringing the Rebels all the way back.

[Agent]

What a finish in the championship.