UGA's next opponent: Coastal Carolina
Record: 2-0, 0-0 Big South.
Last time played: This is the first meeting between Georgia and Coastal Carolina in football.
Coastal Carolina on offense: Coastal mustered only 13 net yards rushing in a 20-3 victory over Catawba last week. Junior quarterback Aramis Hillary, a first-year starter, completed 16 of 24 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown.
Coastal Carolina on defense: Senior cornerback Josh Norman has 11 career interceptions, eight of them in 2009.
Coastal Carolina on special teams: Coastal is breaking in new kickers this season with a redshirt freshman punter and a transfer sophomore placekicker.
What you should know: Coastal Carolina is a school of 8,700 students in Conway, S.C., which is near Myrtle Beach. The football program is in its ninth year and plays its home games in a 9,000-seat stadium. Coastal Carolina is an FCS (formerly Division I-AA) member and opened this season with a 30-23 victory over Furman.
What you might not know: Coastal Carolina's nickname is one of the more unusual in sports: the Chanticleers. According to the school, a Chanticleer (pronounced SHON-ti-cleer) "comes from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales [and] is a rooster who rules the barnyard with cunning and wit. His competitiveness never wanes as he battles to the end, using his brains to come out on top every time."
Coach: David Bennett, 121-52 in his 16th season as a college head coach, including 58-35 in his ninth season at Coastal Carolina.
Tim Tucker
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Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.
