Coastal Carolina has gone from the hunter to the hunted this season with its move to the Football Bowl Subdivision, and the Chanticleers were easy game Saturday night at Brooks Stadium.
Coastal became a notch in the belt of Western Illinois, a Football Championship Subdivision program that manhandled the Chants in a 52-10 rout.
The result shows Coastal (1-2) has a long, long way to go in on its way to becoming a competitive team at the FBS level.
The Chants were outgained 510-307, and the loss is Coastal’s worst since a 48-14 loss to North Dakota State in the 2013 FBS playoffs.