The Myrtle Beach Bowl is a bowl game that two teams certainly wouldn’t mind making every year, as the two participants get to celebrate their seasons and play one final game at a beautiful location. But beach vibes aside, this is a college football game that the two teams in it will want to win. Here, we take a look at this year’s Myrtle Beach Bowl along with the brief history of this relatively new entry into the bowl season.
Coastal Carolina vs UTSA Over 55.5 (-110)
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- Both of these teams have gone over the total in at least 58% of their games on the season.
- UTSA’s defense has been all over the place this season and we expect them to struggle in what is basically a true road game.
2024 Myrtle Beach Bowl Analysis
This year’s Myrtle Beach Bowl will pit the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers against the UTSA Roadrunners. Both of these teams went 6-6 this season and barely made it into bowl season despite plenty of ups and downs throughout the 2024 season. The question going into this game will be whether or not anyone can get stops on defense consistently enough to win this matchup from Myrtle Beach.
The other question going into this game is whether or not home-field advantage becomes a significant factor in favor of Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers are playing in their home territory in this contest, which should at least in theory help them to get a win. But UTSA is more than capable of going on the road and taking care of business and it will be interesting to see whether the locals show up in support of the Chanticleers to help them get over the hump as underdogs in this game.
Myrtle Beach Bowl History
The Myrtle Beach Bowl has only been around since 2020, making it one of the newer bowl games in college football. This game is one with tie-ins for Conference USA, the Sun Belt, and the MAC. However, there have been instances where independents like UConn have also appeared in this game. Below is a list of previous winners of this game.
| Year | Bowl Winner | Bowl Runner-Up |
| 2020 | Appalachian State | North Texas |
| 2021 | Tulsa | Old Dominion |
| 2022 | Marshall | UConn |
| 2023 | Ohio | Georgia Southern |
Bowl Game MVPs
There have only been a handful of MVPs of this bowl game all-time, because this is such a new game in the college bowl schedule. But there have been a few players who have earned the honor and those players can be found below.
| Year | MVP | Team |
| 2020 | Camerun Peoples | Appalachian State |
| 2021 | Davis Brin | Tulsa |
| 2022 | Rasheen Ali | Marshall |
| 2023 | Rickey Hunt Jr. | Ohio |
