Rich Chrampanis is WPDE's sports director and host of the End Zone, Hoop Zone, David Bennett Show and Cliff Ellis Show.
David Bennett's weekly press conferences have always been good for a laugh during football season. Now, the rest of the nation is finding out the same thing. Bennett's "Cats and Dogs" clip from Wednesday's press conference leading up to Saturday's game against Catawba became a viral video across the internet. It started with a mention in an SI.com entry. From there it went to Deadspin, Barstool Sports and eventually ESPN. Bennett's clip was featured on SportsCenter throughout Friday as well as Around the Horn and Pardon the Interruption. Here's a sampling of the exposure to the Coastal Carolina football program:
NYTimes.com: Quick as a cat, Coastal Carolina Coach Finds Internet Fame
Coach Bennett on ESPN SportsCenter
SI.com: First national mention of Cats and Dogs
WashingtonPost.com: Bennett wants dogs - no cats - in his huddle
Yahoo: CCU coach demands a locker room full of dogs
Huffington Post: CCU coach goes on rant
Deadspin: Presser of the Year
NBCSports.com: The Truth About Cats and Dogs
NESN: Coastal Carolina coach goes off
Charlotte Observer: Bennett wants dogpile rather than catfight
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Coastal Carolina coach goes viral
Times Free Press (Chattanooga): Coastal going to Dogs
The State: Ron Morris column - Dogs and Cats boost profile of Chants
Charleston Post and Courier: CCU coach goes viral
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