[Sly Fox]

This is a completely different animal than 12 months ago. If we don't have at leats 10k this weekend I'll be VERY disappointed.

[bigsmooth]

no reason to think we will not have a big crowd. UVA is not playing and VT plays at 7.

[FlamingYalieWahoo]

I know this isn't the place for it but - has UVA "played" this year? Apparently UNC will be here for tea and cookies on Thursday - oh boy what a slugfest that will be!!! I'm sure ESPN is regretting that arrangement. Geezz three university alma maters and I can't get consistent football from any of them! But right now LU has the best chance of a successful season of the three and hopefully attendance will continue to soar!

[El Scorcho]

Last year we went from 11.5K to 3K in 1 week.

Last year we didn't have 9k people sit through a tropical depression for the first game of the year either. I think the students this year are having fun at the games, and that's the difference. I'd never been to a truly fun football game at LU until this year. I think plenty of people will show up this week.

[BJWilliams]

We also didn't have the entire city thinking we couldn't beat Our Sisters of Grace and Mercy College

[flafan]

Will the "Family Weekend" do anything to help attendance this weekend?

[LU'sbestmanager]

knowing liberty.... the crowed sizes will decrease because when we lose everyone thinks we suck and stops coming
. it's the same thing in bball.

[SuperJon]

No offense, but this isn't basketball. The team has shown they are good. The atmosphere is different and it's an atmosphere people want to be a part of.

[LU'sbestmanager]

im hoping that your right, because i love cheering with a huge crowd.

[SuperJon]

The students will be there, that's evidenced by the amount of groups on Facebook about kicking and all of that. The Baptist side is the one to worry about, but I think they'll be there.

[LU'sbestmanager]

their section was the only section that was empty on sat

[SuperJon]

We need shirts for the Baptist side.

Front:
LU Football

Back:
If you can't see, stand up.

[El Scorcho]

I'd wear one of those. It seriously feels awkward to be standing on that side of the field sometimes.

[TDDance234]

During that INT in the endzone last week, I think I went partially deaf.

If we could get that on both sides, teams would absolutely DREAD coming into our hourse.

[backintheday]

Flafan asked if "family weekend" would increase the crowd. My wife and I will be coming for the weekend to visit our daughter. There are 3000 discounted tickets available on the "family weekend" registration web page and only about half have been purchased. So there might be a little help for attendance but not a whole lot. I'm really looking forward to seeing a game in the new Rocco era.

[Sly Fox]

You're going to have a great experience if the previous games are any indication. Traditionallt family weekend really hasn't packed Williams with many parents just wanting to hang out with their kids. It'd be great if we could take more advantage of the families on campus. Perhaps there will be some walk-up from the families.

[PAmedic]

bump

[bozlady]

Congratulations Coach Rocco!!! and 14 of our Flames!!

FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
OFFENSE
QB - Tyler Thigpen, Sr., Coastal Carolina
RB - Rashad Jennings, Soph., Liberty
RB - Sean Mizzer, R-Sr., VMI
WR - Maurice Price, Jr., Charleston Southern
WR - Jerome Simpson, Jr., Coastal Carolina
WR - Duvaughn Flagler, Jr., Gardner-Webb
TE - Rodney Burgess, Sr., Coastal Carolina
OL - Brad Poston, Sr., Coastal Carolina
OL - Brian Kepple, Sr., Coastal Carolina
OL - Demario Deese, Soph., Gardner-Webb
OL - Stephen Sene, Sr., LibertyOL - Kris King, Sr., Gardner-Webb
DEFENSE
DL - Brian Johnston, Jr., Gardner-Webb
DL - Sam Harper, Sr., Coastal Carolina
DL - Dennis Justiniani, Jr., Charleston Southern
DL - Eric Hall, Sr., VMI
LB - Jada Ross, R-Jr., Charleston Southern
LB - Jamar Leath, Sr., Coastal Carolina
[b]LB - Manny Rojas, R-Sr., Liberty[/b]LB - Mario E. Brown, Soph., Gardner-Webb
DB - Quinton Teal, Sr., Coastal Carolina
DB - C.J. Hirschman, Jr., Charleston Southern
DB - Daniel Cooke, Soph., Gardner-Webb
DB - Jamaal Walton, Sr., VMI
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK - Hunter Smith, Sr., Gardner-Webb
P - Michael Hanna, Soph., Gardner-Webb
LS - James Coble, Sr., Coastal Carolina
[b]RS - Wynton Jackson, Jr., Liberty[/b]
SECOND-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
OFFENSE
QB - Collin Drafts, Sr., Charleston Southern
RB - Zach Terrell, Soph., Liberty
RB -Aundres Perkins, Sr., Coastal Carolina
WR - Austin Gaines, Sr., Gardner-Webb
WR - Kory Alston, Sr., Gardner-Webb
WR - Brandon Turner, Jr., Liberty
TE - Chris Luck, Jr., Liberty
OL - Ricky Howell, Jr., Charleston Southern
OL - Robert Brown, Jr., VMI
OL - Eddie Pinigis, Jr., Liberty
OL - Jarrett Winfrey, Sr., Liberty[/b][/color]
OL - Alex Bragg, R-Soph., Charleston Southern
DEFENSE
DL - Thurston Lee, Sr., Gardner-Webb
DL - Steve Ackley, Jr., Liberty
DL - Jason Horn, Sr., Liberty
DL - Ronnie Mason, Soph., Coastal Carolina
LB - Stevie Ray Lloyd, Jr., Liberty
LB - Josh Mitchell, Jr., Charleston Southern
LB - Jonna Lee, Jr., Charleston Southern
LB - Mike Pavelko, Soph., Gardner-Webb
DB - Dewitt Myers, Sr., Coastal Carolina
DB - E.L. Estes, Jr., Liberty
DB - Ryan Greiser, Soph., Liberty
DB - Okeba Rollinson, R-Soph., Charleston Southern
SPECIAL TEAMS
PK - Barrett Way, Jr., VMI
P - Adam Peters, Sr., VMI
LS - Matt Skeen, Sr., Gardner-Webb
RS - C.J. Hirschman, Jr., Charleston Southern

ACADEMIC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
Nick Ellis, K/P, Jr., Charleston Southern
Josh Hoke, K, Sr., Coastal Carolina
Hunter Smith, K, Sr., Gardner-Webb
Ryan Greiser, DB, Soph., Liberty
Jacob Rochester, LB, Soph., VMI
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Tyler Thigpen, QB, Sr., Coastal Carolina
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Brian Johnston, DE, Jr., Gardner-Webb
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Tim Maypray, Slotback, VMI
COACH OF THE YEAR
Danny Rocco, Liberty
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
Josh Hoke, K, Sr., Coastal Carolina

[Ed Dantes]

Congrats Coach Rocco!!!

The first of hopefully many Coach of the Year awards.

Also nice to see that 11 of our 14 all-conf selections have at least one year of eligibility remaining...

[whmatthews]

Hopefully our record will improve next season and he can win it two years in a row.

[jcmanson]

Coach got recognized last night during the men's game. The crowd was louder at that point than I think it was all night. Congrats again to coach, and props to the athletic department recognizing him publicly.

[thepostman]

I was surprised with how loud it got for him when he got honored....i guess being here so long and all the negativity that went with football its still hard for me to believe the student body cares...great show of respect for what he has done and he was as classy as ever...i love that guy and I can't wait til the season starts up again

[SuperJon]

He sat in the stands for both games and was a fan. When Brew dunked he went crazy just like the rest of us.

[Libertine]

Coach got recognized last night during the men's game. The crowd was louder at that point than I think it was all night. Congrats again to coach, and props to the athletic department recognizing him publicly.

Yeah, but how was the video?

[SuperJon]

You need to put the freaking thing on YouTube.