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Beating Coastal on Saturday would be.....

The biggest win in Liberty Football History.
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77%
A great win, but not the best.
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Just another win.
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By Purple Haize
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It's a win that puts LU over the hump. As for a single game win against a team, I can think of a handful of others. What the win represents though is huge
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By Purple Haize
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Rooster Cogburn wrote:Bigger that beating the .... Ahem....#1 team in the country for the first ever playoff spot? Praytel?
Does anyone really feel....ahem...they really ARE the best team in FCS? I'd put it up there with the SB win a few years ago and below ASU this year
By thepostman
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It would put us in the playoffs and is against the #1 team in the country. It isn't even close. This would be our biggest win ever.

I know we can debate about CCU and if they deserve the #1 ranking but that doesn't really matter. They are the #1 team in the country and if we beat them we are in the playoffs.

It doesn't get much bigger than that in the regular season.
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By Rooster Cogburn
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thepostman wrote:It would put us in the playoffs and is against the #1 team in the country. It isn't even close. This would be our biggest win ever.

I know we can debate about CCU and if they deserve the #1 ranking but that doesn't really matter. They are the #1 team in the country and if we beat them we are in the playoffs.

It doesn't get much bigger than that in the regular season.
Well said. My thoughts as well.
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By Purple Haize
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Rooster Cogburn wrote:Honestly?? It's hard to weed thru all the Gill bashing and we can't win mess to get to anything rational. So.......not a lot.
Have you seen me bash Gill?
Have you seen me say this would be an easy game?
Look at this next post......
thepostman wrote:It would put us in the playoffs and is against the #1 team in the country. It isn't even close. This would be our biggest win ever.

I know we can debate about CCU and if they deserve the #1 ranking but that doesn't really matter. They are the #1 team in the country and if we beat them we are in the playoffs.

It doesn't get much bigger than that in the regular season.
I agree what it represents is huge but that would be true no matter who we played in this situation. If it was a 'winner take all' game, that would bump it up the scale. If CCU was a legit #1 as well then yes, it would be the biggest game in history. But only 1 of those is true. Although I can see CCU as a Top 10 team for sure.
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By bluejacket
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It is a great win, but not the best in LU football history. There are a few others that equal or surpass it.

Coastal is a very good team (top 10), but they are not the best team in the country.
By thepostman
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How is the a debate? I get that they probably aren't really the best team but they are a legit top 10 team which would be a big win by itself but combine that if we win we are in the playoffs for the first time in our history it clearly moves it into the biggest win in program history.

Which is why I don't think we will win...
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By bluejacket
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jcmanson wrote:Please argue for another game that is bigger... I'll be waiting...
Eastern Michigan 1989 and App. State 2014 are bigger. Stony Brook 2012 is at least equal and probably bigger.
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By Purple Haize
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jcmanson wrote:Please argue for another game that is bigger... I'll be waiting...
Every FBS win
The first game in history
The first win
Beating SB
The first game we won to 'Win' the BSC Championship.

If we had to beat Gardner Webb to get into the play offs the game would hold no more or less significance. If it kept CCU out or they were truly the best team in the country than yes. But they are not so, while a big/huge game, not yet the biggest.
By thepostman
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This win getting us into the playoffs combined with the fact they are a top 10 team is what makes it the biggest win. If you focus on only one of those areas then clearly it is not but with those reasons combined it makes it the biggest game in our programs history.
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By bluejacket
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Purple Haize wrote: Every FBS win
The first game in history
The first win

Beating SB
The first game we won to 'Win' the BSC Championship.
You are absolutely right about those two. I'm not sure about Ball State being better, but it is definitely equal, too.
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By Purple Haize
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thepostman wrote:This win getting us into the playoffs combined with the fact they are a top 10 team is what makes it the biggest win. If you focus on only one of those areas then clearly it is not but with those reasons combined it makes it the biggest game in our programs history.
Don't question your :flamingdevil

You can put this in the Top 5
By From the class of 09
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This would be the biggest program win simply because of what it would do for the program aka playoffs.

The only good argument you can make (and it would be a good one) is that it wouldn't be the best team we've ever beat.

Ball St, App, Eastern Michigan, SB all could be argued that they were better team.
By ATrain
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I rank it as out biggest FCS victory ever, but beating Eastern Michigan, Ball State and Appy were bigger wins.

The result from this win, though, would be bigger than the results from the other wins.
By SuperJon
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From the class of 09 wrote:The only good argument you can make (and it would be a good one) is that it wouldn't be the best team we've ever beat.
It will not be the best team we've ever beaten but will be the biggest win.
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