[PAmedic]

ok. we gotta have a thread on this guy, so I'm gonna start it by bringing over some stuff from our "old house"!

here's the intro on him that SLY posted last November, when everything started to really go south for the team.
http://libertysports.proboards29.com/in ... 1131984777

Here is Chris' Monday story from the fishwrap on our freshman phenom:

Flames see QB of the future in Smith

By Chris Lang
Lynchburg News & Advance
November 14, 2005

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Liberty University freshman quarterback Brock Smith wasn’t perfect Saturday. He fumbled an exchange from center Mike Godsil. His third-down pass to Dominic Bolden was high and out of the receiver’s reach late in the fourth quarter.

So there are two flaws right there. But you’d have to look pretty hard to find any other problems with the freshman’s game against Charleston Southern.

He completed 20 of 31 passes for 315 yards and three touchdowns, marking the first time in four years that a Flame QB eclipsed the 300-yard mark in a game.

And he showed poise befitting a senior, not a rookie making just his second career start.

In the first quarter, with his team trailing 15-2 to Charleston Southern, Smith didn’t panic. Instead, he made a play when nothing was there.

Facing third-and-20 from his own 36, Smith took the snap and immediately felt heat from the blitzing Charleston Southern defense. He slipped away from the first touch and began to roll left, shaking off another CSU defender.

On the run, off his back foot, he fired a perfect 30-yard pass to wide-open receiver Wynton Jackson, and Jackson sped untouched to the end zone for a touchdown.

“It was a busted play,” LU coach Ken Karcher said. “It’s not like we told him, ‘roll to your left and throw off your other foot 60 yards.’ But he made a play. That’s why he’s had two good weeks because he knows how to do that.”

In the fourth quarter, Smith’s instincts were on display again.

On third-and-5 from midfield, Smith was in trouble again. CSU brought the heat, and two Bucs had Smith in their grasp. Instead of panicking or getting careless with the football, Smith looked for an out.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw running back Rod Fluellen and flipped the ball toward the running back.

Instead of taking a 5-yard sack, the Flames had a 13-yard gain and a first down.

“I got drilled, and there he was,” Smith said. “We just made a play.”

It’s those instincts that give Smith the chance to be the best quarterback Liberty has had since the mid-1990s, when LU signal-callers regularly threw for more than 2,000 yards in a season.

“At halftime, we talked about how we were right in the game, and that we hoped some inexperience at that position (for LU) would give us a little bit of an advantage in the second half,” CSU coach Jay Mills said. “But he played with a lot of maturity, and he’s going to be a force to be reckoned with in future years.”

The next task for Smith: Finding a way to lead his team to victory.

He thought he had done just that Saturday.

Instead, he watched helplessly as Liberty’s defense gave up two long touchdown drives in the fourth quarter as Charleston Southern rallied for a 31-30 win.

Even so, Liberty is sure it has found its quarterback of the future.

He’s got one more chance to lead LU to a victory - next Saturday at Norfolk State.

“We’re all going to be here next year,” Smith said. “We’ve got to find a way to finish games. We’ve got to do something.”

http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Sate ... th=!sports

[PAmedic]

http://libertysports.proboards29.com/in ... 1131999174

Smith Named Big South’s Top Freshman Again

November 14, 2005 · Lynchburg, Va.

Liberty University football player Brock Smith has been named the Big South Conference’s Freshman of the Week for the Flames’ second-straight game, honoring his play against Charleston Southern last weekend.

Smith (QB, Fr., 6-3, 240, Hershey, Pa.) completed 20-of-31 pass attempts for 315 yards and three touchdowns to become the eighth quarterback in school history to record a 300 yard passing game and the first since current assistant coach Biff Parson threw for 321 yards against South Florida on October 27, 2001.

In just his second career start, Smith recorded the eighth most passing yards in a game by a Big South Conference player and the second most against a fellow conference opponent. It also marked the first time since the 2003 season that a Liberty quarterback recorded three touchdowns in a game.

This marked the second-straight game that Smith has been named the league’s Big South Freshman of the Week as he was also named the league’s top weekly rookie after playing Gardner-Webb on October 30 when he passed for 261 yards (17-of-26) against the Bulldogs.

Liberty has dominated this year’s Big South Freshman of the Week awards as a Flames football player has taken home the awards six times out of 11 weeks, including twice by Smith (Nov. 1 and Nov. 14), twice by Zach Terrell (Sept. 12 and Oct. 10) and once by Patrick Calvary (Oct. 24) and Rod Fluellen (Sept. 5).

Smith and the Flames will conclude their 2005 campaign this Saturday as they travel to Norfolk, Va., to take on Norfolk State for a 1 p.m. contest.

Brock Smith has been named this week's Big South Freshman of the Week, honoring his efforts against Charleston Southern.

[auntie ann]

Ok Medic, now that is a good topic, he has been sick with Mono, but is on the road to recovery. Glad to see my nephews name.. Hope he is on the field soon.. Hope all of you guys are doing well. Auntie Ann

[PAmedic]

I knew we could bait you into coming back! GREAT to see ya- register and jump in- the water's warm (I think SJ pee'd in the pool)

[SuperJon]

That happened last week. The water should've cooled off by now.

[Hold My Own]

Tally would say the color coming out was a CCU teal! LoL

all in fun....but really I hope he gets back to health and this doenst sneak up on him when he thinks he's clear...Mono is crazy how it can shut someone down for so long then they'll be healed and a few months later they have a relapse

[PAmedic]

I don't believe you ever REALLY get over it. Thats one of those real weird ones that sticks w/ you forever.

[- Aunt Annie -]

U I agree with you about MONO, it is really tough had it when I was Brock's age and feel that I was sick for a really long time afterward, had some symptoms that seem to never go away. He lost a lot of weight, could not even swallow water, he finally improved when they put him on steroids, he felt good knowing you guys were asking about him. He went to his girlfriends house in North Carolina for Easter, and said he ate a ton of food, so that was a real good sign. Kill Bill was really getting him strong before he got ill, he was looking like one big dude. I think he should get strong again in time. I will keep you guys posted. Aunt Annie

[bigsmooth]

they call gillespie "kill bill"????

[Libertine]

they call gillespie "kill bill"????

Ever since the very first conditioning drill.

[- Auntie Ann -]

I love the slyfox picture, and really want to come kiss Jerry. Auntie Ann