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Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
Ed Dantes wrote:There was an apocryphal story saying that a Christian athlete from way back when was looking at one of two schools, Liberty or Florida State. After expressing his situation to Bobby Bowden, Bowden told him that he'd be more effective as a Christian at a secular place such as Florida State than at Liberty. That guy chose Florida State. His name? Charlie Ward.I had never heard that about Lang before......
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My last year at LU, we were looking at two basketball players who were seriously considering us. For one guy, it was the NBA, Louisville, or Liberty; for the other, it was Liberty or Missouri. We didn't get either, regrettably. The first guy, a 6-10, 300 lb. center named James Lang, went pro, although his stock fell right before the draft. He went to New Orleans, got injured, and bounced around the pros and the d-league before getting released. The other guy, a Lithuanian named Linas Kleiza, went to Missouri for two years going pro. He's now averaging 11 / 4 for the Denver Nuggets.
Oh, and our baseball team recruited former Atlanta Braves hurler John Rocker. No joke.
cjsweat wrote:Bleacherreport is a very legit source.
LUconn wrote:one time, I heard Dwight Howard got interviewed in High School and said he really liked Liberty University.That was the University of North Carolina. He may have liked LU to a point, but I remember reading he would have gone to UNC if he didn't go pro. IIRC, he is or was enrolled at UNC while in the NBA.
LUconn wrote:UNC and Duke fans say that about every major basketball player who didn't go to college.Ha, ha. I know, but this was actually printed...not just your usual rumor mill.
--Fumble (1961-2009), RIPSly Fox wrote:I'll ask Charlie the next time I see him. But I could swear the Bobby Bowden QB story was tied to Casey Weldon.I think you are right about the story being related to Casey.
jcmanson wrote:It was during his freshman year at Michigan. I'm sorry, I should have clarified. She and her friends said that he wanted to come to Liberty but there was too much "opportunity" at Michigan.SumItUp wrote: An LU student and high school friend (Lisa) of his used to call him from my apartment. She talked, I paid the bill.Isn't that against NCAA regs?
Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.
jcmanson wrote:I think the NCAA's official stance is, if it had to do with Chris Webber, it's against their regs.SumItUp wrote: An LU student and high school friend (Lisa) of his used to call him from my apartment. She talked, I paid the bill.Isn't that against NCAA regs?
Sly Fox wrote:I'll ask Charlie the next time I see him. But I could swear the Bobby Bowden QB story was tied to Casey Weldon.Oh. You're probably right. But it would be cool if it was Charlie Ward, right? Huh? Never mind...
