[Th3rd]

After Jeff's viewing, Mrs. Cider and I headed over to BWW's for dinner and to watch some of the LU-Coastal game, and there was a whole long table of Flame Fans/LUnatics watching the game. I saw Super, Medic, Lefty, & TBGBG, and that's exactly the type of setting Fumble would have loved.

You saw me as well, though you didn't know it haha

[soccer7]

Your right they don't. When they are playing for a trip to the national title game and can only mention very little about it that sucks. They are still in state schools that are 2 hours or less away. Especially JMU since it takes the same amount of time to get to Harrisonburg as it does to get to Blacksburg. Instead we had to hear about "The Redemption Season."

[rant]Dude come live in Richmond for a while. All I hear about is Richmond, VCU, W&M, all of which I understand, but I also hear about ODU, JMU, and George Mason, which makes no sense. They seem to go out of their way to NOT mention LU. But hey that's how it is here in the liberal capital of this commonwealth. [/rant]

+1

[krh44]

Game 2 under way, Teufel on the mound.

[flames1971]

Game 2 under way, Teufel on the mound.

GO FLAMES!

[krh44]

COASTAL CAROLINA 2nd
MOTTER, T. struck out looking.
IGLESIAS, J. struck out swinging.
GILMORE, C. struck out swinging.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.


Need to see more of this!

[krh44]

we are down 4-0 in 7th

[matshark]

Your right they don't. When they are playing for a trip to the national title game and can only mention very little about it that sucks. They are still in state schools that are 2 hours or less away. Especially JMU since it takes the same amount of time to get to Harrisonburg as it does to get to Blacksburg. Instead we had to hear about "The Redemption Season."

Has anyone considered that newspapers are broke and just cant afford to give reporters gas money to head to Harrisonburg or Blacksburg?

Exhibit A why with a Print Journalism Degree i didn't want to work in the news field.

And Chris, I don't doubt that you enjoy all sports (obviously LU included). If you didn't, I don't think you would be working for the Sports Dept. However, it's no secret that the N&A overall usually doesn't have a very high opinion of LU.

I think the coverage of LU (esp. football) in the past couple of years has been quite good. However, it was not always that way. (Think Ken Karcher era and earlier) I'm sure that as the budget shrinks due to paper revenue drying up, more and more of the sports page will be covering LU vs. UVA and VT.

So, do the sports guys in particular want LU to lose? No. Does the paper overall particularly like LU? No. Would the sports guys like LU to make the Regional? Very likely b/c it will be something to report on (and they would get to go if they had the budget for it) I apologize if I made it sound like I thought the current sports guys have a vendetta against LU, because that isn't the case. I hope that clarifies it a bit.

[Chris Lang]

We're cool ... there's no doubt more coverage is going LU's way because we are the only paper that covers that school consistently. Add in the fact that LU has been very good in a lot of sports, and that leads to increased interest, therefore, increased coverage.

[flames1971]

we are down 4-0 in 7th

This BETTER get better.

BEAT COASTAL!

[SuperJon]

Uh, the game's been over for at least twenty minutes.

[flames1971]

Uh, the game's been over for at least twenty minutes.

My bad. Wasn't sure of the time. I guess it proves that "I'm a complete IDIOT!"

[flames1971]

Uh, the game's been over for at least twenty minutes.

My bad. Wasn't sure of the time. I guess it proves that "I'm a complete IDIOT!"

Well, I just checked out libertyflames.com. Why did we have to lose?

[GoCCUChants]

B/C you are not Coastal. Series is ours now its time for the sweep. Go CCU

[SuperJon]

I'm ok with you guys winning the series. I've said all along that we need to win one game. We have to get that tomorrow.

[flames1971]

B/C you are not Coastal. Series is ours now its time for the sweep. Go CCU

I did not ask you.

[krh44]

Down 1-0 in Game 3. A couple of balks helps Chants get the early lead. Another nice catch by Trey

[krh44]

Brown homer ties game at 1

[flames1971]

Down 1-0 in Game 3. A couple of balks helps Chants get the early lead. Another nice catch by Trey

OK Flames....Let's pull this thing together

[krh44]

CCU scores and takes lead 2-1. PJ out of the game on that play.

[krh44]

bases loaded with Anderson at bat

[krh44]

5-1 now

[krh44]

Browning getting abused

[krh44]

5-2 now, Flames leave bases loaded in 7th. Can't do that against a top 25 team and expect to win

[jcmanson]

Well, that was a dissapointing series.

[krh44]

For sure, worst series we had against CCU in the last few years. Thought we would get atleast one this weekend.