[Cider Jim]

All 8 Big South Conference schools will be on campus this time next week competing in the BSC Quiz Bowl tournament that LU has won the past 2 years (8-0 at VMI and 7-1 at Radford). The matches will be played on the first floor of the DeMoss building in rooms 1090, 1101, and 1104 between 9:00- 3:00. BSC Kyle Kallander will be on hand to present the BSC trophy to the tournament champion. LU's varsity team will consist of 4 starters and one alternate:

• Kelly Hamren (capt.)
  Zach Curtis
  Nick Orta
  Robby Mullis
  Sara Davis-Leonard (alternate)

Only one player, Zach Curtis, is a returning starter from last year's varsity team, as we lost 3 seniors to graduation--Dallas Shipp, Zach Smith, and Clay Finley. Sadly, Jeff Taylor is ineligible to play in the BSC tournament because he is a graduate student, but he will be eligible to play the regional College Bowl tournament at Virginia Tech later next month.

We encourage all Quiz Bowl fans to attend and wear either your FF t-shirts or your LUanatics t-shirts to support your home team next Saturday.

[Fumblerooskies]

Bumpity Bump!

Come out and cheer the LU team as it attempts a three-peat on Saturday. Games start at 9 AM in DeMoss first floor (1090 area, I think).

If nothing else, come on out to boo Kalander!

[Fumblerooskies]

Can you say...
...THREE-PEAT!!!!



(I am sure Cider will fill everyone in, later...I just got the call from him as I am in SC)

[Sly Fox]

[RagingTireFire]

If nothing else, come on out to boo Kalander!

I don't know. I think Kallander's been looking pretty good lately. Probably because the only time he gets his picture taken is when he's handing us another trophy.

(yeah, I know that post was just dripping w/ Kool-aid; mmmm, tastes like victory)

[Cider Jim]

Here are Liberty’s scores from yesterday’s 3rd BSC Quiz Bowl championship:

Liberty defeats Radford, 210-100
Liberty defeats VMI, 200-65
Liberty loses to Gardner-Webb, 150-190
Liberty defeats Winthrop, 245-60
Liberty defeats UNCA, 190-60
Liberty loses to CSU, 115-150
Liberty defeats High Point (score TBA)

At the end of the tournament, Liberty, Gardner Webb, and VMI all had identical records at 6-2, but Liberty earned the most points between matches of those 3 teams:

Liberty 350
VMI 290
Gardner-Webb 270

Since Liberty outscored VMI by 60 total points, BSC commissioner Kyle Kallander declared Liberty the champion of the Big South Conference Quiz Bowl Tournament.

[Sly Fox]

Do G-W & Chuck South throw some fellow Baptist mind games on you guys, CJ?

[Cider Jim]

Didn't even think about it, Sly, but the highlight of my morning was having lunch with Kyle Kallander. Fumble, if you had stayed for our tournamennt, you could have had lunch with the good commissioner, too.

[Sly Fox]

Did he explain why G-W was competing even though they don't join the league for another year?

[Fumblerooskies]

Did he explain why G-W was competing even though they don't join the league for another year?

They are an associate member this year for FOOTBALL and QUIZ BOWL.

[Cider Jim]

I think Kyle even tried to get Presby to complete in our tournament.

[PAmedic]

CONGRATS on a GREAT win.

esp the BIG victory over those Keydets!

[Cider Jim]

Results from the BSC Quiz Bowl tournament LU hosted on Saturday, Feb. 2.

Team wins-losses

Liberty 5-2 (champion)
Gardner-Webb 5-2
VMI 5-2
UNCA 4-3
Radford 4-3
Charleston-Southern 3-4
Winthrop 2-5
High Point 0-7

[Fumblerooskies]

High Point and their "better than everyone else in academics" snotty attitude goes 0-fer?

And the school everyone loves to make fun over its academics 3-peats?

Yup...the LANDSCAPE IS REALLY CHANGING

Perhaps the Panthers need to drop back down to CONFERENCE CAROLINAS from whence they came in ATHLETICS and ACADEMICS!

[Cider Jim]

And the school everyone loves to make fun over its academics 3-peats?

And that's with LU losing 3 seniors to graduation from last year's team, meaning 3 of our 4 starters on this year's team were new.

Also, look for a team photo and article about our championship in The Liberty Journal and LU web page, possibly as early as Tuesday.

Here's the press release (with pic) from the Big South Conference office about Liberty's Quiz Bowl tournament victory:

http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArtic ... ID=1381993