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By vicfirth1989
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SFC,

Please join us for a press conference in the third-floor Club Pavilion in the Williams Stadium Football Tower at 1:00 tomorrow (Thursday, 12/15) to introduce Turner Gill as your new head football coach!

The former Nebraska star quarterback comes to Liberty following his previous head coaching experience at Kansas and Buffalo, and becomes the eighth head coach in program history.

In addition to introducing Coach Gill, Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. and Athletics Director Jeff Barber will also make a special announcement about the future direction of your football program.

Please help us welcome Coach Gill and his family to Liberty by attending the press conference at 1:00 tomorrow in the Club Pavilion!

Thank you for your support of Liberty Flames Football!



I wonder what the special announcement is?

And welcome Coach Gill!!!!!!!!!
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By PAmedic
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In addition to introducing Coach Gill, Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. and Athletics Director Jeff Barber will also make a special announcement about the future direction of your football program
oh good lawd my heart can't take it

I may wet my pants
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By Cider Jim
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I'm guessing either more stadium expansion or a new conference affiliation.
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By SeoulFlame
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My alarm is set for 2am. Exciting times to be a Flame! My guess is conference change. That may have helped us get coach Gill. We shall see!
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By jcmanson
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Cider Jim wrote:I'm guessing either more stadium expansion or a new conference affiliation.
HAS to be one of these 2
By ballah09
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Rocco said he expected a FBS announcement soon.
UVa-Liberty match-up, “sheer numbers, all of a sudden, are pushing that to 2016 [or] 2017,” Rocco said. “I think in the not-too-distant future, [the Flames] will make an announcement about making a move to FBS. How long it takes to get that done is out of my hands.”
:pray
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By rueful
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Dang, Flamefans sucks at finding stuff out. I thought this site was at least SOMEWHAT accurate.

Presser at 1, not 1:30, COME ON GUYS
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By 01LUGrad
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Holy crap! For the first time in my life I might check my phone while I am supposed to be teaching. Shhhhhh!
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By Purple Haize
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rueful wrote:Dang, Flamefans sucks at finding stuff out. I thought this site was at least SOMEWHAT accurate.

Presser at 1, not 1:30, COME ON GUYS
I should just be getting out of surgery.!
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By rueful
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In all honesty, about the special announcement Chancellor Falwell will make, it says its about the Liberty Football program, so I kind of feel like a new conference or FBS jump is probably ruled out as that would affect all athletics, no?
By bradyfan
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Crap....I'm going to be on the road on a business trip until around 5 tomorrow. Can't watch it live...
By bradyfan
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rueful wrote:In all honesty, about the special announcement Chancellor Falwell will make, it says its about the Liberty Football program, so I kind of feel like a new conference or FBS jump is probably ruled out as that would affect all athletics, no?
Not necessarily...many schools are moving to FBS in only football and staying with their other conference for all other sports.
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By rueful
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also, would love to get an honest answer from Gill, had he ever heard of Liberty until the last 9 days?
By From the class of 09
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rueful wrote:also, would love to get an honest answer from Gill, had he ever heard of Liberty until the last 9 days?
In the FCA and Baptist circles he runs in I honestly would think yes with this alone. When you throw in the fact he took one of our coaches you know he knew about Lib.
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By PAmedic
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if its CUSA I'm taking a year off and buying a Winnebago.
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By ToTheLeft
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Would have to be CUSA, MAC, or Sun Belt.

I'd be okay with any of them. Hope we schedule Colorado State for a home and home!
By SuperJon
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rueful wrote:also, would love to get an honest answer from Gill, had he ever heard of Liberty until the last 9 days?
He hired Wimberly from Liberty four years ago so he had to have heard of it.
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