Anything and everything about Liberty Flames football. Your comments on games, recruiting and the direction of the program as we move into new era.

Moderators: jcmanson, Sly Fox, BuryYourDuke, Class of 20Something

By thepostman
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No matter how you spin it, its sad we have to even worry about Presby, but we do...

FBS ready??? hmmmm..

:D
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By Purple Haize
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#395687
jcmanson wrote:It's hard to predict when we know so little about our own team. Who's our QB? Who's our RB? Who's our WRs?
And most importantly KICKER!
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By jcmanson
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#395695
Presby has a solid football tradition, and a good coach. We have never played well @ Clinton. I fully expect to win, and we should be favored. But it won't be easy.

Honestly, anything less than 9-2 would require us losing to a team less talented than we are. But talent doesn't always win the games. With a new coaching staff, new QB, new WRs, new defensive scheme, etc., it makes sense that we would lose 1 or 2 games which we shouldn't. Especially early on in the season. Put that together with our tough OOC schedule, and it's easy to understand these 6-5 & 7-4 predictions.
By Chris Lang
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#395699
Every team on Liberty's non-conference schedule was in the postseason last year. This is easily the Flames' most difficult non-conference slate in my time on the beat.
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By R i
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#395702
Rocco Leaving is making more sense by the day. Brennan didnt pan out, Asa Fiasco, Tough schedule, Realignment not being concrete, StonyBrook with powerhouse Big South potential.

We might have needed to make a change anyways. Good timing for both parties I guess.
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By BJWilliams
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jcmanson wrote:Presby has a solid football tradition, and a good coach. We have never played well @ Clinton. I fully expect to win, and we should be favored. But it won't be easy.

Honestly, anything less than 9-2 would require us losing to a team less talented than we are. But talent doesn't always win the games. With a new coaching staff, new QB, new WRs, new defensive scheme, etc., it makes sense that we would lose 1 or 2 games which we shouldn't. Especially early on in the season. Put that together with our tough OOC schedule, and it's easy to understand these 6-5 & 7-4 predictions.

+1 to these first two sentences. Even in the early days, the Blue Hose had our number (I think they actually led the overall series going into our game in 07. Yes we have only lost once to them in the last five meetings but our two games in SC have been battles (including the D'oh! game in 2008) so its not so alarming that people are hedging on that game

I wouldnt call Brennan a bust R i. He simply didnt mesh with the current staff which sometimes happens. Yeah he didnt light the world on fire when he got the chance to last year but I wouldnt call him a total waste of a scholarship. As for Stony Brook being a powerhouse...Im still in wait and see mode. They are good but I dont think they are at a point of being far and away better than the rest of the conference much like G-W was early on and then us for a couple years once Rocco settled in
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By R i
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BJWilliams wrote:I wouldnt call Brennan a bust R i. As for Stony Brook being a powerhouse...Im still in wait and see mode.
Brennan didnt pan out
StonyBrook with powerhouse Big South potential
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By jcmanson
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R i wrote:
BJWilliams wrote:I wouldnt call Brennan a bust R i. As for Stony Brook being a powerhouse...Im still in wait and see mode.
Brennan didnt pan out
StonyBrook with powerhouse Big South potential
R i is correct. Beej is not.
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By BJWilliams
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#395709
The potential is there I will agree.
By SuperJon
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#395717
We never played well on the road in small stadiums under Rocco. Hopefully Gill can have our guys up and ready to go when we play places like CSU/PC.
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By bluedevilflame
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#395723
Well WF pulled off an upset against Florida State last year and didn't loose a lot this off season, I don't think we have much of a shot against them. Not to say that I wouldn't love it!
By kiltsareitchy07
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#398289
BJWilliams wrote:they gave us a workout and we gave up a 70 yard TD run to their QB (who has since been suspended)
Dismissed. From the college.
By jlread
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#398352
@ Wake Forest W 21-23(YEP by 1 feild Goal)LOL

Norfolk State W

@ Montana L (Win'able But The Whole LONG TRIP THEIR WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE AWESOME from winning the First 2 games Then Lose)

Lehigh W
BYE
Gardner-Webb* W
Presbyterian W
Concord W
Coastal Carolina W
Charleston Southern W
Stony Brook W (stoney Brook has a beast season But they have both Awesome running backs hurt or Border line hurt so they dont play hard or one doesnt at all)

VMI* W
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By BiggAl57
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jlread wrote:@ Wake Forest W 21-23(YEP by 1 feild Goal)LOL

Norfolk State W

@ Montana L (Win'able But The Whole LONG TRIP THEIR WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE AWESOME from winning the First 2 games Then Lose)

Lehigh W
BYE
Gardner-Webb* W
Presbyterian W
Concord W
Coastal Carolina W
Charleston Southern W
Stony Brook W (stoney Brook has a beast season But they have both Awesome running backs hurt or Border line hurt so they dont play hard or one doesnt at all)

VMI* W
how many points is a feild goal worth? :dontgetit
By jlread
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BuryYourDuke wrote:Tells you everything you need to know about his predictions.

7+7+3+3+3=23 we win by 1 field goal not 3 points
By drumnColby757
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#398436
@ Wake Forest L
Norfolk State W
@ Montana L
Lehigh L
Gardner-Webb*W
Presbyterian L
Concord W
Coastal Carolina W
Charleston Southern W
Stony Brook L
VMI W
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By NotAJerry
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#398439
jlread wrote:
BuryYourDuke wrote:Tells you everything you need to know about his predictions.

7+7+3+3+3=23 we win by 1 field goal not 3 points
Oh dear. That would mean we win ON a FG, not BY a FG.
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By BJWilliams
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#398440
English AND math fail by jlread...
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By jcmanson
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#398508
Is it really that big of a deal? I think we all understood what he meant.
By jlread
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jcmanson wrote:Is it really that big of a deal? I think we all understood what he meant.

HAHA true......thx jc
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By ProudPapa73
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If you think this board is merciless you should see VT, UVA, UR etc!!!
All in good fun.
Go Flames!!!
:football :football :football :football :football
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