[SuperJon]

First off, no one even mention the playoffs. We will have to go 10-1 to have a chance. With Glenville St and SSU on the schedule, it hurts us A TON in terms of playoffs.

Coastal loses a lot but they have some talent coming back.
CSU loses Drafts who was pretty much their only player.
GWU has a ton of returning players.
I know nothing about VMI except they will have another year in the option.

My conference predictions:

1) Coastal - they lose a lot but they've won it three years in a row. Someone has to knock them off before they lose that title. I think it'll be possible next year, but they have to be the favorites.
2) Liberty - 2-2 this year with the two losses coming by a combined 5 points. We don't lose much at all. Personally, I think we can win the conference next year but until we can beat Coastal we have to be ranked behind them.
3) GWU - They were good this year, they're only going to get better.
4) CSU - They lose Drafts. Enough said.
5) VMI - They're going to be good. However, it's a military school, and with military schools come problems having a winning football team.

Any team in this conference can win any game. There's no team that is head and shoulders above another.



A few things I would like to see at Liberty:

EVERYONE WEAR RED!!!! It looks a lot better when everyone has the same color on. It looks unified.

With that being said, a white out or something like that would be a lot of fun.

Please, for the life of me, do something to encourage students to go to away games. I'm willing to stake my grades from this semester that I was one of the few who knew student tickets were $7 and not $17. It was an hour away and there were barely any students there. With the in-state game next year at W&M and a close game at Elon, we should be able to get a lot of students there. If they're going to claim buses are too expensive then they (Student Flames Club or someone) need to do something to organize car pools and let students know if the other school has student pricing for their tickets. We had a good crowd at VMI today. Imagine if we had students there to back them up.

Move the band one section over closer to the old field house. I love the band, we have a very good one. However, it's just hard to coordinate things during the game with the band right there in the middle of us and not being able to walk across the front row to tell another section something. A unified student section would look and sound better.

Tailgating will be better, that's a given.

I'm sure I'll think of more.

[Coastal89]

Congrats on the great turn around this year. I know y'all are excited about the future. Hopefully we can reload instead of having to rebuild, I don't want to be 6-5 or worse next year.

[SuperJon]

Richardson's too good for 5 losses.

[01LUGrad]

Move the band one section over closer to the old field house. I love the band, we have a very good one. However, it's just hard to coordinate things during the game with the band right there in the middle of us and not being able to walk across the front row to tell another section something. A unified student section would look and sound better.

I still vote they move the band onto the field. Put them in temp stands in front of the visitors' locker room. That would create more seating for students, allow the band to be heard on the students' side, and take away the band's excuse for not doing anything during the 3rd quarter. That is a joke. There aren't any high school bands who take the 3rd quarter off to celebrate a good performance. The band's performance is over at the end of the game after we all sing the fight song.

[SuperJon]

They can stay in the stands and still be back by the time the 3rd quarter starts. I like them in the stands because they're students so they should be with us.

[BJWilliams]

WEll hey if you got a beef with the band I'll PM you Dr Kerr's email address. If YOU have a beef with the band, take it up with him. Heck if you want you can come by his office and talk to him about it. If he's in there his door is open so you can go down there and vent your frustration about the band not being there during the 3rd quarter that way.

[PeterParker]

Liberty needs to start establishing gameday atmosphere and football traditions now while they are in the building phase to a more prominent program in the next 15-20 years.

Here is how you do a Red Zone or White Out: (the Navy Brigade)

[bigsmooth]

all good thoughts SJ. you have been a catalyst for the students this year, and it will get better...patience my brother. BJ..do't be defensive my man. the band does a great job, but those ideas are not bad ideas. it is all in the realm of improving the gameday atmosphere at the bill

[PAmedic]

The band is great, but I'm telling you they need to be in the North Endzone. Popular opinion or not, the students need to fill in that section for continuity (and to better annoy the opposition)

this from a former bando.