[Jonathan Carone]

I posted most of my positive game thoughts last night. This post is mainly random observations and suggestions:

One of the highlights of the entire night was the majority of the students booing Jerry when he was introduced followed by him just looking totally silly trying to “lead” the band.

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I thought the pregame atmosphere was stale at best. Unless my wife and I both totally missed it, there was no intro video before the team ran out. It was just a forced LU chant from the video board then they ran out. That was disappointing.

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I forgot how different the environment at Liberty games was from other schools. And that’s a good thing! Everything about the entire time in the stadium is positive and energetic. At most schools - especially larger ones - there’s a raucous/edgy atmosphere where everyone is on the verge of arguing or complaining. There are drunk people being obnoxious. The stadium workers are just there. Last night everyone I saw was glad to be there. They were friendly. The game staff was positive and felt like they’d been trained by Chick Fil A. It’s a really great environment that the people of Lynchburg would love if they’d ever come out.

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I wish they’d turn the lights off for the entire break between the third and fourth quarter. Right as the students were starting to turn their flashlights on the lights came back on. That could be a really great tradition.

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I thought it was weird to have LUPD officers walking up and down the aisles the entire night. That made the fun and friendly environment feel... strange. It’s like they were expecting you to be doing something wrong. Everyone else in the stadium was smiling and they were walking around with super serious faces expecting trouble.

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Parking/traffic was great for us. We came off 460, went straight to Doc’s, parked, and were in the stadium within ten minutes. Same when we were leaving.

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I never realized how steep the second deck on the student side was. That’s like climbing a dang mountain, but I bet it’s an incredible view.

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AGG’s mom was fun to be sitting behind. She was super into things. There were also a couple Buffalo fans in our section. They were friendly and cheering for their team in a fun way, not obnoxious.

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I missed halftime, but the band was really good during the game. I had low expectations for them and they were really entertaining. I know they’re mic’d, but moving them to the end zone was a really great move.

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I was never bored. From a game production standpoint, they did a good job mixing together PA music with the band with everything else. I would’ve liked a few more replays but with as fast as our offense plays, I get how hard that can be.

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I’m sure other things will pop up during the week, but those are the things my wife and I talked about on the drive home today.

[TH Spangler]

Only Debbie Downer could turn 12 into a majority. Glad you were able to hit a game Jonathan ..... I must say the band hit it out of the park last night ...... great job!!!

[Purple Haize]

Ill echo the perkiness and friendliness of the game day staff. It feels like the entire event is run by Chick Fil A employees. That’s an awesome thing

Also loved the lights going out and flashing between 3rd and 4th quarter was the start of something great. Doing that with the students turning their cell phone lights on and singing would be great.

The drum corps interacting at halftime was still my favorite thing from last night

And as I said the booing was kinda surprising in its veracity. Mrs Purple put it at about 1/2 the student side. And yes Junior looked goofy ‘leading’ the band.

[A Sea of Red]

I thought the pregame atmosphere was stale at best. Unless my wife and I both totally missed it, there was no intro video before the team ran out. It was just a forced LU chant from the video board then they ran out. That was disappointing.

Yeah that got messed up really bad. Not sure what happened.

[TH Spangler]

I thought the pregame atmosphere was stale at best. Unless my wife and I both totally missed it, there was no intro video before the team ran out. It was just a forced LU chant from the video board then they ran out. That was disappointing.

Yeah that got messed up really bad. Not sure what happened.

They nailed it for Syercuse, something went wrong yesterday.

[TH Spangler]

[JK37]

Marketing needs to find a way to get butts in the seats, even if it means reduced ticket prices. Embarrassing that we had higher attendance numbers against the likes of Presbyterian and Jacksonville.

We didn’t have higher numbers.

And marketing personnel has changed since then. It’ll never be what it once was. Oh well.

[TH Spangler]

Until we put a 10 win team on the field and make some noise the way basketball is our ceiling is probably 20-22k for a p5 and 15k for evryone else. Tech or UVA would pack the place. Not sure ODU travels well enough.

[ballcoach15]

I thought the pregame atmosphere was stale at best. Unless my wife and I both totally missed it, there was no intro video before the team ran out. It was just a forced LU chant from the video board then they ran out. That was disappointing.

Yeah that got messed up really bad. Not sure what happened.

It appeared that the team was waved onto the field too early. Normally the entrance of team is timed down to the exact second.

I sometimes think Sparky should lead team onto field with a motorcycle.

[jinxy]

Great game. Only down side was pathetic attendance. Buck played light years better and the line did as well. Agree on mack and pickett. Frankie just doesnt seem to have the burst he had last year.

This frosh class on D is going to be huge in the future. Showed great potential tonight. Lemonier and AGG are cornerstones. I think they are the most dominant 2 players ive seen since rashad.

[LUAlum1215]

I posted most of my positive game thoughts last night. This post is mainly random observations and suggestions:

One of the highlights of the entire night was the majority of the students booing Jerry when he was introduced followed by him just looking totally silly trying to “lead” the band.

—

I thought the pregame atmosphere was stale at best. Unless my wife and I both totally missed it, there was no intro video before the team ran out. It was just a forced LU chant from the video board then they ran out. That was disappointing.

—

I forgot how different the environment at Liberty games was from other schools. And that’s a good thing! Everything about the entire time in the stadium is positive and energetic. At most schools - especially larger ones - there’s a raucous/edgy atmosphere where everyone is on the verge of arguing or complaining. There are drunk people being obnoxious. The stadium workers are just there. Last night everyone I saw was glad to be there. They were friendly. The game staff was positive and felt like they’d been trained by Chick Fil A. It’s a really great environment that the people of Lynchburg would love if they’d ever come out.

—

I wish they’d turn the lights off for the entire break between the third and fourth quarter. Right as the students were starting to turn their flashlights on the lights came back on. That could be a really great tradition.

—

I thought it was weird to have LUPD officers walking up and down the aisles the entire night. That made the fun and friendly environment feel... strange. It’s like they were expecting you to be doing something wrong. Everyone else in the stadium was smiling and they were walking around with super serious faces expecting trouble.

—

Parking/traffic was great for us. We came off 460, went straight to Doc’s, parked, and were in the stadium within ten minutes. Same when we were leaving.

—

I never realized how steep the second deck on the student side was. That’s like climbing a dang mountain, but I bet it’s an incredible view.

—

AGG’s mom was fun to be sitting behind. She was super into things. There were also a couple Buffalo fans in our section. They were friendly and cheering for their team in a fun way, not obnoxious.

—

I missed halftime, but the band was really good during the game. I had low expectations for them and they were really entertaining. I know they’re mic’d, but moving them to the end zone was a really great move.

—

I was never bored. From a game production standpoint, they did a good job mixing together PA music with the band with everything else. I would’ve liked a few more replays but with as fast as our offense plays, I get how hard that can be.

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I’m sure other things will pop up during the week, but those are the things my wife and I talked about on the drive home today.

A couple things-

While I also heard some boos when Jerry was introduced, the bulk of the noise was the students yelling “JEEERRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYY”. They’ve been doing that in convo for a couple of years now, and at first it definitely sounds like boos but if you listen for it knowing what they’re saying, you can hear it. He did look ridiculous though.

The video wasn’t on the screen, but they played it. There was a technical issue. The audio played but the screen never changed from the Liberty v Buffalo screen.

And yes, the upper east side is stupid steep. Climbing to the top sucks but is worth it.

[CCWMichael]

Looks like the new systems are sinking in to the team!
Only 167 yards passing allowed! Cograts to the entire D and especially the up and coming secondary.

[olldflame]

6 true FR made contributions on D, with Land starting at safety. 4 DBs plus the 2 ends. There are at least a couple more who are going to be good, but aren't quite ready. I was so happy to see Tillmon have a great game. Not saying Cozad did not earn the starting job, but he had 2 tackles in 2 starts and Brandon had 11 last night. I'm sure he will be on the field a lot more going forward.

[badger74]

Solid performance from top to bottom tonight.

Buckshot looked very good tonight and the defense really bounced back.

I'm very pleased with what I saw tonight. It is a shame only 14000 showed up...

Need to lower the GA ticket price. Can't bring a family if cheapest ticket (for this game) was $25. Should be option for $10 tickets to fill up all those empty seats an the ends.

If you bought the $70 season tickets and subtract $40 for the Cuse ticket the rest cost a few bucks each. You can have two free for Hampton game. We sat on the 45 in the East upper deck and nobody said boo as it was half empty. Even had seatback.

[A Sea of Red]

Photo gallery

https://www.aseaofred.com/photo-gallery ... s-buffalo/

[SumItUp]

Link to the replay on ESPN+

https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=e7 ... be4f54d5f1

[LUOrange]

Good:
1. Freeze on the sideline was the clear difference maker IMO.
2. Buckshot was back.
3. AGG and Lemonier are men amongst boys.
Bad:
1. Attendance. OMG!
2. Technical things. Playing the intro video sound while Sparky's still doing L-U. Music and Band not knowing when to stop- they played over the Ref and PA a few times.
3. Freeze should've let Brown throw one!

[A Sea of Red]

Saturday takeaways

https://www.aseaofred.com/saturday-takeaways-buffalo/

[TH Spangler]

I thought our defence was fantastic. D11 and D44 dominate when on the field. I thought Buffalo's freshman qb was very accurate. Our secondary had to be almost perfect. Our running game was almost nonexistent, I believe we had 9 yards rushing going into the 4th quarter. AGG saved us. Looked like HF did like Gill and simplified the offensive play calling some. Buckshot had a good game but is capable of a better one. Had receivers behind coverage and over through them several times. Better than throwing short and being picked through.

[LibertyFam23]

Solid performance from top to bottom tonight.

Buckshot looked very good tonight and the defense really bounced back.

I'm very pleased with what I saw tonight. It is a shame only 14000 showed up...

Need to lower the GA ticket price. Can't bring a family if cheapest ticket (for this game) was $25. Should be option for $10 tickets to fill up all those empty seats an the ends.

Yeah I’m not really sure what the solution is here. We have 3 kids but make it to most home games. So season tickets and kids club averages out way in our favor when Iooking at it per game. They could maybe lower GA cost and increase the perks for ticket holders? I can’t imagine what the Hampton attendance will look like.

[thepostman]

Welcome to the board @LibertyFam23, happy to have you here.

[CCWMichael]

Good:
1. Freeze on the sideline was the clear difference maker IMO.
2. Buckshot was back.
3. AGG and Lemonier are men amongst boys.
Bad:
1. Attendance. OMG!
2. Technical things. Playing the intro video sound while Sparky's still doing L-U. Music and Band not knowing when to stop- they played over the Ref and PA a few times.
3. Freeze should've let Brown throw one!

Pre game was an division III fiasco.

[LibertyFam23]

Welcome to the board @LibertyFam23, happy to have you here.

Thanks for having me on!

[BJWilliams]

Got to watch the game on YouTube and getting BC moving was a great adjustment. He isn't a running quarterback per se, but it helps him more to get him on those short rollouts and quick throws so he doesn't get swallowed up by even three and four man pressures

[bigsmooth]

Good
1. buckshot looked much better
2. AGG is a beast as usual.
3. i like shaa too.
4. concession lines were better but much less attendance.
Bad
1. running game is awful
2. run defense is awful
3. attendance
4. pregame stuff