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From the fishwrap:

Big South no longer a football pushover

By Chris Lang
Lynchburg News & Advance
July 27, 2007

CONCORD, N.C. - Gardner-Webb was still a relative newcomer to Division I football in 2002, when it went 2-1 to win the inaugural Big South football championship. The other three teams in the conference - Charleston Southern, Liberty and Elon - combined to go 10-24. Forget being a player in I-AA football. The Big South was a blip, at best.

"I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know if the league would make it," Gardner-Webb coach Steve Patton said at Friday's conference media day. "I didn't know if some teams wanted to jump to the Southern or the (Ohio Valley)."

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good read from mr. lang as usual.

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The new TV deals should help the Big South gain more exposure outside of S.Carolina and Virginia.

Thanks to the MASN, I will be able to see Liberty for the first time!