Questions about Liberty?

[PonyTime]

Is Rashad Jennings a good pickup in Fantasy Football for this week?

[Sly Fox]

Our QB sat all of last year behind a 4-year starter who has bounced around NFL camps. He led us to a playoff victory two years ago against ... wait for it ... Vad Lee & JMU. Back then he was a run first QB with serious accuracy issues. Through two games this season, we have primarily kept him in the pocket. The dude is a great athlete and really is dangerous in open space.

Our offense line has been banged up but it looks like all of our starters will be a go this week. We had major false start issues at Virginia Tech. Hopefully that is a thing of the past.

As for Rashad, I would never count on that Giant O-Line. But I suspect I don't have to tell a bunch of Cowboy fans that piece of intel.

[Pony Boss]

who are your best players?

Todd Macon - RB

Dante Shells - WR

Juwan Wells - DE

Solomon McGinty - SS (Navasota/Tyler JC)

Chris Turner - CB

Trey Turner - P

This would have much easier the past few years when we had NFL prospects on both sides of the ball. But we don't have as many standouts this year that make you sit up and take notice.

Did Bob Sturm really break his nose on the rim while dunking? Who are the other famous/semi-famous alums besides Sturm and Christian band DCTalk?

Sturm was on campus after my time. I was in school with the DC Talk guys. TobyMac was a captain of our golf team at the time. Sam Ponder is probably the name that will stand out to most of you. NBC5's Pat Doney went to school at LU. Our highest profile player currently in the NFL is Giants RB Rashad Jennings. The only Cowboys from LU were James McKnight & Kelvin Edwards back in the '80s & '90s. Not exactly household names.

As for Liberty folks being high on our chances, we typically do well against G5 schools. JMU is a peer school so that certainly factors into the mindset to a certain degree. Most of our fans are located in the Eastern Time Zone so they don't see much of you guys. But there are a slew of Liberty sumni in Texas like me who have a ton of respect for Coach Morris and your program.

Yeah, Patrick Henry was from just a short drive from our campus. But Lynchburg is usually more connected historically to Thomas Jefferson. History oozes everyhere in Virginia.

As for the art in our suites, I couldn't tell you much. But I can tell you that stadium is exceptionally sweet for an FCS house. We have catch in hand and designs to expand once we finally get an FBS invitation. Almost all of our athletic facilities are AAC quality.

Sunbelt quality you mean?
Your facilities look like what other schools in the Sunbelt have, not the AAC.

[AustinPerson]

Are you surprised that America still exists one year after the SC legalized gay marriage?

[PonyTime]

Our QB sat all of last year behind a 4-year starter who has bounced around NFL camps. He led us to a playoff victory two years ago against ... wait for it ... Vad Lee & JMU. Back then he was a run first QB with serious accuracy issues. Through two games this season, we have primarily kept him in the pocket. The dude is a great athlete and really is dangerous in open space.

Our offense line has been banged up but it looks like all of our starters will be a go this week. We had major false start issues at Virginia Tech. Hopefully that is a thing of the past.

As for Rashad, I would never count on that Giant O-Line. But I suspect I don't have to tell a bunch of Cowboy fans that piece of intel.

My guess is that the stadium noise of Ford will not cause as many false starts for you guys as vs. VA Tech last week...Of course, the Sorority girls in white sundresses could be more distracting though (assuming they choose to enter the stadium).

I had good luck with Pitt TE Eric Green in my lineup back in the early 90s though...

[Pony Boss]

Our QB sat all of last year behind a 4-year starter who has bounced around NFL camps. He led us to a playoff victory two years ago against ... wait for it ... Vad Lee & JMU. Back then he was a run first QB with serious accuracy issues. Through two games this season, we have primarily kept him in the pocket. The dude is a great athlete and really is dangerous in open space.

Our offense line has been banged up but it looks like all of our starters will be a go this week. We had major false start issues at Virginia Tech. Hopefully that is a thing of the past.

As for Rashad, I would never count on that Giant O-Line. But I suspect I don't have to tell a bunch of Cowboy fans that piece of intel.

My guess is that the stadium noise of Ford will not cause as many false starts for you guys as vs. VA Tech last week...Of course, the Sorority girls in white sundresses could be more distracting though (assuming they choose to enter the stadium).

I had good luck with Pitt TE Eric Green in my lineup back in the early 90s though...

The false starts weren't due to stadium noise.

[Charleston Pony]

who are your best players?

Todd Macon - RB

Dante Shells - WR

Juwan Wells - DE

Solomon McGinty - SS (Navasota/Tyler JC)

Chris Turner - CB

Trey Turner - P

This would have much easier the past few years when we had NFL prospects on both sides of the ball. But we don't have as many standouts this year that make you sit up and take notice.

Did Bob Sturm really break his nose on the rim while dunking? Who are the other famous/semi-famous alums besides Sturm and Christian band DCTalk?

Sturm was on campus after my time. I was in school with the DC Talk guys. TobyMac was a captain of our golf team at the time. Sam Ponder is probably the name that will stand out to most of you. NBC5's Pat Doney went to school at LU. Our highest profile player currently in the NFL is Giants RB Rashad Jennings. The only Cowboys from LU were James McKnight & Kelvin Edwards back in the '80s & '90s. Not exactly household names.

As for Liberty folks being high on our chances, we typically do well against G5 schools. JMU is a peer school so that certainly factors into the mindset to a certain degree. Most of our fans are located in the Eastern Time Zone so they don't see much of you guys. But there are a slew of Liberty sumni in Texas like me who have a ton of respect for Coach Morris and your program.

Yeah, Patrick Henry was from just a short drive from our campus. But Lynchburg is usually more connected historically to Thomas Jefferson. History oozes everyhere in Virginia.

As for the art in our suites, I couldn't tell you much. But I can tell you that stadium is exceptionally sweet for an FCS house. We have catch in hand and designs to expand once we finally get an FBS invitation. Almost all of our athletic facilities are AAC quality.

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Facilities would need major upgrade to be at AAC level...especially considering fact that SMU's Ford Stadium is among the smallest in the AAC

https://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cf ... 4&TeamID=9

[Arkpony]

Their 12th Man will be there.

[Sly Fox]

Sunbelt quality you mean?
Your facilities look like what other schools in the Sunbelt have, not the AAC.

No, I mean AAC quality outside of our smallish football stadium. We compare favorably to Temple, Tulane & Tulsa. And almost all of our facilities are new or nearly new as part of nearly a billion dollars in construction projects we have either just completed or are building right now over in Lynchburg. Financially we are one of the healthiest colleges in America and the facilities we are building are one of the most visible results. Our athletic budget exceeds pretty much every school in the Sun Belt and most of C-USA. None of which has helped us get that elusive FBS invitation. It could be argued all that I mentioned above is a primary reason the Sun Belt doesn't want us at their table.

Facilities would need major upgrade to be at AAC level...especially considering fact that SMU's Ford Stadium is among the smallest in the AAC

No argument whatsoever about us in regard to football. We make no claims to be AAC ready from a football standpoint. Now Sun Belt, MAC and CUSA are different stories. I was referring to our overall athletic facilities. Once our new indoor football practice facility, indoor track & field complex, natatorium and basketball training centers are completed in the next few months we will be ready and waiting to break ground on our football stadium expansion and smaller hoops arena that we have ready to roll next.

The false starts weren't due to stadium noise.

I agree completely. That was a matter of a slew of new guys being a bit overwhelmed by the situation. We can only hope that doesn't pop back up again on Saturday.

Their 12th Man will be there.

I'm not quite sure what to expect from Liberty in the crowd. This is the first time in a quarter century that we have playd a game in the Lone Star State. But we have a ton of alumni in Texas and even a small satellite campus in Dallas. Since a significant portion of our roster comes from Texas I suspect we will have a decent number of folks show up who may never see another Liberty game in person outside of the season opener next year at Baylor.

We have a great home atmosphere for an FCS school. We draw around 18k even though it was a tad less last Saturday in Lynchburg. But I doubt many of those folks will make the journey to Dallas even though it is a really cheap flight.

I had good luck with Pitt TE Eric Green in my lineup back in the early 90s though...

I had classes with Eric back in the day and he was alway a riot. He put together a rather nice NFL career between his Pro Bowl days with the Steelers and then a nice run with the Ravens.

Are you surprised that America still exists one year after the SC legalized gay marriage?

No surprise at all. God bless America.

[vielsiehorsepower]

Our QB sat all of last year behind a 4-year starter who has bounced around NFL camps. He led us to a playoff victory two years ago against ... wait for it ... Vad Lee & JMU. Back then he was a run first QB with serious accuracy issues. Through two games this season, we have primarily kept him in the pocket. The dude is a great athlete and really is dangerous in open space.

Our offense line has been banged up but it looks like all of our starters will be a go this week. We had major false start issues at Virginia Tech. Hopefully that is a thing of the past.

As for Rashad, I would never count on that Giant O-Line. But I suspect I don't have to tell a bunch of Cowboy fans that piece of intel.

While Jmu was a good team, the game last year was flopped heavily in their favor by the fact that smu had a horrendous defense that any qb that ran a 4.7 could pile on 85+ on the ground. This years team would beat last year's Jmu by a few possessions.

[Sly Fox]

I agree wholeheartedly. JMU caught you guys at the right place and right time. We understand completely that we have to ball out and have some things fall our way to knock you guys off.

[Rebel10]

From what it looks like JMU was faster than Liberty so it may not be as tough of a game but still SMU has to be prepared.

[Pony Boss]

I agree wholeheartedly. JMU caught you guys at the right place and right time. We understand completely that we have to ball out and have some things fall our way to knock you guys off.

Coming off TCU is a tough place to be. Highly emotional rivalry game and a nice skillet in play every year plus frog legs. You should come to that game if you're a DFW local. Well worth it.

[SMU_Alum11]

Are you surprised that America still exists one year after the SC legalized gay marriage?

Oh brother another SJW

[skyscraper]

Is Jerry Falwell's body embalmed and on display somewhere on your campus?