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Originally Posted by Go...gate
They'd have a decent geographical neighbor in Navy if Navy upgrades.
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Originally Posted by Go...gate
They'd have a decent geographical neighbor in Navy if Navy upgrades.
We just opened our own rink on campus and we have had a strong club program for twenty years. We probably will go full scholie in hockey int he next few years.
I think many I-AA fans would be shocked to see what have going on overall in Lynchburg. But its tough for many to get over their derision of Falwell to ever think of Liberty in a positive light. I understand that but obviously I have a different viewpoint.
come on............you average 6k reported for footballQuote:
Originally Posted by Sly Fox
I have been to 3 LU games over the last 5 years.........I never seen OVER 5k in the stands. Crazy Jerry and LU in I-A....no way
As I mentioned in the JMU scheduling thread, there is no denying our attendance has been anemic the past 5-6 years. There's no denying it. But the program had fallen to such great depths its hard to blame casual fans for not showing up. But I'm confident we're taking the right steps to turn things around. A new staff and a strong influx of talent to a team that was starting nearly all freshmen & sophomores this past fall is giving us plenty of reason for hope. And much like many schools, we have a big bandwagon element on our campus. If we starting winning again we will draw just fine at the I-AA level.
As for I-A standards, if you look at many of the borderline I-A programs they have similar issues. Nobody's implying we're going to run 60k. But you don't have to pull that many to qualify for I-A status. With proper marketing we'll be fine.
I was reading some of the rules that Liberty imposes on their students from 'The Liberty Way' section of www.liberty.edu. It is pretty dang strict. Pants all the time, hair cannot touch the ears, convocation daily... I think the Captain would fit in perfect!
The only thing that disappoints me about this would be that Liberty leaves our I-AA world for the I-A pipe dream. I can't begrudge LU wanting to do the best it can for itself, and will wish them luck, but who of us wants to see a team leave I-AA. :(
However, as a college hockey fan, the idea of Liberty joining the D-I ranks is very exciting. Hopefully they get on that and join the CHA soon to save their autobid.
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Why so? History certainly doesn't support that statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by UNH 40
Not necessarily in the sense that they have to win a national championship but I do think they need to demonstrate they can be competitive at the current level. If they don't improve their program and draw more fans, an effort to move up would be foolish.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigApp
If FIU and FAU can do it. Then so should Liberty.
I am pretty familiar with what UConn had to do in order to make the jump. They have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into their program to build a state of the art 40,000 seat stadium (natural grass) and their two football practice facilities. I would not be surprised if Boise State and Nevada did about the same. All three of those schools had already existing fanbases. UConn didn't have a huge football following before the move but they are up 32,000 season season ticket holders and they are already talking about expanding the stadium to 50 or 60,000 seats.
Liberty will need to spend millions of dollars in private donations to match these kinds of efforts. Plus I am not sure where the fanbase is going to come from, but if Christian Rock is so successful then maybe Liberty football can be :D