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Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-15T19:00:02-06:00

Liberty hired Baylor's AD fresh off of the sexual assaults scandal, right?

Par for the course. Their President endorsed Trump!

Statistics: Posted by BoiseBYU — Mon May 15, 2017 7:00 pm

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-15T17:27:08-06:00

Liberty hired Baylor's AD fresh off of the sexual assaults scandal, right?

Statistics: Posted by Mars — Mon May 15, 2017 5:27 pm

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-15T15:49:11-06:00

Liberty to Pay ODU $1.3M for Game in Lynchburg

The $1.32M to be paid to Old Dominion is more than Alabama's previous record for a payday home game. Liberty has money and they aren't afraid to spend it.

I wish BYU would spend some money to get more home games against decent competition.

Statistics: Posted by YNot — Mon May 15, 2017 3:49 pm

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-15T13:34:20-06:00

And apparently during Trump's commencement address at Liberty he announced their schedule which (obviously) includes BYU.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Mon May 15, 2017 1:34 pm

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-15T08:37:45-06:00

I don't think you can overlook the fact that Liberty is only one of 5 FBS independents AND a private Christian university that doesn't play on Sundays. Their stated goal is to become THE flagship university for Evangelical Christians. What BYU is to the LDS community. From that perspective, they have a ton in common with BYU.

And, Liberty is putting $$$$ into its football program and facilities. They expect to have a stadium of 35K capacity by the 2022 season.

Also, there are lots of BYU fans and alumni within driving distance of Lynchburg. It's within 3-4 hours of fans and alumni throughout Virginia, Maryland, and North Carolina. Within 6-7 hours of Atlanta, New York, Nashville, and Columbus.

Statistics: Posted by YNot — Mon May 15, 2017 8:37 am

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-15T06:12:14-06:00

Why play there?

Maybe as a way to reward those thousands of us who attended the WVU game last year and the UVA game three years ago?

Statistics: Posted by Ygridiron4ever — Mon May 15, 2017 6:12 am

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-13T20:01:37-06:00

Why not?--that will be one of the first "light" games on the schedule and the only trip east of Salt Lake City in 2022. I know people love the thought of big timing smaller schools with a 1:done or 2:1, but sometimes not doing something just because you are able to comes back in a good way down the road. And the fans in the Virginia area will love another game they can get to since the team will be in Lynchburg in 2022 and Charlottesville in 2023.

Statistics: Posted by Fido — Sat May 13, 2017 8:01 pm

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-13T16:12:25-06:00

Why play there?

The only thing I can come up with is that TH either wants to help a fellow independent team, or he likes playing a game in Lynchburg, VA. Otherwise, it makes no sense at all. I'm not saying those are good reasons by the way.

I always remember when I first heard of Liberty University. I'm a Browns fan and Sam Rutigliano was the coach for Cleveland from 1978-1984, probably about the best years for the team post the mid 60's when they won the NFL championship. Rutigliano was named the NFL Coach of the Year in 1980. In 1984, after a 1-7 beginning, he was fired. After working for NBC and ESPN for 3 years, he then went to coach the Liberty football team for the next decade.

Liberty University was at one time the ONLY other college in modern day to oppose playing sports on Sundays.

Statistics: Posted by EM_Puma — Sat May 13, 2017 4:12 pm

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-13T15:07:05-06:00

Why play there?

Statistics: Posted by Mars — Sat May 13, 2017 3:07 pm

Re: BYU - Liberty schedule a 2 game series

2017-05-13T13:49:36-06:00

Disappointed we would schedule a school that rewarded the Baylor AD that helped to cover up the sexual assault problems at that school with the same job.

I'd rather play 2 FCS teams in a year.

Statistics: Posted by mormonrasta — Sat May 13, 2017 1:49 pm