Liberty University Moving From FCS to FBS Independent

[Drew]

hey... something happened!

 

[Drew]

 

[shizzle787]

Fake news. How is this even possible if they don't have a conference invite?

 

[shizzle787]

Fake news. How is this even possible if they don't have a conference invite?

Take it back. They got a waiver. This is ultimately good news for us as it shows that anti-trust concerns are alive and the P5 isn't leaving anytime soon.

 

[sportsart]

They better hope the former Baylor AD doesn't have an skeletons in the closet. How did he manage to escape the carnage in Waco? Without looking it up, he must be clean.....so far.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Isn't Liberty the Jerry Falwell one?

 

[MattMang23]

Welcome to the AAC in 2020.

 

[Adios]

Isn't Liberty the Jerry Falwell one?

Yup.

They'd probably go to the Sun Belt first.

 

[Waquoit]

If we end up in a league with Liberty...

 

[billybud]

Liberty may go independent....they may find it as much of a fiasco as Florida A&M's ill fated and short experiment with FBS was...

Timing is everything. Sometimes the jump goes smoothly, as it has for Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. Sometimes you stumble out of the gates, like Florida International or Western Kentucky.

And sometimes it goes to hell like at FAMU....


And then at FAMU....."

Before 2004 was over, the university saw this had been a mistake. The athletic director who conceived and fast-tracked the idea had resigned. The school had a new president. Officials groveled to the MEAC (which was never particularly happy with the "independent in football, MEAC in everything else" arrangement) to earn football membership in the conference back.

 

[Drew]

They better hope the former Baylor AD doesn't have an skeletons in the closet. How did he manage to escape the carnage in Waco? Without looking it up, he must be clean....so far.