belcherboy
Well-Known Member
So how long until they latch on with the Sun Belt or Conf-USA?
They've tried for well over a decade to break into lower end FBS conferences. No one wants them. Their facilities are immaculate, they have proven a commitment to spend a TON of money on their athletic facilities and programs (especially football), and still no one wants to touch them. IMO (I graduated from Liberty), they are just too polarizing politically for anyone to want to deal with them. (I mean they were among the first to openly welcome candidate Donald Trump on campus)
I think this may be a bad thing for Liberty. Unless they can get someone to bring them into their conference in the near future, or get a group of schools to create a new conference with them, I see them having a TOUGH time scheduling games, especially home games. I mean, what decent FBS program will travel to Lynchburg, VA? They don't have the national reputation of ND or BYU, and don't have the historic prestige of Army. It's going to be rough playing 7-8 road games a year, and 3-4 home games against very low FBS teams or FCS teams, and building a nationally recognized program. Hopefully I'm wrong.
With the way universities seem to have protests these days, I could see bigger programs not wanting the headache of the potential of protest from the students and faculty of their school because Liberty is coming to town. It hasn't happened yet with their scheduling, so maybe it won't be a big deal in future scheduling for Liberty.