(02-17-2017 11:59 AM)MplsBison Wrote:  

(02-16-2017 06:34 PM)SlyFox Wrote:  We just opened up your long sought after path to FBS and you are cheering against us? Interesting.

You didn't open anything.

Liberty -- by far -- has a very unique situation among to FCS programs: no one else has 100k undergrads paying tuition, to finance such a move. I might be exaggerating somewhat, but the point is correct. No other school has nearly the cash to just snap their fingers and do this, especially as an independent. (or to pay the lawyers to sue the NCAA)

(02-16-2017 07:19 PM)NoDak Wrote:  The situation looks bleak for FCS. No self respecting FCS school will want to stay if the division loses five or ten top attendance teams.

Even if that were true, and that were the case ... how many of those "self-respecting" FCS schools could afford a move up????? Very few.

(02-16-2017 07:22 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Well you've got your path to FBS, if you want it. And you think you can schedule it.

If only it were free!

(02-16-2017 10:08 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  Somehow I doubt that Liberty will have any trouble setting a schedule.

Maybe.

P5 aren't going to play at Liberty, even for 3-for-1 deals.

Liberty has to try to get G5 teams to come to Lynchburg. Could offer them 2-for-1's, or could offer them straight cash. I personally hope no G5 take the deal, but as a Minnesota fan you learn very quickly that you rarely get what you want.

One thing going for me, at least, is that FBS schedules (in particular P5) are often scheduled well far in advance. So maybe there just aren't that many opportunities for 2018. But one "easy" target for Liberty will be FBS independents. It just has to get NM St, UMass, and Army to come to Lynchburg in 2018.

It will get more interesting for 2019.

Regarding scheduling, if I'm Liberty, I'd have some Transgendered access plan for visiting fans. My strong advice is to not do it in a way that humiliates the Trans community. This wasn't an issue in the past, but times change, as BYU can attest. Remember that there are LGBT student, faculty and alumni groups at most, if not all, of the schools LU will seek to schedule. LU's stated ban on Jews and married LGBT persons in all athletic employment is going to cause problems too.

I can see UMass having internal pushback with playing LU if changes aren't made. If desperate, they'll play them, but if there's pushback, it could cause issues. UMass has 11 games and 6 road games scheduled for 2018, BTW. Army has 11 games schedules and 6 of them are away from West Point. Neither BYU nor ND have slots now.