As a Liberty alumni I appreciate a real conversation taking place. Usually you’ll have 3-4 people on the opposite side that prevent a substantive conversation from occurring. I think Liberty to the AAC is a possibility but 2 factors will come to play. 1. ESPN: Liberty has a good relationship with ESPN and you can find almost every sport broadcast on ESPN 3.(football, baseball, basketball, volleyball and soccer) Liberty recently signed a new 5 year deal with them. ESPN will have at least some say so into conference realignment. Big 12 pres has called them out over it. ESPN would likely be an ally to Liberty joining. 2: If we can get a campus visit from other presidents in the AAC I think some of the negatives to Liberty would be diminished. The hallway, not hall for creation studies isn’t a big deal and if you’re a Christian of course you believe in creation. When I was there I was taught the theory of evolution and what the Bible says about human origin. If a site visit occurs I would feel really good about our chances.

On a different note, someone questioned whenever Willis graduates will Liberty be able to recruit at a high level. The answer is yes. We already have our next qb on campus. Kaiden Salter, rated the 46th best player last year had over 20 offers. He signed with TN, got into some trouble and then transferred to Liberty. Very similar to Willis, dual threat QB that can throw and run. Also got a DL 4*transfer from Auburn with 4 years left to play. We’ll be fine going forward.