It started with a busted communication and ended with Liberty quarterback Brock Smith on his keister. But the damage from one blown offensive line call during the Flames’ 49-10 win over North Greenville last Saturday didn’t end there. Trying to compe… more »

No matter how many times someone told them they had no shot of making the 16-team NCAA FCS playoff field last November, members of Liberty’s football team refused to believe it to be true. A day after the Flames routed Gardner-Webb 31-0 to win their… more »

CHARLOTTE — While Liberty was the runaway choice as preseason Big South conference champion Friday, it became clear one team was very difficult to pin down. Charleston Southern had a first-place vote and two last-place votes among the 13 ballots cast… more »

Football Bowl Subdivision teams face large opening day foes CHARLOTTE — Jay Mills had a vision of what he wanted to do at Charleston Southern when he accepted the head football coaching job in December, 2002. His vision for the Buccaneers paled in… more »

As college football fans check schedules for the upcoming season, there will be head-scratching among those following programs in the Football Championship Subdivision, formerly Division I-AA. Three of the seven FCS programs in Virginia (Richmond, Li… more »

Well, what the heck are the Big South’s football coaches going to grouse about at this summer’s kickoff meeting? The main topic of consternation since the league’s inception in 2002 was the conference’s lack of an automatic berth into the Football Ch… more »

When Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was taken as the 16th pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, it was a fitting culmination of a journey that began on what might have looked like a bumpy, unpaved road to nowhere. Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't on the college ra… more »

Liberty football coach Danny Rocco has certain criteria for scheduling games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents. Is it a quality opponent from the Big East or ACC? Is it a regional opponent, one that LU fans can easily reach by car? Will it gi… more »

ALBANY, NY - The Albany Conquest announced today that former UAlbany starter Jacob Hobbs (OL/DL), along with returning players Clarence Curry (DB, Villanova), Markus Ferguson (OL/DL, Liberty) and Ed Greene (OL/DL, Hofstra) have been assigned to the Conq… more »

Vince Redd started his career at the University of Virginia when Coach Danny Rocco recruited him. Prior to the 2006 season, Redd left Virginia to follow coach Rocco, and is glad he did. Not only was he the runner up for all conference player of the year… more »