Fan the Flames Preview: Gardner Webb

TOmmy Beecher threw for 124 yards and a TD while the Flames defense took advantage of 8 VMI turnovers and routed the Keydets 54-14 in the final home football game of the 2009 season. The Flames ran their Big South Conference streak to 15 consecutive games, won their 47th consecutive game when scoring 30 or more points, scored 50 or more for the third straight home game and with Aaron Hewlett's 80 yard kickoff return for a TD in the first quarter registered their 4th consecutive season with at least one kickoff returned for a TD as well as holding their 5th consecutive opponent under 20 points. The Flames improve to 7-2 on the year and 4-0 in the Big South Conference while VMI ends their conference campaign at 1-5 and is 2-7 overall.

LU now heads on the road for the last two games, starting with...




#16
(7-2, 4-0)


vs.



(5-4, 2-2)







Gardner-Webb holds its senior day on Saturday and welcomes the Liberty Flames back to "the scene of the crime". The last time LU was in Boiling Springs was 2007 when they beat the Runnin Bulldogs 31-0 and won their first Big South Conference title. Liberty needs this game in order to set up a potential Big South Championship game with second year conference member Stony Brook next weekend in NY. Gardner Webb has tended to fade the latter stages of the season and they are looking like it again having lost their last two games. LU has outscored its last 4 opponents 106-35 in the second half and if the trend continues, if Gardner Webb doesnt get their offense on track they could get swept away.

LU 49
Gardner-Webb 28