Darrin Peterson played the part of the invisible man on Saturday, as the 5th rated receiver in all of FCS finished with only 1 catch for 31 yards...it did go for a TD.
DJ Abnar was an absolute mule last Saturday, carrying the ball 39 times for 164 yards and the other 2 TDs.
With the win, Liberty guaranteed a shot at the Big South title and NCAA automatic bid down in Conway, SC against Coastal Carolina. Before that though, there is one more home game...
Charleston Southern 7-3 (2-2 Big South)
vs.
Liberty 7-3 (3-0 Big South)
The longest tenured series in program history is renewed once again in Lynchburg as the Flames close out the home portion of the season against the Buccaneers. Liberty first faced off with CSU in 1993 (a 42-6 Flames victory) and has won 19 of the previous 21 meetings between the two, including two streaks of 7 wins or more (including the current eight game run). CSU got their only win in Lynchburg in the series in 2000 when they won 25-0.
A late breaking development came in on the FLameFans message board last night as Flames starting QB Josh Woodrum was apparently injured at the end of practice on Wednesday, and his availability for today's game is now in doubt. If he cannot go, the keys to the Corvette that is the Flames offense will be handed to Stephon Masha, who has made some appearances as a third RB option with Todd Macon out due to injury. Macon is available to return today which is something Flames fans are no doubt happy about.
Matchup:
Location: Arthur L. Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, VA
Series: 22nd Meeting (Liberty leads 19-2)
Last Meeting: 56-14 LU (11/23/2013)
Kickoff: 3:30 PM
Radio: Victory FM Radio Network (Liberty) Alan York play-by-play, Buccaneer Sports Network (CSU) Kevin O'Rourke play-by-play
Television: Liberty Flames Sports Network, Mike Tilley play-by-play/ESPN3 (National) Mike Hogewood play-by-play
Coaches: Turner Gill (3rd Season at Liberty, 21-12 Record), Jamey Chadwell (2nd Season at Charleston Southern, 17-6 Record)Last Week: Liberty W 34-24 vs. Monmouth, Charleston Southern W 44-14 vs. Gardner-Webb
Prediction
Masha is a very athletic QB as he showed not only in his high school film but also in spring practice. With only a couple days to get first team reps, Coach Stamn no doubt will play to his strengths, but not open up things as much as he would with Woodrum running the show, especially with the Big South Championship game coming next week down in Conway.
CSU is playing well, I just do not see them as being able to get over that hump with the Flames and the defense makes enough plays to keep them off the board much until late, and whoever the Flames QB is, they make enough plays to help LU cruise on down to Myrtle Beach...
Liberty 38
CSU 14
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