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Conference USA · Jamey Chadwell, year 4 (26-14) · Williams Stadium (VA) · 25,000 · 15,708 avg in 2026
The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#94 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #93 (-7.2) · FPI #108
The marketLiberty by 14vs Ball State · our model 72% Liberty · a number, not a pick
LastW 24–23 vs Gardner-Webb · Sat Sep 12 · Brenton Williams 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 5 tackles
Nextvs Ball State · Sat Sep 19 · 4 pm ET · Williams Stadium (VA) · Liberty by 14 · series 1-0 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
No consensus around Liberty right now — the fanbase is genuinely divided.
Jamey Chadwell's year 4 (2026): 1-1, behind Hugh Freeze's 8-5 in the same spot.
belief warmed ↑ 7.6vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
52/100 · 24 mentions · top 26% of FBS
~ our readThe model
#94
CFB Zeitgeist · -2.3
✓ measured3The Pulse on Liberty
52
Δ +7.6 vs last wk
24
mentions this week · conversation velocity
What moved it — last 14 days
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Awaiting next signal window
"Flame Time"
— Liberty fanbase · recurring line
60 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year
Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling
Inside the fanbase — all 6 corners
Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
AA Sea of Red
BBluesky
YYouTube
One voice
+0.00whole-room sentiment · warm our read
Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.02 of each other — a rare consensus. The loudest voice in the room:
UUnderdog DynastyBeat · article
James Madison scores 87 points, ties largest margin of victory by FBS team since 1968
underdogdynasty.com →How Liberty fans actually talk real · top-upvoted
Rr/CFBthe room
Yeah and no one gets any championships until Mississippi changes their flag! /s
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The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.
The room, end to end
skeptical
buying in
Casuals+0.27
Die-hards+0.24
Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.
What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model
Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.
182 mentions · 7 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkmiddle of the pack
~ our readLiberty fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.
backed by facts
the mood
✓ counted We read 89 posts from Liberty fans this week.
Press Pulse
7 quotes collected this season
What the beat said, in their own words.
Oklahoma made an impression on me from the beginning because Coach (Brent) Venables was the first coach to offer me
This is no disrespect to the conference, I truly believe we are in a vehicle that is moving forward
You trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, because our own understanding would be little old Memphis can’t go to a Power Four conference
Five Lenses
What people are saying right now
Radio, beat writers & editorial14 posts
Diehard fan boards16 posts
The broader fanbase5 posts
News & campus coverage14 posts
Fanbase health · Liberty
Fanbase health · LibertyLiberty's fanbase is growing — 61 of 100.
Audible (60 weighted voices in the latest week) and middling on the field (4-8 last season, 1-1 so far).
61
On the field — 4-8 last season, 1-1 so far57
How loud — 60 weighted voices in the latest week66
2 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76
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Arguments
Fan mood
Fans are frustrated with Liberty
If Liberty can't move the football I can see a QB change as early as 2nd Q, or at least at halftime.
This is NOT a rivalry game... just an in state game. Now.. it might become one.. but as yet it's a made up "blueridge battle" with a stupid.. thrown together trophy that looks awful.. to become something Liberty has to be better. Which would be better for the state... but as yet.. not a rivalry.
Men's Hoops • Re: ASOR Forum 26-27 Season I created this joint over two decades ago and to see the technical issues essentially making participation nearly impossible is disheartening. Engaging on social platforms is not the same thing no matter how it is delivered.
Fan mood · 5 fans, 8 posts scanned · every quote verified verbatim
Podcasts
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