{"id":118717,"date":"2024-09-12T16:36:44","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T23:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=118717"},"modified":"2024-09-12T16:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T23:36:45","slug":"fbs-liberty-flames-cfp-berth-mnmn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fbs-liberty-flames-cfp-berth-mnmn\/","title":{"rendered":"Will The Liberty Flames Have To Run The Table To Earn A CFP Berth?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since joining Conference USA last season, Liberty has been a dominant Group of Five<\/a> team with less than a stellar schedule. That doesn\u2019t take away from what the Flames have accomplished.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year in its first season in Conference USA<\/a>, Liberty emerged as a champion and earned a New Year\u2019s Six bowl bid. The Flames took a 13-0 record into the Fiesta Bowl before losing to Oregon 45-6.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If there were a 12-team playoff last year, Liberty would have been the G5 representative. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Liberty didn\u2019t play any power teams a year ago, and this year there are none on the schedule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the margin for error is thin for Liberty, which almost saw its season go up in flames before staging a fourth-quarter comeback during last week\u2019s 30-24 CUSA win at New Mexico State. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is an impressive win on the road against the same New Mexico State team that Liberty beat in last year\u2019s CUSA title game, 49-35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In last week\u2019s win, Liberty trailed 17-9 entering the fourth quarter and was down 24-15 with 7:42 left after a two-yard touchdown run by Parker Awad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a strong comeback against a quality CUSA team.<\/p>\n\n\n

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