Liberty and CPA Rematch

[FBGIRL]

CPA at 2, holding penalty, FG good,  up 20-13 10 min to go.  D has been physical.  LT qb is their offense.

[FBGIRL]

LT drives field, long pass, qb scores, tie game.  7:53

[BigEdMo]

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[FBGIRL]

Lt QB intercepts returns for TD, missed XP.  up by 6  1:53 to go.  He has done it all for LT.

[FBGIRL]

LT intercepts again for TD, 33-20. Great effort for CPA. LT will need to work on penalties and turnovers to stay with Alcoa. Congrats to them and good luck.

Edited November 26, 2016 by FBGIRL

[BreadTruck28]

For a CPA fan those last minutes of the fourth were brutal to watch, but I'm really proud of what the 2016 team accomplished this year.

 

Congratulations Liberty fans, you guys deserve the spot against Alcoa in the championship and I wish you the best of luck.

[BoardHater71]

Great run CPA! Liberty gets their shot at Goliath. Better grab a big stone to throw Crusaders.

[Intense]

Congrats to Liberty on a great win! Great to see Jackson supporting Liberty tonight! Huge crowd. Congrats to CPA. Game could have gone either way. Extremely well coached team! Would love to see Liberty bring a Gold Ball back to Jackson.

[hogman49]

Very good ball game  both teams played their hearts out.

Way  go to Tech and good job CPA hard fought game by both teams. 

[Tnfootball1234]

Congratulations Liberty now guy take out the beast from the EAST

[Gerry Bertier]

Congrats to CPA on a terrific season. There were a lot of doubters but you guys have talent and great coaching and that means deep runs in the playoffs each year. Good luck in Division II next year. Liberty time to get introduced to the F5.

[sportsnerd]

Here is a statement I always hated: "The better team lost". That is not true, or they would not play and keep score. The team that wins IS the better team, and they proved it by winning. Team strength is not determined by what is on paper, but what happens on the field.

So, LT was, and is, the better team. Congrats to them for a great season, and good luck (you will need that and more) against Alcoa.
​Watched the game on live stream and, in general, felt CPA was a little better on defense, and LT was much better on offense, primarily due to the QB and better athletes. CPA can typically win games against more talented teams by making fewer mistakes and winning special teams.
​Last night's game had so many momentum shifts due to penalties, TO's and special teams miscues, it is hard to say "what if" on either side. LT's special teams are pretty weak, and CPA made 3-4 mistakes on special teams they normally do not make.

Both teams killed themselves and helped each other with penalties and LT's fumble after halftime got CPA back into the game with a chance to win. CPA TD nullified by a penalty was critical as it put them up 7 instead of 11 in the 4th quarter. So when LT tied the game and CPA got the ball back, they had to gamble to score rather than play field position.

However, both teams made a lot of mistakes and in the end, the better team won.

Really proud of Coach Martin and his staff in keeping this team's head on straight after starting 1-5 and getting blown out a few times by good teams. Making the semis 6 years in a row and the finals 3 times is a great accomplishment for the CPA program.

Congrats, LT - you have a fine team. Enjoy the ride.