In just a couple short weeks, Liberty’s football team will assemble on the Mountain to begin preseason training camp as the 2026 football schedule continues to inch closer. The Flames are scheduled to open the season on Sept. 5 at James Madison.

Just a few days ago, we posted a simple question on our social media channels, asking for your hot take on the 2026 Liberty football season. Here’s a recap of many of your responses:

KOOLAID TAKES

“Undefeated”

“11-1. CUSA Champions – in the hunt for the CFB Playoffs. Bowl Game winner. 12-1.”

“Flames will win 9 games and have a 1,000 yard rusher and a quarterback to throw for 3,500 yards.”

“Undefeated season…snubbed from playoffs due to strength of schedule weakness…pull off upset against SEC in a bowl”

“12-1. Improved offense-top 30 in country. Improved defense – top 50. Win bowl game then lose 1/3 of the players to transfer portal.”

“We are not losing a game this year.”

“11 wins New Year’s Day bowl game”

“Flames bouta be the national champions“

RB TAKES

“Kam Davis has a historic year!”

“Two RBs put up 1,000+ yards”

“Kanye Udoh gonna have the season of a lifetime“

CHADWELL TAKES

“This will be Chadwell’s final season at Liberty”

“Liberty beats JMU, misses the CUSA championship, Liberty goes 6-6, Chadwell is fired, Mike Brown hired as next head coach”

“The Flames will be improved but still fall start of a CUSA Championship appearance because Chadwell’s attempts at fixing the QB position were not quite good enough.”

“We have a losing season 4-8 with more glaring QB issues and Chadwell gets fired.”

“Chadwell fired after a 3-5 start, Hugh Freeze comes back and saves the program”

“Jamey Chadwell’s final season“

JMU/COASTAL TAKES

“If we can’t beat JMU, what are we doing?”

“Beat JMU week 1. 200 rushing yards. 32-minute time of possession for the Flames.”

“We cover the spread and potentially beat JMU away week 1”

“Liberty gets its revenge on JMU at home and it’s not close.”

“Only 6 wins but we beat Coastal in Conway.”

“Will beat Coastal“

OTHER

“We have the lowest season attendance in our FBS era.”

“Losing season“

“Flames finish with the most takeaways in CUSA and top 10 in the nation”

“Vasko will not see the field all season.”

“Make a bowl game against a 10th place Big Ten team and win by 3”

“Concerned with defensive line outside of Brenton Williams-need a pass rush and run stop”

“If our QB can keep from turning over the ball, our offense should be nice”

“People will place too high a value on a winning football season from a university that has a more important purpose.”

“8-4 or 9-3 maybe a Conference USA title and a bowl win”