{"id":5333,"date":"2020-09-19T17:10:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T21:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2020-09-19T17:10:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T21:10:18","slug":"liberty-flames-win-season-opener-30-24-over-western-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libertystudentnews.com\/?p=5333","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Flames win season opener 30-24 over Western Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"display: block\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-ns\" src=\"https:\/\/s.espncdn.com\/stitcher\/sports\/football\/college-football\/events\/401207124.png?templateId=espn.com.share.1\" \/><\/center><\/div>\n<p>The Liberty Flames defeated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 30-24 in their 2020 season opener. For the first time in nearly 4 years Liberty had a different starting quarterback after Stephen &ldquo;Buckshot&rdquo; Calvert graduated a season ago. 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