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Rising Senior Defensive Back Walt Aikens is set to make his Track & Field debut this weekend at the Liberty Open. Aikens is scheduled to compete in the high jump and long jump.
The 6’1″ 200 lb athlete played on Liberty’s basketball team during the 2011-12 season where he played in 14 games after the conclusion of the 2011 football season. While on the basketball team, Aikens appeared in 14 games totaling 6 points and 4 rebounds.
Aikens transferred to Liberty from Illinois after the 2010 football season. In his 2 seasons on the football team, Aikens has started 21 of the 22 games he has appeared in while recording 100 tackles, 6 forced fumbles and 4 interceptions. He has one year of eligibility remaining on the football team.
Please start citing your source. This came out on LibertyFlames.com around 10 a.m., so it came directly from there. Please go out on the net and find how Jay Glazer feels about ESPN taking his stuff and not citing him.
Not sure what you mean by “start”, we cite our sources when applicable. I heard this information from 3 or 4 different sources, including Walt himself, on numerous occasions spanning the past 1-2 months. I figured it was public information. Also, I don’t read any articles on LibertyFlames.com, I have no need to. I didn’t know it was on there today or any other day. I still don’t know other than you saying it is. If it is, then great, kudos to LibertyFlames.com.
Oh my! For instance, you guys didn’t know that Antwan Burrus was going to redshirt until Nick Pierce tweeted it out. He should have been sourced. Also, when Sommy was in an accident and Kelly Assinesi left, Nick tweeted that out too. He should be sourced. It is a known fact. You want to be treated like a legimate media source with the Liberty Athletic Department, but quite frankly, your arrogant tone like above is pissing not only the athletic department, its coaches and athletes and others in the university off, but the Lynchburg News and Advance and other legimate media sources. Keep up the good work! I know what I am talking about and I am not blowing smoke!
I actually knew AB was out for the year and likely to redshirt 3-4 weeks before it became official. I even tweeted it out one night, but quickly deleted the tweet. I wanted to wait until it was officially reported. And I credited Pierce with reporting the news first on twitter, go back and look. Once a coach makes a statement regarding injuries it’s out there. And don’t act like people within the University & AD have treated us with respect from the beginning. They haven’t. Continually ignored our requests. The university wants to control the message, that’s no secret. I’d be more than happy to continue this conversation via e-mail or phone. You have my e-mail address. Any further accusations in this public forum from “anonymous” will be deleted. Thanks.