Final

Congratulations Cardinals!

Update thread: http://bluegrasspreps.com/ky-football-high/mccracken-county-mayfield-352670.html

Good win tonight. McCracken played tough and hung around longer than I thought they would.

 

This was a game of penalties. Think both teams had 11 each at the half. Curious to see how many was thrown for the entire game.

 

Thought our defense played a little sloppy tonight. They held their own most of the night but I saw lots and lots of missed tackles. I haven't see that from this bunch through the first 3 games. Credit MC for making us miss on some of them but most missed tackles was from arm tackling. Hope we nip that in the bud going further.

 

Overall I give us a B on the night. But, I'm still happy with the win.

I honestly can't figure this team out yet, happy with a win, but this was very ugly.

Mayfield beating up the big boys.

I was real impressed with the MC QB, especially with how well he throws on the run. I like MC's offensive scheme. They really spread you out and test you all over the field. MC's DEs and LBs played great and are very talented. MF played great... for a quarter. Then completely lost focus. Penalties, missed tackles, missed assignments, lack of communication up front, bad passes, dropped passes, fumbled snaps, on and on. Credit to MC for grabbing the momentum and riding it to make this a game. I felt MF regained control when they finally just lined up and stuffed it down MC's throat. Silver lining for MF, they were the better team even when they were playing like crap. Lots to learn from this one and lots of work to do.

Still a good win for Mayfield.

Three of the Mayfield turnovers turned into three of the McCracken touchdowns. Two of those three on a short field. That's a no no.

Mayfield jumped out so quickly on the them, scoring 3 quick TDs in the 1st 7-8 minutes, had them on there heels, then they settled down and found some things that were working while Mayfield seemed to take a nap for the rest of the half. Give McCracken credit, they came to play tonight and despite having a young team, still have plenty of talented kids on there team. Trailing 20-7 at the half. McCracken got a little more momentum, getting a key interception on Mayfield's opening drive, after a couple of quick Cardinal 1st downs.. They took the ball and drove it deep in Cardinal territory, but, got turned away as Mayfield returned the favor with a pick of there own, which resulted in a solid drive and score, going up 28-7 after converting the 2 point conversion. To me, that was the turning point of the game, but, give the Mustangs credit for once again fighting back, scoring 2 more TDs in the quarter, pulling within 28-21. To Mayfield's credit, they didn't panic and came back with another TD before the end of the quarter to keep there distance at 35-21. The Cards scored again early in the 4th quarter to go up 42-21 to make it especially tough on the Mustangs to make a comeback.. The 2 teams exchanged TDs later in the 4th for the final score.. The game ended with Mayfield inside the McCracken 10, taking a couple of knees to run out the clock..

 

The game was littered with penalties throughout and that had a lot to do with the flow of the game for both teams. With that said, it was a hard hitting game by both teams. For McCracken, give them credit, they came to play tonight. They have a solid QB who can spread you out and throws a very accurate ball. They have solid, hard running backs and a couple of nice receivers who came down with some nice receptions even when they had good coverage on them. On D, there secondary played well getting a couple of interceptions and staying with the Cards receivers most of the night. There Dline stunted a lot, which gave Mayfield a few problems, at times and there LBs were blitzing from all angles all night long. They're a young team, but, the future looks bright for them.. As for Mayfield, Coach Morris was pretty upset after the game, frustrated with all the penalties and too many arm tackles. He said for us to be a great team and win a state championship, those things have to improve. He did praise Halliburton, Hurt and Matthews for how hard they ran the ball and said Hurt had a terrific game from his LB position. After 3 pretty flawless games in a row, if you're a Mayfield fan, you have to be pretty happy with how they responded when they faced some adversity.. That last 74 yard drive and score was a thing of beauty as they simply took the ball and rammed it down the Mustangs throats and dominated the line of scrimmage, all the while eating clock and killing any hopes they may have had..

 

When you play any team, especially a rival like McCracken with 6A numbers, talent and depth, regardless how good you are, you're going to face some adversity and challenges and they answered the bell very well, in my opinion, taking control late and showing they can compete deep into games against big, strong opposition.. They were the stronger team late and typically, in this game, that hasn't been the case..

Mayfield beating up the big boys.

 

Too much weight is put on the # front of the A. No one on this end of the state expected it to even be this close. McCracken is not a true 6A "big boy" yet. Maybe someday, but not right now.

I was real impressed with the MC QB, especially with how well he throws on the run. I like MC's offensive scheme. They really spread you out and test you all over the field. MC's DEs and LBs played great and are very talented. MF played great... for a quarter. Then completely lost focus. Penalties, missed tackles, missed assignments, lack of communication up front, bad passes, dropped passes, fumbled snaps, on and on. Credit to MC for grabbing the momentum and riding it to make this a game. I felt MF regained control when they finally just lined up and stuffed it down MC's throat. Silver lining for MF, they were the better team even when they were playing like crap. Lots to learn from this one and lots of work to do.

 

Wheat has a lot of poise for a sophomore. The team has a lot of youth. Hopefully the rest of the team develops in the next 2 years.

Too much weight is put on the # front of the A. No one on this end of the state expected it to even be this close. McCracken is not a true 6A "big boy" yet. Maybe someday, but not right now.

 

Outside of St X, Trinity and Male and maybe Scott Co, who would you consider a 6a Big Boy? Because, I doubt you see anyone outside of those 3-4 winning a state title anytime in the near future.. IMO, those are the only big boys out there, but, that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of really good 6a teams out there and while I agree, the number put in front of the A gets overblown at times, at the same time, a school with 800-1100 boys pool vs one with a 200-250 pool typically means that the talent will also be better on the team with the bigger pool.. That doesn't mean they'll be the better team, just that the talent and depth itself will be better or at the very least, as good.. Would you agree?

Outside of St X, Trinity and Male and maybe Scott Co, who would you consider a 6a Big Boy? Because, I doubt you see anyone outside of those 3-4 winning a state title anytime in the near future.. IMO, those are the only big boys out there, but, that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of really good 6a teams out there and while I agree, the number put in front of the A gets overblown at times, at the same time, a school with 800-1100 boys pool vs one with a 200-250 pool typically means that the talent will also be better on the team with the bigger pool.. That doesn't mean they'll be the better team, just that the talent and depth itself will be better or at the very least, as good.. Would you agree?

 

I agree those are the only big boys. I just can't get behind the whole "McCracken has the numbers to pull from." There is some talent there and I hope the program grows. But the big numbers were from combining a 3 teams. One being one of the worst teams in the state for decades, another having been mediocre since the 90's and one School with recent success that mainly stemmed from a once in a lifetime QB in the county.

 

McCracken isn't the only school who's merged that has massive numbers but are just not "big boys".

The Cards keep it rolling. 2A is going to be extremely interesting to watch this year.