There's no doubt in my mind that I'll get hammered for this, but I think most people that was at this game would agree, the officiating was horrendous to say the least. I've done some officiating myself and I know it's a tuff, unappreciated job, I know that every official I worked with did their absolute best to get every call right. EVERY game is going to have missed calls, their human, and I think most times the bad calls will even themselves out, and if we could watch the film last night probably would be as well. Generally Mayfield is a well disiplined team, and last night there was some untypical penalties by mayfield. But having said all that, that crew last night was a joke, u cannot convince me they called even close to a decent game. The first half Tom around 2 hours to play, flags were fling as often as passes were, it was just ridiculous! Now before you go to hammering away, remember, I'm a mayfield fan, and we won, by a considerable amount. Go back and check my post from last years CAL game and you'll see that after they beat us I did not CRY about the officiating, we simply got beat by a better team, I guess my point is its hard to believe that this is the best that the administrator can has to work with, if it is, there definitely needs to be new numbers in the officials pool.

Mayfield has lots of talent but a lot depends on the QB's hitting the receivers, spreading the ball around to all those talented players. But to me, the heart of this team is Kyle Hurt. He goes 100% on both sides of the ball.

 

McCracken has a decent team and I thought we beat them handily. To me, a big call by the ref's was the roughing the passer call when we intercepted his pass on around the our 30 and us up 20 in the 1st quarter. I thought we were heading towards a running clock in the second quarter. Good win for the Cards.

Mayfield has lots of talent but a lot depends on the QB's hitting the receivers, spreading the ball around to all those talented players. But to me, the heart of this team is Kyle Hurt. He goes 100% on both sides of the ball.

 

McCracken has a decent team and I thought we beat them handily. To me, a big call by the ref's was the roughing the passer call when we intercepted his pass on around the our 30 and us up 20 in the 1st quarter. I thought we were heading towards a running clock in the second quarter. Good win for the Cards.

No question about Kyle Hurt, this kid is just a beast, so much heart and the kid plays offense, defense, special teams, his motor is HUGE, his heart is huge, and the kid will hurt you! Wish we had about 6 or 7 more like him!

In my humble opinion, the blocks in the back are on the players and coaches, not the officials. They are just not going to allow you to head hunt on punts and kick-offs anymore. Everyone was told how it was going to be called, not sure why we refused to listen. We got way too many kids trying to make a SportsCenter highlight by de-cleating someone who doesn't see them coming. Hey, I love watching those hits too. Unfortunately, most of them are illegal now. The rule is what it is. It's time to accept it, adjust to it, and quit violating it. Not sure how many yards we lost to blocks in the back, but it was enough to cost us a game against better competition.

 

My gripe with calls was the holding.

When a defensive lineman can't get off a block and gets put on his back, officials will often incorrectly assume there must be holding. Pretty sure the costly holding penalty was just a clean, legal, and honest pancake. Call what you see, not what you assume.

one School with recent success that mainly stemmed from a once in a lifetime QB in the county.

 

I've agreed with practically everything in this thread so far except the notion that Lone Oak's success "mainly stemmed from a once in a lifetime QB," who I presume is meant to be Corey Robinson. Robinson graduated in 2007 and Lone Oak was good up until consolidation, making the 4A state finals in 2009, two years after Robinson graduated.

 

Otherwise, I agree with the premise that McCracken, as some have mentioned elsewhere, is a 6A school with 4A football numbers. McCracken should always be solid in football, but that's not the only sport that succeeds there. McCracken's other sports have been better than its football program -- baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, etc. -- no doubt aided by the enrollment advantage in the region. Perhaps the talent is too spread out for football to become one of the "big boys," unlike at schools where football is No. 1. JMHO, but I don't see football ever becoming THE dominant sport at McCracken.

I've agreed with practically everything in this thread so far except the notion that Lone Oak's success "mainly stemmed from a once in a lifetime QB," who I presume is meant to be Corey Robinson. Robinson graduated in 2007 and Lone Oak was good up until consolidation, making the 4A state finals in 2009, two years after Robinson graduated.

 

Otherwise, I agree with the premise that McCracken, as some have mentioned elsewhere, is a 6A school with 4A football numbers. McCracken should always be solid in football, but that's not the only sport that succeeds there. McCracken's other sports have been better than its football program -- baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, etc. -- no doubt aided by the enrollment advantage in the region. Perhaps the talent is too spread out for football to become one of the "big boys," unlike at schools where football is No. 1. JMHO, but I don't see football ever becoming THE dominant sport at McCracken.

 

You got to remember some here are like "Carnac the Magnificent" they know the answer before the question.

I've agreed with practically everything in this thread so far except the notion that Lone Oak's success "mainly stemmed from a once in a lifetime QB," who I presume is meant to be Corey Robinson. Robinson graduated in 2007 and Lone Oak was good up until consolidation, making the 4A state finals in 2009, two years after Robinson graduated.

 

Otherwise, I agree with the premise that McCracken, as some have mentioned elsewhere, is a 6A school with 4A football numbers. McCracken should always be solid in football, but that's not the only sport that succeeds there. McCracken's other sports have been better than its football program -- baseball, softball, volleyball, tennis, etc. -- no doubt aided by the enrollment advantage in the region. Perhaps the talent is too spread out for football to become one of the "big boys," unlike at schools where football is No. 1. JMHO, but I don't see football ever becoming THE dominant sport at McCracken.

 

That's why I said "mainly". It's no secret they were perennial mediocre before him. And had it not been FOR him, they likely wouldn't have been good after him. Had it not been for him changing that program, there likely would have been less program support and some of those talented kids would have no doubt went to Tilghman or Mayfield where some of them had ties. Just the facts.

 

And I agree. McCracken is a softball and baseball big boy as well as some of the other less popular sports. Until McCracken has a "Corey Robinson" like talent to change the program, so they pull some of the talent that otherwise would've gone to Tilghman, they'll be what they are. A good, not great team that competes with the 1A-5A big boys of West Ky, but never is a serious contender in 6A.

You got to remember some here are like "Carnac the Magnificent" they know the answer before the question.

 

What are you evening talking about? There was no question posed. Maybe you should watch your personal attacks :thumb:

That's why I said "mainly". It's no secret they were perennial mediocre before him. And had it not been FOR him, they likely wouldn't have been good after him. Had it not been for him changing that program, there likely would have been less program support and some of those talented kids would have no doubt went to Tilghman or Mayfield where some of them had ties. Just the facts.

 

And I agree. McCracken is a softball and baseball big boy as well as some of the other less popular sports. Until McCracken has a "Corey Robinson" like talent to change the program, so they pull some of the talent that otherwise would've gone to Tilghman, they'll be what they are. A good, not great team that competes with the 1A-5A big boys of West Ky, but never is a serious contender in 6A.

 

I see what you're saying. I would credit the coaching staff at the time, Jack Haskins and Co., who discovered Robinson, who was an average wide receiver before Jack's son, Billy Jack Haskins, saw Robinson throwing the ball at practice and tipped off his dad that he should get a look at quarterback. And a star was born.

I see what you're saying. I would credit the coaching staff at the time, Jack Haskins and Co., who discovered Robinson, who was an average wide receiver before Jack's son, Billy Jack Haskins, saw Robinson throwing the ball at practice and tipped off his dad that he should get a look at quarterback. And a star was born.

 

He was a special talent. I always felt Haskins seemed to always be at the right school at the right time. Like Ballard with the Arnold brothers, Lone Oak with Robinson and the WR (can't remember his name right now), McCracken with Hughes and the rest of those first 2 teams. He just always seemed like a cat landing on his feet, always leaving just in the nick of time.

Maybe the McCracken schools were better off split up than consolidated.

Maybe the McCracken schools were better off split up than consolidated.

 

Nah. It's a very nice school with great programs, extra curriculars, and great athletic facilities that the students would've never had, had they stayed separate. It's just not a football powerhouse.

Nah. It's a very nice school with great programs, extra curriculars, and great athletic facilities that the students would've never had, had they stayed separate. It's just not a football powerhouse.

 

Fair enough, Paducah is falling back too, must be something in the water.........or all the dancing.

Fair enough, Paducah is falling back too, must be something in the water.........or all the dancing.

 

Dancing?

Ole Jack knew how to schedule as well. Never saw Mayfield on the Oakers schedule and no Tornado until later on. The great quote in the Sun of why they had to go to Lexington to play...because they had to go that far to find competition was classic. Lets see Mayfield, Murray, Union City...would have saved some fuel.