What I have not heard anyone say is where was CARR??? Is he hurt, suspended, missing???

 

I believe injuried.

Lol. Keep dreaming. Mayfield would have beat the doors off of DeSales last season. CAL had the weapons to keep up with MF on a night MF was forced to play without their best defensive player. DeSales did not.

 

Arnett wasn't just some random member of the team. He was the heart and soul of that defense. In fact, that defense was built around him. He lined up all over the field, stunted from anywhere, and blitzed from everywhere. He's the kind of kid you have to build your whole gameplan around. If you saw MF play without him, then you didn't see Mayfield play. Without him, MF was forced to move a safety down to LB and start a freshman on the back-end. Showing up in Louisville and asking a freshman making his first meaningful start to chase Wright around is not the position you want to be in. Again, CAL had a team capable of exploiting the situation, DeSales did not.

 

None of this is intended to take anything away from what CAL accomplished last year. The were the best team in 2A and they earned their championship.

 

The Cards NG was also out vs CAL, but it matters not, the trophy resides @ CAL

I believe injuried.

 

Thanks!

Lol. Keep dreaming. Mayfield would have beat the doors off of DeSales last season. CAL had the weapons to keep up with MF on a night MF was forced to play without their best defensive player. DeSales did not.

 

Arnett wasn't just some random member of the team. He was the heart and soul of that defense. In fact, that defense was built around him. He lined up all over the field, stunted from anywhere, and blitzed from everywhere. He's the kind of kid you have to build your whole gameplan around. If you saw MF play without him, then you didn't see Mayfield play. Without him, MF was forced to move a safety down to LB and start a freshman on the back-end. Showing up in Louisville and asking a freshman making his first meaningful start to chase Wright around is not the position you want to be in. Again, CAL had a team capable of exploiting the situation, DeSales did not.

 

None of this is intended to take anything away from what CAL accomplished last year. The were the best team in 2A and they earned their championship.

 

"Blow the doors off" is quite a bit too strong. Nobody has blown the doors off DeSales in at least five years. And if we're going to play the injury card, DeSales was without James Tobin, their lock down corner and punt returner who is now residing with a full ride at Austin Peay. He was kept under the radar all season, playing only defense, but was planning to be used in the backfield and on punt returns in the playoff run (much like they did with Bryant Pirtle in 2014). Kid ran a punt back against Glasgow that was unbelievable, but hurt his knee later in the game. He would have been the missing piece against CAL (and others). But it was not meant to be.