Sorry farther down.

PIKEVILLE is a dangerous team....

 

Do I think they will win the state title this season? NO WAY

 

Do I think they can cause serious matchup problems for most of the teams in the state with their backs? yes sir

 

The Panthers are a rapidly improving team with a complicated running game. Their biggest knocks are their youth and the fact that they tend to be an emotional roller coaster (probably directly associated with youth).

NCC ahead of Mayfield?? please................

Mayfield beats the higher classes and stays behind Newport Catholic, who loses to the upper class teams. They lost by two touchdowns to a underachieving Ryle team, lost by three touchdowns to CovCath and only beat an unranked Newport team by 20 points. NCC should be in the 6-8 range behind Danville, Beechwood, Bardstown, Mayfield, and HC.

Mayfield also lost to Graves County 28-0 and beat a Paducah Tilghman team that hadn't yet won a game in overtime.

 

Ryle looked like a possible top-10 team in 4A until last week. Covington Catholic is a legitimate #3 team in 3A. Those teams should beat Newport Catholic.

 

Mayfield is a top-five team, I think, but I'm still not sure they should be rated ahead of NewCath. If the two teams played this week, I would be inclined to pick NewCath.

Frankfort in one of the weakest districts in the state and Paris and Bath are no slouches:laugh: Paris is second in their district and Frankfort went to their house and spanked them. Danville is number 1 and Frankfort 6th that hardly qualifies as a weak district. I agree the rest of the district isn't as good as some others,but Trimble is much improved while Carroll is down a bit. To have two teams in the top 10 and call it a weak district I just don't understand.

Kind of like having Boyle Co. in the top 10 in 3a

 

Just to be clear, BGP doesn't have Boyle Co. in the Top 10 in 3A. :thumb:

Mayfield also lost to Graves County 28-0 and beat a Paducah Tilghman team that hadn't yet won a game in overtime.

 

Graves was undefeated also and probably on par with Ryle, based on what we know now...PTs record was 0-4, but losses to Hendo,WCent,Ft Camp and Graves..Wouldn't alot of teams be 0-4 against that..

 

Ryle looked like a possible top-10 team in 4A until last week. Covington Catholic is a legitimate #3 team in 3A. Those teams should beat Newport Catholic.

 

I'll give you CCH...Ryle is on an even keel with Graves, imo..I'll even give you Belfry, but, you failed to mention losing to an unranked 1a district foe. You do that and you deserve to go down...

 

Mayfield is a top-five team, I think, but I'm still not sure they should be rated ahead of NewCath. If the two teams played this week, I would be inclined to pick NewCath.

 

NCC could very well beat them, but, the Cards still deserve to be ranked ahead, based on ytd permance, without question..

Just to be clear, BGP doesn't have Boyle Co. in the Top 10 in 3A. :thumb:

You're right. I meant to say 'it would be like having Boyle in the top ten.'

 

Either way, Boyle doesn't belong in the top ten just as Newport Catholic doesn't belong in the top five and ahead of a team they lost to.

NCC could very well beat them, but, the Cards still deserve to be ranked ahead, based on ytd permance, without question..

Without question? No way ...

 

Mayfield might have an argument, but to dismiss it as a no-doubter ... that doesn't fly.

 

Bottom line ... NewCath has played tougher schedule than Mayfield. Ryle, in my opinion, is a little ahead of Graves. CovCath is certainly ahead of Hopkinsville. And certainly Belfry, and maybe even Holy Cross, is probably better than any Class A team Mayfield will meet until the semifinals.

Without question? No way ...

 

Mayfield might have an argument, but to dismiss it as a no-doubter ... that doesn't fly.

 

Bottom line ... NewCath has played tougher schedule than Mayfield. Ryle, in my opinion, is a little ahead of Graves. CovCath is certainly ahead of Hopkinsville. And certainly Belfry, and maybe even Holy Cross, is probably better than any Class A team Mayfield will meet until the semifinals.

 

Holy Cross is most likely stronger than any district opponent Mayfield will play, but, they were an unranked class A team at the time...thats a bad loss however you slice it, alot worse than the Graves and Marshall losses

and what wins does NCC have that would be considered a quality win.. Newport, maybe....I'd say the PTilghman, Hopkinsville, Caldwell Co wins are of greater quality than any they've had and Ryle may be slightly better than Graves, but, to me, there on about an even scale...Just my opinion....The Cards should be ranked higher, imo...

I am sorry I was under the impression that the 2 or 3 years ago Danville played as a 2A team. I looked and saw that I was wrong sorry for the bad post.

At one time years ago Danville played in AAA I believe.

Both NCC and Mayfield have played tough schedules, so to sit here and say one is tougher than the other is pointless......however, based on the "YTD" performance as stated above, Mayfield should WITHOUT A DOUBT be ahead of NewCath in the rankings........NCC is LAST years champs, this year they are not a top five team........

Holy Cross is most likely stronger than any district opponent Mayfield will play, but, they were an unranked class A team at the time...thats a bad loss however you slice it, alot worse than the Graves and Marshall losses

and what wins does NCC have that would be considered a quality win.. Newport, maybe....I'd say the PTilghman, Hopkinsville, Caldwell Co wins are of greater quality than any they've had and Ryle may be slightly better than Graves, but, to me, there on about an even scale...Just my opinion....The Cards should be ranked higher, imo...

Ask yourself this ... what would Mayfield's record be against Newport Catholic's schedule?

 

Would the Cardinals have won at Belfry? Would they have beaten Ryle, Covington Catholic or Beechwood?

 

Maybe they would have beaten Holy Cross, but upsets happen sometimes. I think we all agree that Beechwood is a legitimate top-three team, yet NewCath led Beechwood for much of the game and lost it in the end by a touchdown.

 

NewCath was competitive with Ryle. Graves, who you think is on the same plane as Ryle, beat Mayfield 28-0. I know Mayfield had six turnovers, but that's part of the game.

 

And honestly, the Hopkinsville team that Mayfield beat wasn't at full-strength. Mayfield had to go to overtime to beat a winless Tilghman team.

 

I think Mayfield is a top-five team, but to me there is some doubt that they deserve to be in front of NewCath. We saw what happened when the two teams played last year, and NewCath didn't lose that much more than Mayfield did.

NCC is LAST years champs, this year they are not a top five team........

A lot of people said that about Mayfield a few years ago, when they started out 2-5 against a very tough schedule and ended up leading the eventual state champs (Danville) 10-3 going into the fourth quarter in the semifinals.

 

And they were wrong, too.

Ask yourself this ... what would Mayfield's record be against Newport Catholic's schedule?

 

Would the Cardinals have won at Belfry? Would they have beaten Ryle, Covington Catholic or Beechwood?

 

Maybe they would have beaten Holy Cross, but upsets happen sometimes. I think we all agree that Beechwood is a legitimate top-three team, yet NewCath led Beechwood for much of the game and lost it in the end by a touchdown.

 

NewCath was competitive with Ryle. Graves, who you think is on the same plane as Ryle, beat Mayfield 28-0. I know Mayfield had six turnovers, but that's part of the game.

 

And honestly, the Hopkinsville team that Mayfield beat wasn't at full-strength. Mayfield had to go to overtime to beat a winless Tilghman team.

 

I think Mayfield is a top-five team, but to me there is some doubt that they deserve to be in front of NewCath. We saw what happened when the two teams played last year, and NewCath didn't lose that much more than Mayfield did.

 

 

On point 1) I think Mayfield would beat Belfry, Holy Cross and Beechwood. They would probably lose to Ryle and CC...So, 5-2 would be my prediction.

 

On point 2) No, I'm not convinced Beechwood is a Top 3 team..I would have the Cards ahead of them..Just my opinion..

 

On point 3) NCC was dominated by Ryle..The score was closer than the game...Graves beat Mayfield handily and yes the turnovers hurt, but, I seriously doubt NCC would fare much better against Graves..

 

On point 4) Mayfield was w/o its starting RB and lost there best lineman for the whole 2nd half, so, I'd say neither were at full strength...PT is getting better and better and its a rivalry game, so, you can always throw out the records when these 2 play..

 

On point 5) Last year is last year and rankings should be based on this years performance to date and not what you did in past years...They did lose more unreplaceble playmakers than Mayfield..#s and production are 2 different things..

 

One final note: Wheres the love for the Caldwell thrashing...Looks pretty impressive now...They're undefeated since with a couple of quality wins over ranked teams...IMO, that win alone puts em ahead..