dt, You have valid points that beating a bad McCracken team doesn't hold a lot of water, but PT did it with great efficiency, and it would appear that their ground game is pretty salty.

I don't remember last year looking as well for PT, we were just excited to have a established coach taking over, but certainly we were not ready for Mayfield.

As for this year, here is my prediction of how it goes:

I think PT will have a solid performance with their ground game, however we know that running alone will not put a spread in the points, I have seen that happen too many times in Mayfield games. In this last 12 year losing streak with Mayfield, PT has been close several times in the 3rd quarter but Morris is the best in the business at making adjustments and if he spies a chink in your armor he will put a 3 td spot on you in the blink of an eye.

So if PT keeps it close on the coat tails of the running game alone, I predict Mayfield will pull away late with a couple of big plays.

If however PT keeps it close on the ground, and can hit a couple of big passes, maybe then they get the W.

I think their running game is pretty good, but they really have not been tested yet, so me, you, and no one else really knows for sure what they will do. We are just old men typing on a keyboard- We shall see tonight!

 

I agree. If PT can hit some passes, especially long scoring plays, then they will have a shot. MF ground game has been sluggish at times, and their pass game has been inconsistent too. This is the hardest PT/MF game to read in quite some time. I'm pumped!

This is the hardest PT/MF game to read in quite some time. I'm pumped!

 

Thats the way it is supposed to be and I hope it gets back to being that kind of series where you throw out the records and rankings and it gets decided by those last few plays.