11 hours ago, DevilMayCare said:

Bradley being used so sparingly on offense last week was a little puzzling. I know he's playing some defense this year, but still, only eight carries for one of the best running backs in the state?

If anyone here has any insight there, do tell.

 

9 hours ago, Brown said:

@DevilMayCareno idea other than it’s Hughes turn to shine and Bradley is 5th year.

Going to be hard for McCracken to run the ball IMO.  Highlands rushed for 52 yards last Saturday and I thought their OLine did pretty well against the BG defensive front.

Look for MC QB Pryor to have to make some plays with his arm and maybe his legs too as BG tries to make McCracken 1-dimensional on offense.

I looked at the McCracken County vs Paducah Tilghman thread thanks to the great work of @TilghmanPride

But I just now looked at the stats for that game.

McCracken County had 64 rushing yards and 273 passing yards, while Tilghman had 125 rushing yards and 305 passing yards.  WOW!

QB Pryor Lamb was 18 for 42 for 273 yards and 3 TDs vs 2 INTs.  Purples will need to know where #81 Zander Mayes (7 catches for 160 yards and 1 TD) and #7 TE Nick Masek (5 catches for 65 yards) are.

But I feel BGs defense should be able to get in the ball park with Tilghman at stopping the run so feeling good about making the Mustangs 1-dimentional on offense.

And the Purples OLine will need to focus on 4-year starter DE/LB LeAndre Bolen (#50) who was a stat stuffer vs Tilghman with 7 tackles and a sack and a 20 yard INT return. 

I am hearing that Hunter Bradley is no longer on the football team and has withdrawn from McCracken County High School.  Can anybody confirm that this is true?  He is a 5th year student so I don't know what exactly the rules are on if a student can just withdrawal at any time and still have their diploma from last year.

Hadn't heard that about Bradley, but it certainly could be true. Noticed several players upset and emotional  during the game when a couple times they just weren't set on defense and it resulted in a score for PT.

 

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2 hours ago, Brown said:

All tickets are digital - nothing sold at gate:

 

 

I bought mine yesterday. I'm not crazy about the system they are using. No android APP. No way to print tickets off as a backup. No way to download them. And it looks like it's a two-step process to use them. 

Big win for the Purples tonight. 48 to 14 or something along those lines. Losing a key returning player is big for McCracken but at some point there needs to be a discussion about the state of the Mustang program. Numbers appear to be on the decline from just a few years ago among other things. 

Gonna be really hot and the sun will be right in the face of Bowling Green's bench, belter be hydrated or cramps will ensue. 

 

1 minute ago, Socially Distanced said:

Big win for the Purples tonight. 48 to 14 or something along those lines. Losing a key returning player is big for McCracken but at some point there needs to be a discussion about the state of the Mustang program. Numbers appear to be on the decline from just a few years ago among other things. 

Welcome to BGP @Socially Distanced!

6 minutes ago, theguru said:

Welcome to BGP @Socially Distanced!

McCracken County has 132 players on the Roster, but usually only dress about 60-70 players for Varsity games. Admittedly they compete with city school  Paducah Tilghman for players that live in the county school district that have friends in the city school district and vice versa. It will never happen but a Paducah/McCracken county consolidation could then compete with Louisville from time to time. Never has happened in Christian County/Hopkinsville. The same could be said for Mayfield/ Graves county.

Departing from Bowling Green now. Heading west to the WKY. Looking forward to the game and good experience in the nice stadium there.  Another Friday Night Football!

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51 minutes ago, Socially Distanced said:

Big win for the Purples tonight. 48 to 14 or something along those lines. Losing a key returning player is big for McCracken but at some point there needs to be a discussion about the state of the Mustang program. Numbers appear to be on the decline from just a few years ago among other things. 

This is right, numbers have been down every year for the last 4 years.

I don't have a kid in the system but I do think it is very telling that a 6A school dressed maybe 60 kids last week in such a big local game. I watched a couple games in that series in 2016 and 2017 and I believe the Mustangs had over 100+ players in that program. 

Did not work well against PT and will certainly not help against BG tonight.