Beechwood vs. Mayfield Predictions/Updates

[FB Head]

2 hours ago, snakesnot_2000 said:

I don't remember Hergott being much of a runner two years ago. We held him in check. I also don't remember one player beating Mayfield, not saying it can't be done but some other players are going to have to step up for BW. BW is the favorite, are they a little or a lot? Mayfield has won plenty of games when I didn't expect them too. I will be cautiously optimistic. 

The one thing that Mayfield is great at... is taking the biggest threat off the board for the opposing team.  I've been in the state of Kentucky since '97 and I've only seen Mayfield get beat by one player twice, Travis Atwell in 1999 and D'Mauriae VanCleave.  Both of these players were Mr. Kentucky winners. Cam Hergott reminds me a lot of Travis Atwell.  He is super smart with the football and can take off and kill you with his legs.  It will be interesting how the Cardinals approach stopping Cam. 

I agree with the the consensus, you have to make Cam beat you throwing the ball. Easier said than done!  The Tigers also spread the ball around well and have skilled receivers from the limited film that I have watched.  Excited to watch this game from the luxury of my recliner 🤣  Good luck to both teams!

 

[theguru]

1 minute ago, FB Head said:

The one thing that Mayfield is great at... is taking the biggest threat off the board for the opposing team.  I've been in the state of Kentucky since '97 and I've only seen Mayfield get beat by one player twice, Travis Atwell in 1999 and D'Mauriae VanCleave.  Both of these players were Mr. Kentucky winners. Cam Hergott reminds me a lot of Travis Atwell.  He is super smart with the football and can take off and kill you with his legs.  It will be interesting how the Cardinals approach stopping Cam. 

I agree with the the consensus, you have to make Cam beat you throwing the ball. Easier said than done!  The Tigers also spread the ball around well and have skilled receivers from the limited film that I have watched.  Excited to watch this game from the luxury of my recliner 🤣  Good luck to both teams!

 

Cam does remind me of Travis Atwell, good one @FB Head!

[snakesnot_2000]

1 hour ago, TheDeuce said:

When's the last time you didn't expect Mayfield to win? 😂

Just about never.

[859Radio]

2 hours ago, theguru said:

You should be able to mirror it up if you have any Apple products.

Anyone?

@859Radio?

My Meridix support guy:  

 

Hi Mark,

 

We're fully Apple friendly on all browsers, Safari/Firefox/Chrome/etc and hardware platforms iOS/MacOS/iPhone/iPad, etc.  We're also Apple AirPlay enabled for additional device support.  Users should be able to click and play without any download required.

[theguru]

3 minutes ago, 859Radio said:

My Meridix support guy:  

 

Hi Mark,

 

We're fully Apple friendly on all browsers, Safari/Firefox/Chrome/etc and hardware platforms iOS/MacOS/iPhone/iPad, etc.  We're also Apple AirPlay enabled for additional device support.  Users should be able to click and play without any download required.

What advice does he have for non-Apple users?

[nikeman49]

3 hours ago, snakesnot_2000 said:

Not giving us much of chance.

Just my opinion on the game, nothing against Mayfield.

[TheDeuce]

1 hour ago, theguru said:

What advice does he have for non-Apple users?

Become Apple users. LOL

[theguru]

2 minutes ago, TheDeuce said:

Become Apple users. LOL

I am a hybrid. 

[Mayfieldsportsfan]

Got this from a Red Helmet post on Facebook. 

From Barry Fowler:

From a good friend of mine - worth the read.

At some point in time during the year of 1962, I put on a varsity Mayfield Cardinal football uniform.  Little did I realize at the time how that was going to be a defining moment for the rest of my life.

You see, in a way I was a legacy.  My dad, Floyd Griffin, had played for the Cardinals during the early thirties and went on to play for Centre College in Danville, Kentucky until he ruptured a kidney and he lost his scholarship which ended his football career.    My uncle, Bill Griffin, had played for the Cardinals a few years later and went on to play for Bear Bryant at the University of Kentucky and then played with the Los Angles Rams and the Chicago Bears. 

When I was just in the 4th grade at Westward grade school, I started my journey in football that would help shape my character and integrity for the rest of my life.  

I lived for the day when I could put on the red and black and run out on to the field at war memorial stadium.  As a freshman Cardinal, I had the privilege and honor to play for a man named Jack Morris.  We went undefeated my freshman year and little did I know that I was becoming part of a legend that would stay with me for the rest of my life.

I started for the varsity my sophomore year and back then we played both offense and defense for the entire game.  I played split end (now called wide receiver) on offense and corner back on defense.  Just a Side note here, corner back is a brutal and punishing defensive position to play.  I hated playing Murray back then because Ty Holland ran the single wing offense and every play was usually student body right and student body left which meant you had two pulling guards, two blocking backs and the runner coming around end right at you.  It was a suicide position.

In those days we played everybody that had a team in Western Kentucky and when we ran out of teams in that area to play, we played Tennessee teams and yes, even the powerhouse Louisville teams like Male, Wagoner, Desalles and others.  

Football in Mayfield was never just a game, it was and is, a way of life.  In 1964 I played my last game on the grass of War Memorial stadium.  If I am not mistaken, my senior year we started a string of winning seasons that has never been broken and continues to this very day through the year of 2016.  Folks that is 52 straight years of never having a losing season and I have lost track of how many state championships are mixed in there.  Not bad for a little sleepy Western Kentucky town.

I am now 69 years old and I still can remember games that I played in and even certain plays that I was involved in over a half a century ago.  I can still hear the voices of Coach Mac, Don Sparks, Virgil Raines and Jack Morris during practice and had no idea at the time that I was living in the real world legend of Mayfield Football. 

This past October, I came back to Mayfield to be with my sister for a few days who has been very ill and my brother Scott and I went to see Mayfield play a game.  Mayfield won the game by about 40 points but when I walked back into that stadium, I was 16 years old again.  It was like I had never left and I was standing on the side lines waiting to take the field.  Once a Cardinal, always a Cardinal.  

So here is my message to the current Mayfield High School football team and all the kids who will play on that field in the future or wear  a band uniform, a cheerleader or majorette uniform:  You are a part of history.  The honor and privilege of being a part of that team will remain with you for the rest of your life.  They say there is nothing forgotten more quickly than a high school football hero and that might be true but what you will take with you when you walk off that field for the last time is priceless and will live within you until you take your last breath.  The past, present and future will always be with you and you will never forget that you were a part of something very special, you were a Cardinal. 

Mike Griffin.    MHS Class of 1965

[gcbleedblue]

5 hours ago, Voice of Reason said:

How could there be any possible way Beechwood is not 100% focused on a game against Mayfield?

 

5 hours ago, theguru said:

Exactly, what is the all time record between Mayfield and Beechwood?

Possibly because a month ago a thread was created talking about the Championship game and Mayfield was basically an after thought. 

[Voice of Reason]

5 minutes ago, gcbleedblue said:

 

Possibly because a month ago a thread was created talking about the Championship game and Mayfield was basically an after thought. 

Trust me. Beechwood has been looking forward to this game since very early in the season. Yes, absolutely it will be a challenge but it is a challenge the Tigers wanted to take on.

[theguru]

30 minutes ago, gcbleedblue said:

 

Possibly because a month ago a thread was created talking about the Championship game and Mayfield was basically an after thought. 

That was a fun thread, there were others...

[Voice of Reason]

3 minutes ago, theguru said:

That was a fun thread, there were others...

My favorite was the 2A RPI tracking thread. I really like how that one ended.

[theguru]

2 minutes ago, Voice of Reason said:

My favorite was the 2A RPI tracking thread. I really like how that one ended.

This one?

 

[snakesnot_2000]

Threads are brought up for various reasons such as  kick things off, dig a little,  get under some skin and so on.