Where not in Kansas any more are we Devilpride78. Theres no place like home. Theres no place like home. Theres no place like home. :devil:

 

I like the sound of 3 clicks of the heels.

3 Trips to PAPA Johns,

3 State Titles.

:fire::fire::fire:

I like the sound, of getting this thread back to this game, between Russell and Mason County.

 

Let's get it back on path.

Devils are on track and beginning to roll ... deep into playoffs .. This team can play ...

 

No problems with Raceland this week .... Bring on Belfry ...

 

Mason , was as good as SK .. run defense needs some work ... Glad someone is in this district that can produce very good regular season games...

There for a while we could not catch anything that was in the air. We muffed every punt and dropped every pass until late in the second half when we caught one pass. I listened to the post game show and Coach Bucannon came on and said his team played their best game to date. We may see Mason again in about three weeks. I can assure everyone of one thing. If we continue to put the ball on the ground that will be our last game. We came out of there with a lucky win. Luck was with Mason County all game until that sack that took them out of FG range. I feel very confident that the Devils will hang onto the ball after they see how badly they look on film. Sometimes we need a little luck to win those close games.

 

Congratulations Devils.

 

I guess by luck you mean bad luck. How many times did Russell's special teams put the ball on the ground and it bounced back to a Russell player? How about the inadvertent whistle as Cox breaks free on the sideline with no one between his 4.56 40 and the goaline? Why the whistle you ask? Because one of the refs were faked out by the dive fake(as was Russell) and blew the whistle as the defense tackled the dive man while Cox was running up the sideline free. Now that is either the greatest veer fake of all time or BAD luck. By the way gremlins, I mean refs how can you faceguard someone who is five yards away from you??????? And then pass interference after the ball has been tipped????? Russell is a good team and runs the wing-t very well. I thought Mason's D shut down #8 but #13 ran all night(Could not stop the sweep). Chalk this one up to Russell's execution of the sweep and trap, Mason beating themselves, Russell's tradition of winning, and BAD LUCK!!!. Congrats to Russell. By the way did anyone else hear the idiot yelling "Go Fleming" as people were exiting the stadium???? He wasn't a Russell fan was he????? Didn't think so.

Devils are on track and beginning to roll ... deep into playoffs .. This team can play ...

 

No problems with Raceland this week .... Bring on Belfry ...

 

Mason , was as good as SK .. run defense needs some work ... Glad someone is in this district that can produce very good regular season games...

 

I think Russell has some more tough games to worry about before Belfry. First, East Carter won't be a pushover. Second, Mason will not roll over. Third, Breathitt County will have a say in it too. As for Raceland, I expect a determined Raceland team taking Russell to the horn. My prediction: Russell 34, Raceland 28

I guess by luck you mean bad luck. How many times did Russell's special teams put the ball on the ground and it bounced back to a Russell player? How about the inadvertent whistle as Cox breaks free on the sideline with no one between his 4.56 40 and the goaline? Why the whistle you ask? Because one of the refs were faked out by the dive fake(as was Russell) and blew the whistle as the defense tackled the dive man while Cox was running up the sideline free. Now that is either the greatest veer fake of all time or BAD luck. By the way gremlins, I mean refs how can you faceguard someone who is five yards away from you??????? And then pass interference after the ball has been tipped????? Russell is a good team and runs the wing-t very well. I thought Mason's D shut down #8 but #13 ran all night(Could not stop the sweep). Chalk this one up to Russell's execution of the sweep and trap, Mason beating themselves, Russell's tradition of winning, and BAD LUCK!!!. Congrats to Russell. By the way did anyone else hear the idiot yelling "Go Fleming" as people were exiting the stadium???? He wasn't a Russell fan was he????? Didn't think so.

 

IMO, Both teams played sloppy and both had a fair share of bad luck. With that being said, Russell probably had more mistakes at crucial times of the game. Such as the holding penalty on 2nd and goal at the 1. As for the fan yelling "Go Fleming", I heard it and I'm sure it was a Russell student. However, such idiotic remarks are not the view of the majority of Russell fans, just a teenager who likes to cause trouble.

I guess by luck you mean bad luck. How many times did Russell's special teams put the ball on the ground and it bounced back to a Russell player? How about the inadvertent whistle as Cox breaks free on the sideline with no one between his 4.56 40 and the goaline? Why the whistle you ask? Because one of the refs were faked out by the dive fake(as was Russell) and blew the whistle as the defense tackled the dive man while Cox was running up the sideline free. Now that is either the greatest veer fake of all time or BAD luck. By the way gremlins, I mean refs how can you faceguard someone who is five yards away from you??????? And then pass interference after the ball has been tipped????? Russell is a good team and runs the wing-t very well. I thought Mason's D shut down #8 but #13 ran all night(Could not stop the sweep). Chalk this one up to Russell's execution of the sweep and trap, Mason beating themselves, Russell's tradition of winning, and BAD LUCK!!!. Congrats to Russell. By the way did anyone else hear the idiot yelling "Go Fleming" as people were exiting the stadium???? He wasn't a Russell fan was he????? Didn't think so.

 

 

If you and I are talking about the same play I really doubt that the play would have resulted in much more than a 15-20 yard gain. I don't think it had a chance at going for the 70 yards or so that it would have taken him to score. There were players in his area.

 

I also don't think that Mason beat themselves any more than Russell did. But each of us is allowed their own opinion.

 

Hope to see all of you in a few weeks at the Hank.

This will be one heck of a rematch! Congrats to Russell. Mason's coach must have seen something to make him want to go for 2. You have to love calls like that...

This will be one heck of a rematch! Congrats to Russell. Mason's coach must have seen something to make him want to go for 2. You have to love calls like that...

 

I should have went to this game instead of Trimbles. What was i thinking

I guess by luck you mean bad luck. How many times did Russell's special teams put the ball on the ground and it bounced back to a Russell player? How about the inadvertent whistle as Cox breaks free on the sideline with no one between his 4.56 40 and the goaline? Why the whistle you ask? Because one of the refs were faked out by the dive fake(as was Russell) and blew the whistle as the defense tackled the dive man while Cox was running up the sideline free. Now that is either the greatest veer fake of all time or BAD luck. By the way gremlins, I mean refs how can you faceguard someone who is five yards away from you??????? And then pass interference after the ball has been tipped????? Russell is a good team and runs the wing-t very well. I thought Mason's D shut down #8 but #13 ran all night(Could not stop the sweep). Chalk this one up to Russell's execution of the sweep and trap, Mason beating themselves, Russell's tradition of winning, and BAD LUCK!!!. Congrats to Russell. By the way did anyone else hear the idiot yelling "Go Fleming" as people were exiting the stadium???? He wasn't a Russell fan was he????? Didn't think so.

 

I really hate it when we loose a game and then attempt to throw some blame toward refs. I can assure you the refs made a lot less mistakes that Russell and Mason County. That game could have gone either way and the refs had nothing to do with it. It is very unfortunate when an inadvertant whistle is blown. It happens at all levels. Guess what? It will happen again.

 

Mason did a good job shutting down number 8 as you say. Most players would not be out there with the injury # 8 is playing with. So congratulations. Hopefully #8 Tyler Jones will be healthy in 27 days if we play again.

 

By the way I thought Mason County has a very good football team. Your Head Coach is top notch in my book. Going for two. I really liked it. GUTTTS!! The second meeting should be another great game.

Mason did not lose this game because of the Refrees but there were more cruical flaky calls go against Mason than Russell. Yes you did get a holding call on the goal line but Mason had the Cox run which he was breaking free with only one defender around him, the pass Interference call which the QB threw in the stands, the face guarding call which he was at least five yards away and the QB hit the defender in the back with the ball and last the QB non-fumble when the Refree said he was throwing the ball. No Way!!!! If you have watched Mason all year we have some of the worst refereeing in the last ten years. Alot of wierd calls that you have never seen before and just plain bad refereeing. Let me end by saying the officials have not once cost Mason a game, but it has been terrible both ways.

Mason did not lose this game because of the Refrees but there were more cruical flaky calls go against Mason than Russell. Yes you did get a holding call on the goal line but Mason had the Cox run which he was breaking free with only one defender around him, the pass Interference call which the QB threw in the stands, the face guarding call which he was at least five yards away and the QB hit the defender in the back with the ball and last the QB non-fumble when the Refree said he was throwing the ball. No Way!!!! If you have watched Mason all year we have some of the worst refereeing in the last ten years. Alot of wierd calls that you have never seen before and just plain bad refereeing. Let me end by saying the officials have not once cost Mason a game, but it has been terrible both ways.

 

Mason County has always been a top program. We look forward to your team coming to Russell in four weeks if everything works out. Good luck

Mason did not lose this game because of the Refrees but there were more cruical flaky calls go against Mason than Russell. Yes you did get a holding call on the goal line but Mason had the Cox run which he was breaking free with only one defender around him, the pass Interference call which the QB threw in the stands, the face guarding call which he was at least five yards away and the QB hit the defender in the back with the ball and last the QB non-fumble when the Refree said he was throwing the ball. No Way!!!! If you have watched Mason all year we have some of the worst refereeing in the last ten years. Alot of wierd calls that you have never seen before and just plain bad refereeing. Let me end by saying the officials have not once cost Mason a game, but it has been terrible both ways.

 

On the Cox run the whistle blew long before he broke into the clear. Most players had stopped.

 

The pass interference was just that. The defender made contact way before the ball got there and there is know such thing as an uncatchable ball in high school.

 

The fumble or incomplete pass was close. Its was a judgement call that usually half the stadium is not going to agree with. Jones never saw the rush comming from behind. But I'm not sure if his arm was going forward or not. It was that close.

If you and I are talking about the same play I really doubt that the play would have resulted in much more than a 15-20 yard gain. I don't think it had a chance at going for the 70 yards or so that it would have taken him to score. There were players in his area.

 

I also don't think that Mason beat themselves any more than Russell did. But each of us is allowed their own opinion.

 

Hope to see all of you in a few weeks at the Hank.

 

You might want to look at a copy of the tape. #84 WR for Mason put Corner down on a block which Cox then stepped inside with no one within 7 yards and behind him. As he cut off block whistle blew. Heck of a veer fake though!!! Ref totally faked out. No excuses just observations. Your right though... Great game... if there is a rematch it should be wild. I would like to see the game where both teams just played their best. Maybe Russell Mason II, I hope it happens. Good luck till then.:thumb:

You might want to look at a copy of the tape. #84 WR for Mason put Corner down on a block which Cox then stepped inside with no one within 7 yards and behind him. As he cut off block whistle blew. Heck of a veer fake though!!! Ref totally faked out. No excuses just observations. Your right though... Great game... if there is a rematch it should be wild. I would like to see the game where both teams just played their best. Maybe Russell Mason II, I hope it happens. Good luck till then.:thumb:

 

I hope so too. If so it should be another exciting game.