Just for grins the LCA schedule has a record of 17-21 going into this week. :thumb:

 

And Mayfield has a record of 11-31. With three of those teams winning 1 game between them. And only one team in the state of KENTUCKY with a winning record (4-2)

I'm amazed at the total lack of respect that Mayfield is getting outside of WKY, anyone who knows ANYTHING about KY HS Football knows that Mayfield will give anyteam a game. That's just how they are and have always been. And if Mayfield plays LCA in the title game. You can mark it down they won't lose by 30 or more thats for sure.

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Just for grins the LCA schedule has a record of 17-21 going into this week. :thumb:

 

 

Very true, but if they had played these teams close it would be different. But there has only been two occasions where they haven't scored over 50+. One of those bieng a Tennessee team, and the other bieng Lex Cath. Fort Campbell had its closest game all year with the Tenn team. And Lex Cath plays teams like Trinity, St. X, and Boyle Co. And nobody really thought Breathitt would be sitting where they are this year. So that one wasn't intentionally scheduled to be such an easy game. And they still play Corbin who has only lost one game thus far this season.

 

 

I'm amazed at the total lack of respect that Mayfield is getting outside of WKY, anyone who knows ANYTHING about KY HS Football knows that Mayfield will give anyteam a game. That's just how they are and have always been. And if Mayfield plays LCA in the title game. You can mark it down they won't lose by 30 or more thats for sure.

 

 

I am currently looking at schedules of both Mayfield, And Crit Co. I already admit I did NOT give Mayfield as much credit as they deserve and will rerank my teams again due to that. I retract previous statements. I will post shortly with stats to backup my "new" opinion.

Crittenden County also played and beat Massac Co. IL which only loss was at the hands of Crittenden. Massac is the top 3A team in Southern IL as well.

Fulton County and Fulton City being so bad really hurts Mayfields schedule strength. I've done this team beat that team and so on and so forth and it really means nothing.

Bluegrasspreps.com, the leader for Kentucky high school sports news and discussion, has released the following 1A rankings for October 6, 2009.

 

Class A Strength of Schedule

 

1. Lexington Christian vs. Paris 6.4

2. Mayfield vs. Ballard Memorial -4.2

3. Beechwood vs. Ludlow 13.1

4. Crittenden County vs. Fulton County -4.5

5. Frankfort at Eminence -13

6. Hazard at Harlan -2

7. Louisville Holy Cross at Caverna 5.7

8. Raceland vs. #10 ?

9. Pikeville at South Floyd 12.5

10. Fairview at #8 Raceland

-22.7

QUOTE=westsider;3558864]Lone Oak and Mayfield have two common opponents. Both hammered Marshall County. Mayfield beat Graves County 28-13, while Lone Oak beat the Eagles 17-7.

 

I would take Lone Oak to beat Mayfield, but it wouldn't be a rout.

 

:ylsuper: My exact thought...I didn't say Mayfield would beat Lone Oak, just that there wasn't much difference in the 2...Couldn't hv stated it better than you just did..

Very true, but if they had played these teams close it would be different. But there has only been two occasions where they haven't scored over 50+. One of those bieng a Tennessee team, and the other bieng Lex Cath. Fort Campbell had its closest game all year with the Tenn team. And Lex Cath plays teams like Trinity, St. X, and Boyle Co. And nobody really thought Breathitt would be sitting where they are this year. So that one wasn't intentionally scheduled to be such an easy game. And they still play Corbin who has only lost one game thus far this season.

 

 

 

 

 

I am currently looking at schedules of both Mayfield, And Crit Co. I already admit I did NOT give Mayfield as much credit as they deserve and will rerank my teams again due to that. I retract previous statements. I will post shortly with stats to backup my "new" opinion.

 

Why is okay to make an excuse for Breathitt being bad saying noone expected them to be what they are but then talk about how weak Tilghman, Marshall, Calloway, etc...There record is what it is, Breathitt, like Calloway and PTilghman are traditionally good teams... Mayfield makes it a point to play the areas best teams yr in and yr out, regardless of classification in addition to playing strong out of state teams like Milan, Tn, Trousdale, Tn, Evans Mater Dai, Sikeston, Mo, Bellville Althoff, Ill, Jackson, Tn Northside, Union City, Tn, etc...These are just a few of the out of state teams Mayfields played in the past few yrs off the top of my head... When posts are made like that it simply shows how tinted your glasses are or how short sighted you are in your thinking. It's okay to back your team and think they're great, but, it's another to blindly make an opinion when you really have no idea about the opponent you speak about... Looking forward to the new info and retraction you speak of...

And Mayfield has a record of 11-31. With three of those teams winning 1 game between them. And only one team in the state of KENTUCKY with a winning record (4-2)

 

I'm not defending Mayfield. Just putting out the data of strength of schedule. :thumb:

 

Strength of schedule is always a big factor but so is performance because sometimes a schedule can't be helped. (i.e. Boyle did not anticipate Johnson Central, Danville, or even Pikeville to be this down)

 

No one knows for sure how it all shakes out until the playoffs get under way. I do find it humorous that all this talk about LCA and Mayfield allows Beechwood to just sit under the radar and know that past records indicate they always seem to have a say on who wins 1A.

Here are some numbers from Maxpreps. Strength of Schedule Mayfield -4.2 and Crittenden County -4.5 Beechwood 13.1

Here is a small break down of both Mayfield and Crittenden County's schedules starting with Mayfield.

MAYFIELD

Trousdale County, TN 5-1 Mayfield's best quality win. They have outscored their opponents 275-137 but Mayfield scored the most against them all season with 48.

Marshall County 0-7, been outscored 290-73.

Paducah Tilghman 3-4 53-7 loss against Fort Campbell, only wins are against Beaumont, MO(2-4), Calloway County(3-4), Webster County(0-7).

Calloway County 3-4 Only wins are against;

Trigg County(2-4, been outscored 67-129).

Heath(3-3, who's only wins are Ballard Reidland and Webster County who have only won 4 games between the three).

Fulton County(0-7).

Graves County 4-2, Mayfield's second best opponent they have faced. Graves County lost 17-7 against Lone Oak who did beat Lex Cath.

Fulton County 0-7 been outscored 104-311.

Fulton City 1-6 been outscored 115-384 including a loss to Murray of 82-6!

 

I still don't put much stock in this schedule at all. But I respect it a little bit more than I previously did with the wins against Graves County, and The Tennessee team. However I still do not think they will beat LCA or Beechwood. But I do give them a #3 rank.

Crittenden County

Massac, Illinois 5-1, Averaging 31 points per game this year, Crit Co. held them to 7. That is the least they have scored in a game all season.

Hopkins County Central 2-4, they have only scored 48 points folks, with a 2 touchdown game having only occured once. They have only scored 7touchdowns ALL SEASON, teams score more than that in one game!

McClean County 2-4, only wins were against Todd County Central and Webster County, both have yet to win a ballgame this season.

Webster County 0-7, never scored more than two touchdowns in a single game. Have been outscored 59-320.

Caldwell County 2-4, lost to Hopkins County Central who's stats speak for themselves above.

Ballard Memorial 1-5, who's only win was over Fulton City who is winless this season and been outscored 11-384.

 

Mayfield should definately beat this team this year. The only reason I even put this team in the rankings is because they haven't actually had a close game with anyone thus far. Closest game was 20 points against the Illionois team.

Until this team is truly tested they could be a 4th ranked team or down there with Raceland, Fairview, Hazard.

I'm not defending Mayfield. Just putting out the data of strength of schedule. :thumb:

 

Strength of schedule is always a big factor but so is performance because sometimes a schedule can't be helped. (i.e. Boyle did not anticipate Johnson Central, Danville, or even Pikeville to be this down)

 

No one knows for sure how it all shakes out until the playoffs get under way. I do find it humorous that all this talk about LCA and Mayfield allows Beechwood to just sit under the radar and know that past records indicate they always seem to have a say on who wins 1A.

 

This is what I keep trying to say to everyone. Alot of people want to look at the past for how good they are now. The kids playing today is what you have to look at. Not 10 years ago not 20 30 or 50 years ago. It's good for the Alum and all the present fans. But they don't play. I keep getting told it will be a playoff between LCA, Mayfield And Beechwood. I say not so fast. We have about 8 to 10 other teams that may have something to say about that. I hear people saying Mayfield because of the record they have and a big tradition. Tradition is the past. When Beechwood started winning state championships they didn't have much. Up untill appx. 20 years ago Most people I bet across the state didn't know of them. NOW they are a power. But still down some from years past. And LCA wasn't even a school 25 years ago. So they don't have much of a past. But they are loaded now. The past won't win you a state title in 09. But anyway in a few weeks we will know who the best teams are. And I hope the best teams win in the playoffs.

LCA did not even have a football team until 2001. But we all know why private schools are better than public.