WHO'S NEXT?

PT pressure on the QB had him running all night. He was really the only offensive weapon Corbin had, and in the second half he was ineffective. If a championship comes back to Paducah, it's the defense that's going to do it.

Beechwood took a 38-0 lead just 3 years ago in Ft. Mitchell. Running clock and then Mayfield scored.

It's probably out there somewhere, but any idea what these numbers looked like last year before this game? Similar, I suspect. Isn't there margin of victory included in this.

Once again, the number one seed has an easy road to the finals while the other top contenders beat up on each other.

Maybe, maybe not. Mayfield has a tremendous running back every season. Last year it was a bruiser, this year more of slasher with a smaller version of a bruiser as his back up. Talking to the coaches, LCA better do their homework on the Mayfield passing game or they will be trying to play catch up, like last year. If LCA has plans to do that simply by running the pigskin, then it will be a (another) long trip back to the LEX.

The way it should be.

Murray can't stop the pass... short, intermediate, deep - it won't matter. Even if Atwell feels some heat, he should have no problem using his legs to step up and take off down the Steele stadium turf. 42-10 OC

I know Caldwell thinks they left some points on the field in the first matchup, driving into Mayfield territory on a handful occasions. Mayfield defense has come up big when teams are in a position to score over the last several weeks. Cardinals are mixing it up a little more now on D and that should give an improving Tigers team a little more to think about. Cardinals will win, but perhaps not quite as comfortably as the first time. 41-21

Any reason to use the NFHS feed if Red Helmet is giving it away for free Mayfield by 17.

Mayfield will get this done in one of two ways. Either throwing on the worst pass defense in 6A or having the best running back in 2A go wild. Mayfield goes over 40 points, barring a monsoon, but will give up some points too. 47-27

14-0 at halftime, but the defense could only hold them out the endzone so many times. Offensive just isn't consistent enough, but you can see they are getting closer. Mayfield plays each game this hard going forward, from first whistle to last, that raw talent will start to produce.

Who can forget the 55 LCA dropped on Mayfield in the 2009 state championship

Maybe go back and give the Owensboro score a second look. That was a game the Red Devils could have certainly won.

Despite some of the polls, here and otherwise, the RPI is the one that got it right again this season. #1 vs #2 for the 2A state championship.

Which just proves they were overrated. Rankings are fun and all, but they are just someone's opinion and they've never won any team a playoff game. In a state where everyone makes the playoff, one of those Beechwood opponents made a first round playoff appearance, the other second round. ?‍♂️

And maybe the scoreboard on Friday. The old saying, of course, is defense wins championships. I just can't overlook the fact that the Beechies gave up over 40 to one middle of the pack team and over 50 to another average team, fortunate to win them both. Great teams don't do this. Yes defense has been lights out since then, but they haven't played anyone either. Mayfield 52 Beechwood 35

Rain total will be negligible (<.25") and long gone by 7:30 kickoff. Ground is dry and what little that falls will be soaked up. Field conditions are not an issue.

Of these 3 playoff teams to travel to Mayfield, which is the best of those. The current LCA team, the '17 CAL team or the '15 DeSales squad.

They haven't. 40 point loss to Madisonville and 4th quarter scores to beat Ft. Campbell just to even have another crack at Mayfield. Maybe tell us how good Ft. Campbell is since they only lost to the much improved Tigers by two TDs. Murray still lost to Mayfield and never had a chance once they fell behind. Can't play "chew the clock" when you're losing the game. Right strategy, but only 2 quarters of execution.

Only question here is do we get another 70+ scoring barrage from the PT O. It's getting to be habitual. Next week is when it gets a lot more challenging.

This is wrong in so many ways. It won't be close, Murray hasn't improved , 1-1 since their last meeting vs Mayfield just 3 weeks ago, (blown out by MNHopkins and outlasting an average Ft. Campbell ballclub) and Mayfield plays one game at a time - the coaches make sure of it. Besides Murray is beat up at the end of the season and won't even be full strength for this game.

Hard to feel bad for Beechwood win they get a free pass to the semi finals every year.

?Jordan Miles is his alternate ego because that's the Christian QB

I wonder what the nfhs and Christian Co think about the visitors putting this out there for free.

A lot of JV football to be seen the next 2, probably 3 weeks. Then it gets real, real fast.