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Early in the season Caldwell County had as many as 5 starters out. They are now back and it shows, they have been a much better football team the past few weeks with those players back. I think Mayfield wins but the Tigers appear to me to be a solid team now. Cards by 21-28.

Bud, I did read what you said carefully and got your point and tend to agree with what you said and should have made that clear. It was just that Mayfield pride in me that led to me making sure all knew we had won a recent 2A title I guess.

I was suprised Beechwood won the title game last year and thought to my myself they likely would have gone 2 or 3 in 10 VS LCA. The thing is Beechwood only had to win 1 time and they did. Now in 2021 the way LCA has dismantled some of the top teams in the state coupled with what I thought last year leads me to wonder if they are the best team in 2A or is it Beechwood. It seems about 50/50 to me. I would certainly never ever count Beechwood out.

Actually Beechwood didn't have more titles, each program had 6 over that time period.

Actually it's not hardly as bad in 2A as stated. We won the 2A title in 2015, our first year in 2A since 1994. We have also had several runner up finishes including 1 that just barrely got away. That makes 4 trips to the title game in 6 season in 2A. Not what we want here but far from a poor showing. The pipeline through the younger grades looks as strong as ever so we maybe able to get another title before to long.

Could happen, if Mayfield's opponets keep losing I can see Beechwood slide into the 2 spot and that would be tough on a still very young Mayfield squad.

Beechwood has never beat Mayfield! The 300 pound monkey has grown into a gorilla over the years. ''The proud Beechwood program, all these years later still has this hanging over their heads and it leaves a nasty spot. I would assume some would rather get that gorilla off the Tiger back than win the title. We know, we once had a fleet drop anchor in Mayfield and when we finally got them off our back it felt to me better than a title. When we go visit my wife's family in NKY for the holidays I still love to go eat at Barleycorn's and of course I get pure pleasure out of the looks I get wearing a Cards shirt no matter if its a title year or not in Ft. Mitchell.

I still have nightmares from the Middlesboro game in 98, man they were some tough kids.

The loss to Somerset was and still is hard to swallow, the Danville and LCA games not so much so. The thing about the Somerset loss for me was the catch at midfield prior to the pass interference. After the chains reset, the clock should have started and it didnt and the catch was inbounce. That lil bit of time remaining could have been the difference but it is what it is. We have won a couple of times when we likely shouldnt have and when you have been to as many title games as we have it all eventually washes out but that doesn't mean I will ever like it.

Thanks Guru!

Thanks Purple!

Not sure yet on the pig but we have made significant upgrades in the tailgate site and War Memorial Stadium has been thru a upgrade and is now sponsored by the same regional bank that carries the name of the Murray State facilities, CFSB. We certainly want to extend a invite on whatever we end up cooking, whether it be pig or big game cat, to our Beechwood friends that we have missed seeing as of late.

Hello Folks, I've returned, baited out of retirement by a few folks on here. ?

The announcers for Graves should be fired, Joe and crew are pathetic and have no real experience. go Livingston County!

Interesting thread, this Cards team has actually been a bit of a positive surprise for me after losing one of the best QB's and RB's we have had in some time. The schedule rolled out and looked to be murders row but now after having gone through the roughest part of it I cant say the same. UC, PT, Hoptown & McCracken were expected to be better and in some cases a lot better. That said, I will be surprised if this team isn't in Lexington. The Corbin game was actually a positive to me given the situation and fact that we played them even. We are a totally different team with Hurt, Halliburton, Terrell and Gutherie not hurt. Atlanta Cat and some others will be surprised, this is a really good football team that I think is better than last years edition

As always great read, thanks for putting in the time to make it for us

nice win DS

I picked DeSales in the preseason and see no reason to change my mind now. They returned the most off a really good team from last year. The shroud of mystery over Carr is interesting. He is a game changer, and the best young QB I have seen the last couple years so I hope that he gets back on the field.

RE: Corbin VS Mayfield Yes they will play again next season again at Austin Peay in Clarksville. Per the AD at Austin Peay, who played for Mayfield. The first 2 games in this series were played at Lindsey Wilson as part of a 2 year deal and would have likely stayed there had it not been for a conflict for this year at Lindsey Wilson. So in looking for a new location Austin Peay came up and having the ties made it easy. In the interview with the Austin Peay AD he said they were excited to host and gave the teams a better price than what they had with Lindsey Wilson because they just finished a 19 mil stadium upgrade and wanted to show case it and get the word out and felt that this was a great way to do so. Anyway, the Corbin vs Mayfield at Austin Peay is a 2 year deal meaning that they will play there again next year and man it is a awesome facility

We are guaranteed at least 1 more year, the AD at Austin Peay is a former Cardinal player and in a interview he said that Mayfield and Corbin inked a 2 year deal to play at Austin Peay. He also said it was cheaper than what they had been paying at Lindsey Wilson because they just recently completed a 19 mil stadium renovation and wanted to show case it and had hopes that allowing Mayfield and Corbin to play there would draw other schools to come and play and thus help Austin Peay show case what I can attest to as a magnificent stadium

The Hounds did surprise me by their overall speed and ability to keep us breaking some long ones. As for special teams no doubt Corbin had a advantage. Defense was about even to me. I felt the difference was a couple of breaks downs by the Cards defense that yielded fairly long Corbin TD's and that should be fixable. Either team could have won this one but it was Corbin that did. The stats were almost dead even. MF had 5 more total yards and 1 more first down. Both are solid teams but I think both will have to improve to win a title

When we replace our jerseys we sell the old ones to the fans. It amazing what old jersey can bring

I left Austin Peay Friday with more questions than answers about Mayfield. When the schedule was rolled out and you told me that MF would be 5-1 I would have been very pleased but now looking back it is my opinion that the schedule the Cards played on paper vs the one on the field are different. Union City, TN was the #1 ranked preseason 2A in TN but it was obvious from our game with them that they were not as advertised. Hopkinsville lost their 2 best players and were a shadow of what was supposed to have been. McCracken, Tilghman and Graves were all good but not great teams. Then there is Corbin, a close loss that could have gone either way and did expose areas that need to be fixed and luckily are all things that are easily fixed. but how good is Corbin? They beat Alcoa but Alcoa does not appear to be the team they have been in recent years and then there was the loss to a good Beechwood. Clearly Corbin is a good team but are they or any of the other teams MF has faced state title level? I still cant tell, nor can I tell where MF is really at. The run game was not great against Corbin but the starting back was out and his replacement was playing sparingly with a nagging injury himself. Even then I though MF should be more effective running the ball behind what is believed to be a stellar o line but 96 yards on 25 carries is not going to get you a title when you have a sophomore QB who is still learning. The D actually played Corbin well if you take away 3 long pass plays and stop getting drawn offsides that. We had 5 or 6 procedure calls that gave Corbin first downs or first and 5's and this was huge in keeping drives alive for the Hounds who are good enough that they don't need any extra help. I think MF has a good shot at being a legit title contender and will fix these issues but I think for now the West side favorites are DeSales and CAL and I really like the physical aspects of what DeSales is doing. They are my West #1 for now anyway.

I had a tough weekend as I went to the Corbin-Mayfield game, then drove to Lexington after the game for the Florida-UK game and finally listened to my Dolphins lose to the Jets driving home from Lexington. 0-3 ouch! So other than a phone text in this thread while driving to Lexington I have not had time to catch up but I just did and I saw numerous posts regarding if Corbin and Mayfield would continue this series and I happen to know that they inked a 2 year deal to play at Austin Peay so this game will happen again next year as the same incredible venue