MayfieldFan

Oh yeah! Seriously, people should come check out how babies are born in Mayfield. Instead of telling the woman "push push push", we call the youngster out with a cadence. "Blue 17, Blue 17....READY"

I am not going to hammer you, or even disagree with you. You are right. However, I want to say this too.....the kid plays thru his mistakes. Some kids don't. But he most certainly does. He believes in himself. That is a pretty special quality, and we are lucky to have him. Also, never seen even a hint that his teammates also don't believe in him. If we can't have a quaterback who is perfect, give me one just like the one we have.

Pretty impressive technical skills BRD

I think I see the guy who shot Kennedy!

1. Mayfield 2 thru 10. Not Murray

Have I lost my mind? I feel certain that NCC got an interception.

The block was actually about seven yards behind the line of scrimmage, after Caldwell was standing in the endzone. Their end took an outside rush route and our two players just pushed him that way, taking him out of the play. They released the block and the end turned his back to them, the play was over, you can see Caldwell standing up in the endzone. It doesn't appear that either of our players touched him ever in the back, but hard to tell. Either way, the block was good and the play was over, should have been a TD. Then we could have kicked a bunch of speculative field goals.

No, there is not a huge difference. There is no difference at all. A misapplication of the rules can affect the game. So can an erroneous judgment call. Both types of errors can impact a game. As I said, if the measuring stick is "impact on the game" there is no logical reason to think one type of error is worse than the other. We got a TD and had one taken away. Even trade. Your line about "effecting speculative field goals" is kinda funny, and shows just how far down the rabbit hole this type of "woulda, shoulda, coulda" thinking can go. He kicked zero field goals. None in the first half. None in the second half. None before the call. None after the call.

Well, if called correctly, we still scored 17. Caldwell got into the endzone only to have it taken off the board due to the "block in the back call." I watched the feed after returning home and both the announcers, after watching the replay, said he was in the endzone and neither could figure out the call. So we got one TD given, and one taken away. As for the speculation about the NCC kicker and his 50 yard plus range, I guess I would put more weight into that speculation had he kicked one in the game. That blown call didn't prevent him from kicking those speculative field goals. It was a blown call, but there lots of blown calls. If you take the position that a blown application of the rules can affect the game, then you must admit that a blown judgment call can also affect the game. No logical reason to say one type of blown call is worse than the other, if the yardstick is "could affect the game."

Woke up Monday feeling great. Wanted to point the following out, in the semi-finals, there was a clash between two teams, one a two-time defending state champion and the other a three-time defending state champion. That surely can't have happened often as it could only occur when there is a re-classification. Then in the finals, both teams were making at least their fourth consecutive appearance in the title game. So, .......way to go Mayfield. That is an accomplishment. You didn't just win the 2A state championship, you slayed every dragon that 2A could summon to put in your path. GO BIG RED!

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Nice post.

Well, it looks like Guru was correct after all. I watched the game after getting home, lots of missed, goofy calls.

Way to go Mayfield. A tremendous accomplishment for this team, and of course the senior class. This team won games playing about every style possible and against every type of opponent. Today's game was kinda bleh, as much as winning a state title can be bleh (Translation: it was a lot of fun). Their defensive line (NCC's) really stood out, and that kept the game close, but from my biased perspective there is "close, and the outcome of the game is in serious contention" and "close, but a win appears pretty likely." This felt like the latter. Mayfield's defense came ready to hit today, lots of big time hits with the tackles. Seemed to me to be a lot of activity after the whistle, as if NCC watched a bunch of Murray film and took notes. This team was a lot of fun to watch, I think the turning point of the season was the comeback against Caldwell. Just felt like, seemed like, smelled like that after that, the boys just were not going to let themselves lose a game.

Meaning I got to keep drinking til someone finds a rule so I don't have to capitulate

Gonna sober up before I capitulate

Sorry Guru. You are wrong out of the gate calling it a muff. A punted ball is only dead when it crosses the goal line untouched. This one was touched and recovered for a touchdown. Go big red!

Wasn't a muffed catch. Ball landed, bounced into their player, went into end zone. Touchdown!

GO BIG RED!

One of our greatest running backs is not on the list, Herbert "bird dog" Shoemaker, from 1932. Herbert was a massive fellow, standing tall at 6'5", weighing 320 pounds and could run the 40 yard dash in under 4 seconds. He was virtually impossible to tackle. Unfortunately, Bird dog had been born completely blind and could not see his hand in front of his face. The Mayfield coaches refused to give up on Herbert and sought to utilize the extra-sensitive hearing he had developed in compensation of a lifetime of blindness. They would give a trainer a dog whistle and position him at the back of the endzone. The quarterback, Jim "Cornmeal" Smith, would hand the ball to Bird dog and yell "run." Ole Bird Dog would commence to running, slinging opposing players off him like gnats, and trampling any player who had the misfortune of being in front of him, including his own "blockers." Whenever Bird dog ended up facing the end zone, the trainer would blow the dog whistle and he would run toward the sound. The strategy worked for a time, Bird dog had 43 carries, all for touchdowns, with a 63 yards per carry average. Opponents caught on to the strategy though, and began bringing their own dog whistles to the games, which caused Bird dog quite a bit of confusion, and lots of injured people standing near the sidelines. Bird dog's career came to an abrupt end when he ran full speed into the brick wall of the stadium, deceived by a Tilghman dog whistle. Happily the concussion knocked something loose and Bird dog could see for the first time. He refused to run anymore though, he had never seen the horizon before, and was terrified that if he ran, he might run off the face of the earth. He spent his days after selling lemon ice treats at county fairs.

I'm here at War Memorial. Where is everybody? GO BIG RED!

It's friday! Time for football! .........Hey wait a minute. Crap. Game not til Sunday. GO BIG RED!

I made a list and deleted it. There are players that weren't on my list that I just love and appreciate so much for what they did (and do) that I just couldn't bring myself to make a list and leave anyone off. GO BIG RED!

congrats to Pikeville. That's a good victory right there. Congrats to Beechwood as well, tough loss.

my brain just exploded