MayfieldFan

i saw a BW player pick his nose.

At this point, i don't think BW fans that think they were the better team are going through an intellectually honest process. "Hey, we won the line of scrimmage, but Mayfield capitalized on our mistakes." As if we didnt have something to do with their mistakes. One mistake is the qb throwing the first interception instead of throwing it in the stands, but apparently the heavy pressure he was under had nothing to do with that, nor the good coverage we had. BW somehow didn't recognize the formation on the 99 yard td, which was a mistake, which kinda neglects the fact that it's not like the BW defenders on the play were fooled. They weren't fooled, they just got beat. Getting beat deep isn't a mistake (in this case), it's not being fast enough. BW didn't call the right plays on the first drive is another "mistake" mentioned. As if the it was the play called that prevented them from getting into the endzone instead of the Mayfield defense. Had BW stuck it in on that drive, zero BW fans would have said "well, I am glad we got the TD, but the playcalling was a mistake." The play calling wasn't a mistake, Mayfield just stopped it. We led the game from start to finish, and Mayfield did everything it needed to win. Including overcoming some questionable calls. I promise you i am not going to dispute the fourth down quarterback facemask call from the official who was on the other side of the river. Maybe there was a facemask on that play, I can't say for sure, but what I can say is that if our kid grabbed his facemask, then he had his facemask sewn into the back of his jersey.

how could seven people pick williamsburg? cards win by thirty points or more

I can't argue with this. One thing that impressed me about BOTH teams equally. There were many points in the game where we, as fans, felt like "this is it" Mayfield felt like ah, now we can put the game away and Beechwood felt like ah, this is it, we are going to come back and win. Many points where momentum could have swung. But both teams answered every time. The kids didn't let momentum swing, they just kept answering each other.

Hey this is my first post. First, congrats to Beechwood on a lot of heart. good game, well played. I would like to also disagree with the sentiment that Beechwood is the better team, expressed in this thread, expressed by the coach in the cincy paper, and expressed pretty much yearly in my view. I kinda see why one MIGHT think that, apart from the obvious reason of perspective from a hometown fan. You guys whipped us on the line of scrimmage this year, resulting in a lot of positive yard runs for you, and a lot of stuffs on the defensive side. Usually, the better team controls the line of scrimmage. but..that is a narrow point of view in determining the "better team." In all other aspects of the game, Mayfield was superior. Offensively, we moved the ball in the air. BW could neither cover our receivers or put pressure on the qb. so yeah, you stopped the run, which was impressively done. but it kinda is myopic vision to get all fired up about how good the run defense is when our receivers are scoring 99 yard touchdowns and generally just taking everything they want. Which leads to another aspect of the game, versatility. coach joe's comments made it clear that he was using the clock, by continuing to run when it wasnt effective, knowing BW cant catch up quickly. in other words, i guess we could have passed more...but we did things and made decisions designed to win the game and in part those decisions were based on a weakness of the opponent. that's good coaching i think. Like i said, i get it, i get the idea that you think you were the better team b/c of the line of scrimmage, but it stopped there. wanna know why you had those long sustained drives? because you controlled the line of scrimmage but didnt really have any "take it to house" ability. your most exciting plays, the ones that appeared to have the most potential to "take it to the house" were the kickoff returns, the qb scrambling out of pressure and a fake punt. Anyway, i guess i joined to make this reply, i dont blame someone for saying "we were the better team" you kinda need that attitude to be great. but from our perspective, it just seems like every year we beat BW, and we get told, "good game but we were better team, its just a shame we didnt get the breaks we needed." and then the next year we are told how this years team is better than last years team and then the whole process is repeated. i guess not anymore, i just wish we could play BW some more, just to see how many times we have to beat BW before someone from BW admits that they arent the better team.