[Walt Longmire]

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Got to drive 5 hours, walk into the tunnel under all the years MHS has won it all, out the other side to a wild crowd, around past the tailgaters and onto a grass field. Gonna be real hard for anyone in any class. Has proven to be even harder for about the past 14 years. I like the Cards chances. Cards by 10.

I do think that Mayfield will win this one, for reasons that I stated earlier.  However, I don't think the Eagles will be intimidated by War Memorial and the Mayfield crowd.  LCA has played in may more big games the past 2 seasons than the Cardinals.  Only the freshmen on Mayfield have experienced a State Championship environment.  LCA has been their for the past two.  They've also played at: Boyle County, CAL, Lexington Catholic, Owensboro Catholic, Frederick Douglass and Pikeville over the past 2+ seasons.  They also play on grass, so I don't see why that would be a factor. But, in the end, I think the trip to Mayfield, and a porous defense will be what does them in.

  I have to disagree with ya Walt.... its not the size of Mayfield's stadium.. Its not the fact that its just another big game... Its not who has played the bigger inner city schools.....  55 holds a point here....
  Playing at historic War Memorial Stadium in November an trying to come outta there victorious against the Cardinals, is something only very few have done over the past 20-25yrs... it does hold a value ...  I promis you!! ask all the players from over the years who have played there, running out that tunnle into the Friday night lights , into a electric crowd , the cow bells., the air horns, the sounds of hundreads of tailgaters lining the first 30yrds of the visitors side....  ask any player that has had to run out that visitors tunnel if playing there didnt hold a value... its just different.. when the busses pull up the first thing they see  when they look up is a 150 foot mural, painted on the back of the stadium listing all the state championships..  4th winningest highschool program in the Nation is floating around in the minds of the kids that step off the bus...  Hopefully Lca is there early enough to encounter the sirens an lights of the motorcade parade that takes place from the highschool 2miles away to the stadium... fans usually line the streets in front of the stadium with sparklers an signs cheering an screeming....  its definitely a factor...
  On another note i think u ment to say seniors instead of freshman.. And Im 100% certain , LCA 's field is turf...again that can be a factor too..  appreas to be quite a few things to figure in on this one... gonna be alittle warmer an a front that pushes through thur possibly fri with rain on top of the drive an porous defense..

You're correct on the field. I hadn't seen them okay at home this season and did not realize that they installed turf this past off-season. As for the drive, does anyone know if they are making that drive on Friday, it if they've coming over Thursday evening?  Again, I think Mayfield will win, because I think LCA's defense is suspect. But, with the schedule that they have played, I don't think anything about Mayfield is going to intimidate them.  I'm rooting for the public school in this one.  Good luck Cards.