Monroe County 49 -- Taylor County 18

**Poseidon** · 08-30-2008, 12:51 AM

Taylor County used Leonard Macon to do everything but work the concession stand. The line was pushed around all night and they could not stop the run or the play action pass. Monroe keyed on Thomas and Macon and Taylor was down 49-12 by the 3rd quarter. Leonard Macon is a great athlete, he had most of the yards for the Cards. The best play Taylor County had was a fake punt to Macon....the Cards ran that play at least three times and Macon cut through the Monroe County defense like a hot knife through butter twice. A very disappointing start for the Cards but congrats to MC..

red_devils_rule · 08-30-2008, 12:53 AM

Congrats Monroe County

Pigskinman53 · 08-30-2008, 10:33 AM

TheBrahmaBull Wrote:Taylor County used Leonard Macon to do everything but work the concession stand. The line was pushed around all night and they could not stop the run or the play action pass. Monroe keyed on Thomas and Macon and Taylor was down 49-12 by the 3rd quarter. Leonard Macon is a great athlete, he had most of the yards for the Cards. The best play Taylor County had was a fake punt to Macon....the Cards ran that play at least three times and Macon cut through the Monroe County defense like a hot knife through butter twice. A very disappointing start for the Cards but congrats to MC..

I watched the first half and I could just feel the buzz in the air at Taylor Co. I heard people saying the Cards could have an 8-2 season. I guess this game put a end to the Macon hype. Macon is a great athlete no question about that, but he is also very lazy and walks around on the field alot. The first half they didn't give Thomas the ball nearly enough, and tried to just dropback and air the ball out. Turpin also hangs on to the ball WAY to long, and the Monroe Co. pass rush started to get to him.

I think Macon has realized now that he isn't in Danville anymore. There he had other players who could make plays, but at TC if he doesn't make the play it want get made

**Poseidon** · 08-30-2008, 11:29 AM

Pigskinman53 Wrote:I watched the first half and I could just feel the buzz in the air at Taylor Co. I heard people saying the Cards could have an 8-2 season. I guess this game put a end to the Macon hype. Macon is a great athlete no question about that, but he is also very lazy and walks around on the field alot. The first half they didn't give Thomas the ball nearly enough, and tried to just dropback and air the ball out. Turpin also hangs on to the ball WAY to long, and the Monroe Co. pass rush started to get to him.

I think Macon has realized now that he isn't in Danville anymore. There he had other players who could make plays, but at TC if he doesn't make the play it want get made

After the 1st couple grives Monroe County did a good job shutting down the Taylor offense. Monroe doubled up on Macon all night and he still had good stats. Thomas did not get the ball enough and his line was not blocking anyone. Not saying the outcome would have been different, but TC would have been closer if they had run the ball more and not stopped the clock on passes. I had said that the line would dictate how good a season TC has, and if they do not improve, it will be a long one....I still think they should go 5-5 or 6-4, but I may be overyly optimistic.

I did see Macon hanging his head and limping around and coming off the field. He seemed to not like contact and came out every time he was tackled. He did not play much on defense in the second half and Taylor County looked horrible. Do not know why he did not play defense, he played offense. His absence on D took away a presence away from the LB core and Monroe proceeded to run the ball at will. I am not saying that the Macon kid is the best player in the world, but TC needs him on the field on offense and defense. He does not seem to have the stamina to go both ways nor the mind set.

Pigskinman53 · 08-30-2008, 12:28 PM

TheBrahmaBull Wrote:After the 1st couple grives Monroe County did a good job shutting down the Taylor offense. Monroe doubled up on Macon all night and he still had good stats. Thomas did not get the ball enough and his line was not blocking anyone. Not saying the outcome would have been different, but TC would have been closer if they had run the ball more and not stopped the clock on passes. I had said that the line would dictate how good a season TC has, and if they do not improve, it will be a long one....I still think they should go 5-5 or 6-4, but I may be overyly optimistic.

I did see Macon hanging his head and limping around and coming off the field. He seemed to not like contact and came out every time he was tackled. He did not play much on defense in the second half and Taylor County looked horrible. Do not know why he did not play defense, he played offense. His absence on D took away a presence away from the LB core and Monroe proceeded to run the ball at will. I am not saying that the Macon kid is the best player in the world, but TC needs him on the field on offense and defense. He does not seem to have the stamina to go both ways nor the mind set.

As you said if the Oline doesn't improve it will be a long year for the Cards. The Falcons just dominated the L.O.S. If Taylor can pull out an 6-4 season I will think it will be successful after watching the game last night. Lets not forget that Monroe only won 2 games last season.

Besides the Offensive line improving the key will be trying to get some type of ground game gonig. The times they lined up in the "I" and gave Thomas the ball they got yards.. The second thing is their putting the ball in Turpins hands to much. I would say he passed the ball 30+ times last night. He's an average QB, but not the type that can just air the ball out.

**Poseidon** · 08-30-2008, 04:04 PM

Pigskinman53 Wrote:As you said if the Oline doesn't improve it will be a long year for the Cards. The Falcons just dominated the L.O.S. If Taylor can pull out an 6-4 season I will think it will be successful after watching the game last night. Lets not forget that Monroe only won 2 games last season.

Besides the Offensive line improving the key will be trying to get some type of ground game gonig. The times they lined up in the "I" and gave Thomas the ball they got yards.. The second thing is their putting the ball in Turpins hands to much. I would say he passed the ball 30+ times last night. He's an average QB, but not the type that can just air the ball out.

Agreed!