[DragonFire]

I am not going to completely disagree with you based on WC winning the head to head matchup. I will say that Jonathan Jackson being out the whole second half against WC could have made a difference in a game Mayfield was winning at half and was in striking distance late in the game. Throw in Deonte Jackson the All WKC linebacker being out as well in the second half. This may be why they are thinking late in the season may have a different outcome than a mid august game. I would also say that a midseason destruction of Graves County on their home field by Mayfield then watch Graves go to Warren Central and play within a couple of min of knocking WC out of the playoffs could have effected their decisions. Much harder to judge teams after 2 weeks of practice vs 17 weeks of practice. No Mayfield did not beat by WC the season before.

Jonathan Jackson didn't sit the entire second half, but he was very limited. I believe he scored one if not both of Mayfield's late scores, the ones that put them back into "striking distance". They were in every bit the same striking distance that Central was against Bowling Green in the playoffs, which is to say they were down a score but never had the ball with a chance to erase the deficit all the way.

Comparing games and margins is a tricky business. Do you believe South Warren could compete with Mayfield simply because both teams beat Russellville by the same margin? To use South Warren as an example, did they suddenly get 31 points better in a month from when they got throttled by Monroe County to when they pushed them to within 10 in the region finals?

I'll admit that I believed going into the game that if Graves and Central lined up 5 times, WC would win 5. Maybe it's more like 4 out of 5. But I believe the game they played would have been that 1 out of the 5 that Graves had a shot at winning, and they didn't convert. Look up the statistics, they were absolutely dominated by WC. Graves managed to hold them out of the end zone (which IS the only thing that matters), and that gave them their chance. My hats off to them now as it was then.

If that's the game that makes people forget about Central winning head to head over Mayfield, so be it. I suppose Mayfield would have given Bowling Green a better game the following week.