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Truth be told I think Caldwell when fresh was just a little better. Mayfield finally got the Tigers d line a little gased late and the Cards managed to retake control of the game but ultimatley some mistakes cost the Cards and the Tigers cashed in.

Game could have gone either way and you have to be good and lucky sometime and the Cards have had their share of both the last 4 or 5 years. If we had to lose 1 this is the one as the rest send you home.

I think both win titles but it is not a given for either. Mayfield's defense is just not as good as it has been the last few years granted you can't fault the defense much for giving up a ton of yards to Caldwell qb and reciver combo Pepper as it was just a mismatch for our DB's. Pepper and his huge size advantage plus being very athletic was too much for our smaller DB's who really did about all they could and generally had decent coverage. The defense must improve their tackling but this late I have to think it is not going to improve.
If the defense can hang in there we will be okay. Caldwell also is weak on defense and has stiff competition from either CAL (played Male to the wire) or Desales, both worry me with the Tiger defense. They must improve their run defense, Mayfield with most kids going both ways was gashing them on the run and these teams could do the same.

Good luck to the Tigers and lets meet again in BG hopefully!