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the video is not representative of how the game played out, but hey it is a mckenzie website. Mckenzie Offense played better D than the mckenzie D.

Either PC wins solid (2tds or so), no stupid turnovers, ect. If LC executes well they win or lose in a squeaker. Perry Co. hasn't seen anybody with a style like Lake Co. MP would have matched up well with LC because of the athletic D-line and 3 atheletic backs on offense w/O-line. Perry co. does not match up as well b/c Lake Co. has atheletes all over the periphery and they play like wild men in the open. Perry Co. is more controlled pass game. Should be an interesting game. In a world like this, its not prudent to be dogmatic about a fb game. However, LC wins in an upset by the skin of their teeth. Both teams come out respecting each other. (maybe not the fans)

McKenzie with a solid win, maybe 2 tds. No disrespect to Riverside. Anything can happen. My opinion MP was a matchup problem for them because of specific personnel(namely the MP D-line and QB(harlan), plus Webster is a playmaker hb pass). Now that they are over that hurdle, they could win the whole thing. Riverside probably would have beat MP. Its not that MP was so great. It's matchups. McKenzie is well coached, disciplined, esp. on defense. Speed at multiple positions and good coaching/scheme would beat them.

ah you know its bologna. They can lose. They might win, but I think it'll be close myself. I didn't think they were any better than MP. MP just had a suspect secondary, but excellent front four. green Lbs(they got better), and a 6-4 180lb soph. QB coming off a game suspension. The matchup wasn't good. LC matches up better. That QB will surprise you though. He is the key. He's like a little 1A Manning. If any team can give PC trouble you would think it would be Lake Co. b/c they usually have a good defensive backfield

That's a good point. The weather could change things. It would make it harder for LC w/o the weather being right.

Westview beat Milan. McKenzie beat Westview. It's about matchups though. McKenzie wouldn't match up well with Milan. I knew MP would match up well with McKenaie. I think Lake. Co. will match up pretty with perry Co. Both teams are quick and scrappy. Quick punchers, a little unorthodox.

Maybe so, but it won't be as easy as Bruceton. Its all about matchups. Lake Co. traditionally has speedy backs and recievers. This will be a shootout, just like the Wayne Co game. That MP team was young. You're lucky you didn't play them later. Fortunate, PC didn't play McKenzie(yet). The MP defense improved. The MP QB is losing his green, so is the RB, both sophs. I'll be surprised if Lake Co. doesn't put up a good fight. Should be a good test for the Vikings.

Bigster, (long time no argue) You were right about Jackson C team in 07state champs Milan manhandled Huntingdon. Anyway..... Lake County is capable of winning the game. PC is good though. Ask McKenzie fans/players if the MP lineman aren't physical? That McKenzie QB caught a suplex(the team -22yds rushing 1st half). PC has played 4 or 5 good teams. It should be an interesting game. PC is the favorite, but Lake Co. is capable of winning. Definately. I tried to tell McKenzie fans that MP was capable. When MP had the ball and 16-15 lead with 2 min remaining. Only then, McKenzie recieved a baptism by fire. Its the only way really. I will state it plainly thrice. PC fans, Lake Co. is capable of winning.

18-16. Not exactly a big win. McKenzie offense had the ball forever(they played ball control bigtime). I bet there were 12 3rd and 4th down conversions(ridiculous). MP only had the ball like 5 or 6 times the whole game. MP had a 60 yard drive that stalled at the Mckenzie 19 at the start of the third. It was a close hard fought game. Back and forth. McKenzie kicked a 23 yard? field goal to win with 17 seconds left. MP muffed a punt to set it up. Special teams turned out to be the difference. MP turned it over in the red zone with a pick early in the game. I think each team had 1 turnover a apiece. Tough loss. I know how you feel. Been there. McKenzie fans were awfully cocky before the game. Some MP fans were just obnoxious. I had a feeling it would be close like this. I knew MP had the capability, but they came up just short.

The tigers come through in the clutch.

Really? McKenzie has faced far more talented, superior QBs I'm sure. He will not even get a sniff at the endzone this game, will he? And those little scat backs are a joke right? what's the score 48-0 McKenzie. Right? Funny thing is that if MP turns the ball over, then it really could be pretty bad, but they could win too. Life really is that complicated. Its kind of like gene expression and disease. Messy stuff. Biology is rarely pristine and neat. It can be miserable to study at times, but reveals intense beauty as well. It's messy and exquisitely complicated. Football games take on a life of their own. MP is good enough to win, but Mckenzie is the favorite. That's my best generalization.

Yeah, that was a silly post on his part. 1/2 those teams would give MP trouble. Camden and Westview definately. Peabody and Humboldt as well. I think they are better than Dresden. I think McKenzie are a little off too though. Not as much as some MP fans though. haha. The truth often hurts. I still think MP can win though.

True. Just me. *sigh* Good luck to the tigers this Friday. MP lineman need to step it up and play with heart. Drew Hayes was the Freshman McKenzie QB in that Lewis Co.-McKenzie classic 12-0 vs. 12-0. Somebody from Mckenzie probably remembers it.

8 and a half years ago. I couldn't figure our team out. It was an anomaly. We beat a Wayne County team on homecoming 36-0, they were 4-0 at the time. TSSAA has got the score wrong in the history books 29-0. That same Wayne county team (7-3) lost 14-7 to CPA (the eventual state champs) in the first round of the playoffs. We had freaks on that team. Fitzgerald(DE mentioned earlier), Tycazk (possesses unnatural type of strength playing UT chatt now at now at 24 after his military service. Freakish athletes. It was so weird that we went 3-1 were up on a Cascade team 8-0 at halftime,then lost 22-8, the picked up shelbyville back that rushed for 318 yards against a good CA team, but he barely got 100 on us. He had nothing at halftime, but defense wore down because our offense was dysfunctional. We didn't have the right people on the line. Then 4-2 after the Wayne county game. Sowell was game breaker speedster and two bruising 210, 200lbs tailback montez whitherspoon and ellis daily (played for lewis County later). You guys beat that lewis county team barely at the end of game in 04, 13-7 was the score. That QB threw a touchdown at the last minute. You guys had a great QB Hayes! That was his name. My cousin Jimbo Dobson made all state for Lewis County a year later. McKenzie beat lewis county 13-7 that year in the quaterfinals at the last minute.

That's the question. Can the MP lineman step it up? Their legs should be toast by the end of game if they give the right kind of effort. I remember one game where I had 15 tackles in a 6-5. I was cramping,stetching calfs between plays, every play in the rain. It was beautiful man. I gave everything I had. Everything! I had nothing left to give and we lost in overtime on fourth down on the 1 yard line. They ran to other side. Our D-end was athletic as they come and strong as an ox 6-2 210lbs with a 40 inch vertical, but raw, inexperienced. He shot down inside like a pass rush and the back popped it outside. That was for the playoffs.