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[jarrod1937]

Oh ok, sorry i just thought you had accidentally posted the reply in this topic but meant to post it in another (happens in forums a lot more than you'd think), so just ignore my above reply.
As for your issue, it may be true that those things together didn't make your page work, but that is why you should try one optimization at a time. For example, your caching method is a completely separate topic from maxcdn. So i am not sure if maxcdn was the cause of your issues and i'd recommend giving it another try, it seriously helped lower my page load times. You should use it for any images you may have and if possible using it for your themes css file (using two different pull zones for better parallelization).