Valdosta Wildcats expected to travel to Ohio this season to take on the Massillon Tigers

[Ga96]

The board has approved and and seems that both sides have agreed to the matchup. Valdosta has tried to do these matchups in the past but they were turned down back then. Even went as far as the Valdosta mayor trying to set the games up.

#1 in Wins in the nation vs #3. 

I expect Valdosta to win in a close one

[nptb17]

2 minutes ago, Ga96 said:

The board has approved and and seems that both sides have agreed to the matchup. Valdosta has tried to do these matchups in the past but they were turned down back then. Even went as far as the Valdosta mayor trying to set the games up.

#1 in Wins in the nation vs #3. 

I expect Valdosta to win in a close one

You might want to wait until I make my pick in the pickem to pick a winner if that game takes place.

[Ga96]

[Ga96]

Game will be on August 18th according to one of the cats coaches.

[Nolebull813]

Finally Valdookie playing a team in their state’s top 200 

[181pl]

cool game. very historic teams

[Nolebull813]

It is a good game. Let’s just hope it happens 

[Rufus69]

Very surprised that Valdosta is willing to spend those kind of pesos.........................to travel.

Absolutely no sense to it.

They could play an Alabama team in Bazemore-Hyder and pack the stadium.  Somebody in Azalea City ain't thinking real clearly.

 

 

Rufus>>

[OldTerrapin]

2 hours ago, Rufus69 said:

Very surprised that Valdosta is willing to spend those kind of pesos.........................to travel.

Absolutely no sense to it.

They could play an Alabama team in Bazemore-Hyder and pack the stadium.  Somebody in Azalea City ain't thinking real clearly.

 

 

Rufus>>

Massillon always pays the big bucks for teams to come play there. It's quite an experience as well. They put on a good show. They will love it.

 

 

 

 

[OldTerrapin]

Massillon Tiger Swing Band is pretty legit as well

 

 

 

 

 

[Rufus69]

All that is just wonderful.

You got any idea how much the Cats will spend on a trip like that?

Maybe if Valdosta takes 25 players and their 25 coaches and Massillon pays out $40,000....they might could break even.

It just doesn't make financial sense.

 

 

Rufus>>

[OldTerrapin]

25 minutes ago, Rufus69 said:

All that is just wonderful.

You got any idea how much the Cats will spend on a trip like that?

Maybe if Valdosta takes 25 players and their 25 coaches and Massillon pays out $40,000....they might could break even.

It just doesn't make financial sense.

 

 

Rufus>>

Probably not paying nothing. It's part of a series of games "NE Ohio Classic"

 

Massillon only plays 2 or 3 road games a year. Their pockets are real deep. They want you to consider it a privilege to be invited to play there and experience it. We went with ECA some years back and Middletown,DE went last year and paid nothing. Middletown is going back up again this year. For whatever reason be it jealousy or whatever the local teams don't want to play them other than their league games they have to play

https://massillontigers.com/schedules/future-varsity-schedules/

[TheMaximumHornetSting]

Knowing Valdosta this is a Home & Home type deal.... 

Hope Valdosta is good next season... 

[OldTerrapin]

49 minutes ago, TheMaximumHornetSting said:

Knowing Valdosta this is a Home & Home type deal.... 

Hope Valdosta is good next season... 

doubtful. I can't remember the last time Massillon has travelled out of state. Let alone to Georgia. I don't know if it is still the same but Ohio teams were never allowed to travel out of state but to neighboring states. 

[Nolebull813]

35 minutes ago, Rufus69 said:

All that is just wonderful.

You got any idea how much the Cats will spend on a trip like that?

Maybe if Valdosta takes 25 players and their 25 coaches and Massillon pays out $40,000....they might could break even.

It just doesn't make financial sense.

 

 

Rufus>>

Why can every team in the country that  travels OOS always seem to make it happen except Georgia teams? Why are they always the exception? Just Milton and CG it seems 
 

And you don’t have to take 125 kids. Funny how Milton and Cedar Grove can always make it happen no issue. 
 

you either want to do it or you don’t it’s that simple

[TheMaximumHornetSting]

3 minutes ago, OldTerrapin said:

doubtful. I can't remember the last time Massillon has travelled out of state. Let alone to Georgia. I don't know if it is still the same but but Ohio teams were never allowed to travel out of state but to neighboring states. 

Though Im pretty sure both schools are closed now... 

Steele (Dayton,OH) used to come to Atlanta to play Tech HS (Atlanta,GA) 

They split the travels 3 in GA 3 in OH... 

But Tech Won the series 4-2

[TheMaximumHornetSting]

But that was also super long ago

[181pl]

1 hour ago, OldTerrapin said:

Massillon Tiger Swing Band is pretty legit as well

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful setting

[OldTerrapin]

47 minutes ago, TheMaximumHornetSting said:

Though Im pretty sure both schools are closed now... 

Steele (Dayton,OH) used to come to Atlanta to play Tech HS (Atlanta,GA) 

They split the travels 3 in GA 3 in OH... 

But Tech Won the series 4-2

They can now but only 1 time

 

Bylaw 9-2-1 reads: Schools may travel out of state to compete in contests in states or provinces in Canada that border Ohio regardless of distance to travel. The states are Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The province is Ontario. Additionally, schools may travel out of state one time per sport per interscholastic season to compete in contests in any location that does not border Ohio subject to approval from the Executive Director’s Office

[OldTerrapin]

Massillon also has their own streaming production so folks that can't come can buy a ticket to watch the broadcast for 12 bucks. I paid it last year to watch the Middletown game. It was produced well but straight up homer announcers..lol they make some pretty good dough from that as well.. 

[Severino]

14 minutes ago, OldTerrapin said:

They can now but only 1 time

 

Bylaw 9-2-1 reads: Schools may travel out of state to compete in contests in states or provinces in Canada that border Ohio regardless of distance to travel. The states are Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The province is Ontario. Additionally, schools may travel out of state one time per sport per interscholastic season to compete in contests in any location that does not border Ohio subject to approval from the Executive Director’s Office

Until this year the rule also said that no school time could be missed which eliminated the possibility of using Friday as a travel day for a game on Saturday.  That's not the case anymore.

[HooverOutlaw]

Valdosta needs to be 30 points better. Those Ohio refs will screw them like a 3 dollar whore. That Herbstreit deal was terrible. 

[OldTerrapin]

Massillon is also hosting St Johns College (DC) week 7

 

 

[OldTerrapin]

 

[nptb17]

2 hours ago, OldTerrapin said:

 

That heading is a lie because Herbstreit always had at least 4 teams from the same region going against out of state opponents. Texas and Ohio events had that occur. I think South Florida also had at least 4 in 08 or 09.