D2 State Title Game - Oh brother, no... Washington vs Hoban

[formerfcfan]

Massillon versus Hoban. Might as well be the Cowboys versus the Patriots, if you ask me.

Anyone feeling one way or the other on this one? Guess I want Massillon to win, but only because I’m sick of Hoban.

[LucasDavenport]

Massillon Washington. Most wins in Ohio Playoff History without winning A Title.

Hoban heavy favorites

[FANOSPORTS]

Cb and being D2 helps but Hoban wins the title. Massillon still has 26 paper titles after this year.

[LucasDavenport]

Thursday Night Lone Ranger Game.

7:30 pm.

[79Tiger]

Paper titles meant something long ago. Doesn't mean a thing since 1972. Good for tp if we ever become Venezuela. Go Hoban.

[Raider6309]

This will sell out

[Proud_Pirate63]

Tom Benson seats 23,000. Don’t think it will sell out but should be a good crowd.

[greygoose]

Seen Massillon lost a big player vs WW, even with a player of that caliber was going to be an uphill battle. If he's out for the game though could turn into a long night. Hoban with another title.

[fbnut]

The talk of a sellout made me wonder about the attendance records. 1973 right around 30,000
2nd place 23,000 in 1980
Last year biggest crowd around 10-12,000 that’s a guess

[thebarlowbandit]

This will sell out

Should probably move this game to the Browns Stadium.

[noreply66]

Cb and being D2 helps but Hoban wins the title. Massillon still has 26 paper titles after this year.

Wasn't there only one Massillin team in those days?

[FANOSPORTS]

Cb and being D2 helps but Hoban wins the title. Massillon still has 26 paper titles after this year.

Wasn't there only one Massillin team in those days?

Massillon proper (city) has always been 1 district. What they refer to now as Massillon Perry is an area between Canton and Massillon basically along Rt.30 and Massillon Jackson is to the North of town and has been an ever-growing suburb with big money. There's also Massillon Tuslaw which is a smaller school just west of town sorta out in the country.

[VCPops]

Tom Benson seats 23,000. Don’t think it will sell out but should be a good crowd.

Fawcett Stadium as it will always be known to us Canton Mckinley Bulldogs has always sold out for the Canton-Massillon game and will sell out for this game being the number of people from Massillon,Akron( which is less that 20 miles away and all the Mckinley fans who will go just to see Massillon get beat again.

[teach1coach2]

Public School Recruits vs the Catholic School Recruits. Hoping somehow both teams lose.

[formerfcfan]

Public School Recruits vs the Catholic School Recruits. Hoping somehow both teams lose.

This begs the question “when Hoban sees their state title forfeited four months later, will Massillon have finally won one?”

[LICKING COUNTY FAN]

I am hoping Hoban puts a running clock on Washington.

[bbjunky81]

Why the hate for Washington? What am I missing? Shouldn't the hate be more towards Hoban?

[thebarlowbandit]

Why the hate for Washington? What am I missing? Shouldn't the hate be more towards Hoban?

He went to watch a game there before and they failed to be impressed with his stories of travel to see 5 games a weekend and still made him pay admission and charged him for a program.

[formerfcfan]

Why the hate for Washington? What am I missing? Shouldn't the hate be more towards Hoban?

I think most people would largely agree that their disdain is less-so rooted against the school itself, but the community and it’s generally noxious fanbase (including its message board following.) Although, at the same time, I think the Nate Moore and Thayer Munford situation (interesting that each of them both decided to move to Massillon from Cincinnati at the same time) has galvanized a lot of the general disdain, too.

My own personal animus relates to the paper titles chest-thumping and how Massillon fans decide to be the arbiter of what poll champions are legitimate and which ones are not.


(FWIW, as a Catholic school fan, I think what Hoban has accomplished is tainted, I think their means of getting where they were at today has been despicable, and I want to see them piledrived out of OHSAA postseason play for a good long time.)

[thebarlowbandit]

Why the hate for Washington? What am I missing? Shouldn't the hate be more towards Hoban?

I think most people would largely agree that their disdain is less-so rooted against the school itself, but the community and it’s generally noxious fanbase (including its message board following.) Although, at the same time, I think the Nate Moore and Thayer Munford situation (interesting that each of them both decided to move to Massillon from Cincinnati at the same time) has galvanized a lot of the general disdain, too.

My own personal animus relates to the paper titles chest-thumping and how Massillon fans decide to be the arbiter of what poll champions are legitimate and which ones are not.


(FWIW, as a Catholic school fan, I think what Hoban has accomplished is tainted, I think their means of getting where they were at today has been despicable, and I want to see them piledrived out of OHSAA postseason play for a good long time.)

Say all people want, but they have amassed an amazing number of wins and play quality competition every season. As far as their fan base we have few in SE Ohio who are equally obnoxious