Student Section

[hexumjunkie]

Our student section is a joke! Those kids down there are to worried with talking and making it social hour than helping the team....Where's your Tiger Pride? When I was in School in the late 90's the early years of the village idiots we were nothing like that! And to hear Iggy's students chant this is our house? and our students couldnt of cared less! How in the world does this happen? Where are our students? Have you ever seen St. X's student body? Our kids better showup for there classmates sometime soon...instead of worrying about who's wearing whose sunglasses. Support your classmates kids and bring back some Massillon Pride!

[DAWGH8R]

I'm afraid your fighting a losing battle !!!:doh2:

[mike_da_man13]

Our student section is a joke! Those kids down there are to worried with talking and making it social hour than helping the team....Where's your Tiger Pride? When I was in School in the late 90's the early years of the village idiots we were nothing like that! And to hear Iggy's students chant this is our house? and our students couldnt of cared less! How in the world does this happen? Where are our students? Have you ever seen St. X's student body? Our kids better showup for there classmates sometime soon...instead of worrying about who's wearing whose sunglasses. Support your classmates kids and bring back some Massillon Pride!
maybe we should be worried about the intensity on the field rather than in the stands
i mean if they have to rely on the fans to be syked they shouldnt ever step on to any kind of athletic field ever

[Tigermedic]

As far as I could tell, most Friday nights there is no student section to speak of. Just alot of empty seats... Most that are there spend the night walking around and talking to the person next to them on their cell phones.

[FENTON 57]

I agree............

Massillon students aren't very organized................

But most public schools aren't...

Does anybody remember how organized the Xavier students were last year in the championship?

It's a little easier to be organized when the boys aren't looking at the female students and vice-versa............

Iggy and St.X doesn't have any female students........

[CarlE]

I agree............

Massillon students aren't very organized................

But most public schools aren't...

Does anybody remember how organized the Xavier students were last year in the championship?

It's a little easier to be organized when the boys aren't looking at the female students and vice-versa............

Iggy and St.X doesn't have any female students........

Nice try but that is probably the most feeble excuse I've heard yet for this debacle.

[Tiger2001]

Maybe we should bring Big Cunn in for the next game?

[Chubby Tiger]

The pep club along with the village idiots should reserve a block of seats, where the village idiots start chants and the pep club joins then we have a decent amount of students to start chants. If we can get about 40 people in this block then the spirit could spread. Just an idea to get something going because our student section needs some serious help.

[DAWGH8R]

Good luck in your quest. But if any students wanted to get "into" the whole football thing, they already would. The students don't care !!:afro:

[MTcheer18]

I DO!

[crackerman]

My goodness...... "the fans don't cheer......the student section is quiet".....whenever we start losing people will look to anything to complain about!

[DAWGH8R]

My goodness...... "the fans don't cheer......the student section is quiet".....whenever we start losing people will look to anything to complain about!

AMEN !!!!

Excuses are for losers !!

BEAT BUCHTEL !!

[crackerman]

Let's be honest, people in general do not support the team like they have in the past, from adults to students. This is obvious by our attendance numbers declining every year. I played in the early-mid 90's and I can tell you that the support in the school was not the same as when my brother played in the early 80's. His McKinley rally was sick, it was a blast, mine was average at best student support wise and both of us were 9-0 going into the McK game. Things change, kids and communities have other interests.
Let's face it, winning a state title is not as important now as a whole to the community as it once was. take the 82 team for example, when they played Moeller in Columbus for the state title...if that game would of been in Canton, there would of been 25,000 Tiger fans there who would of broke down the fences to get into the game if they did not have tickets. Rallies are borderline a joke anymore...Kids just look at it as another chance to get out of class.
Kids who do not play football have other interests now that they did not have in the past. Soccer, skateboarding, their own garage rock band, pill-popping, Playstation 2 and X-box, sex...parents working 2 jobs and leaving them alone at home to do whatever they want.
This is not a Massillon problem...this is a problem in society in general. Some people hate a good thing as well. Do not think for one minute that there are not people in this town who think that football gets special priveledges, and those same people...root AGAINST the Tigers every single week. Also, do not think that this is not a problem in 90% of high schools across the nation. The schools that still have total support for their programs by all in the town, are the schools that have only been successful in the past 20 years...not successful for over 100 years.
I say instead of complaining about who is or who is not cheering or showing up at the games...the ones that do care just take a pride in themselves as a group and do THEIR best to provide support for the overall program. When you sit around and nag and bltch, all you do is make the negative people win.
I am now off of the soap box...AMEN

[DAWGH8R]

Excellent post Crackerman !!!

[mike_da_man13]

Let's be honest, people in general do not support the team like they have in the past, from adults to students. This is obvious by our attendance numbers declining every year. I played in the early-mid 90's and I can tell you that the support in the school was not the same as when my brother played in the early 80's. His McKinley rally was sick, it was a blast, mine was average at best student support wise and both of us were 9-0 going into the McK game. Things change, kids and communities have other interests.
Let's face it, winning a state title is not as important now as a whole to the community as it once was. take the 82 team for example, when they played Moeller in Columbus for the state title...if that game would of been in Canton, there would of been 25,000 Tiger fans there who would of broke down the fences to get into the game if they did not have tickets. Rallies are borderline a joke anymore...Kids just look at it as another chance to get out of class.
Kids who do not play football have other interests now that they did not have in the past. Soccer, skateboarding, their own garage rock band, pill-popping, Playstation 2 and X-box, sex...parents working 2 jobs and leaving them alone at home to do whatever they want.
This is not a Massillon problem...this is a problem in society in general. Some people hate a good thing as well. Do not think for one minute that there are not people in this town who think that football gets special priveledges, and those same people...root AGAINST the Tigers every single week. Also, do not think that this is not a problem in 90% of high schools across the nation. The schools that still have total support for their programs by all in the town, are the schools that have only been successful in the past 20 years...not successful for over 100 years.
I say instead of complaining about who is or who is not cheering or showing up at the games...the ones that do care just take a pride in themselves as a group and do THEIR best to provide support for the overall program. When you sit around and nag and bltch, all you do is make the negative people win.
I am now off of the soap box...AMEN
i now know for sure that this dude is my hero

[CarlE]

Mine too.

[Tiger2001]

Mike is "Da Man" after that...

[ForeverTwirl06]

.. ok let's face it...

..school spirit has pretty much whittled away to nothing... the students aren't as enthusiastic as they used to be.. and even some of the decorations in the school during Mck week have been better...i remember we used to go to ignatius and other places and having chants back and forth... it was like a competition.. i can remember the... "we got a movie" chant... and " we can't hear you" .. and "over rated" and so on and so on..

... i guess it makes it easier to be into the game when we are winning... i dont think there is anything the village idiots can do... they try and run with those signs.. and no one pays attention...

.. i agree i think the idiots and pep club should get together and come up with chants... get something started..

.. being on the field.. i can remember the part that gave me the chills.. was in the WHOLE STADIUM echoed with TIG-ERS.. it was AMAZINGGG.. i haven't heard a good one all year.. Hamilton was OKAY.. but i know we can do better

.. people always say.. win or lose massillon always.. is that true?.. i bleed orange and black.. i'd give ANYTHING to be back there on that field.. we owe it to the players to show them some spirit.. and not let it fade away!


... GO TIGERS!!! Beat Buchtel!!:gogogo:

[mike_da_man13]

.. ok let's face it...

..school spirit has pretty much whittled away to nothing... the students aren't as enthusiastic as they used to be.. and even some of the decorations in the school during Mck week have been better...i remember we used to go to ignatius and other places and having chants back and forth... it was like a competition.. i can remember the... "we got a movie" chant... and " we can't hear you" .. and "over rated" and so on and so on..

... i guess it makes it easier to be into the game when we are winning... i dont think there is anything the village idiots can do... they try and run with those signs.. and no one pays attention...

.. i agree i think the idiots and pep club should get together and come up with chants... get something started..

.. being on the field.. i can remember the part that gave me the chills.. was in the WHOLE STADIUM echoed with TIG-ERS.. it was AMAZINGGG.. i haven't heard a good one all year.. Hamilton was OKAY.. but i know we can do better

.. people always say.. win or lose massillon always.. is that true?.. i bleed orange and black.. i'd give ANYTHING to be back there on that field.. we owe it to the players to show them some spirit.. and not let it fade away!


... GO TIGERS!!! Beat Buchtel!!:gogogo:
there are a few defining moments when the crowd can actually pump the team up when they need it, but for the most part the fans are just mirrors of the players attitudes

i know im going to hear alot guff from people but we need to get an original cheer TIG-ERS that gets old real fast its about time we thought of something new as a fan base maybe that would help aswell

[chumly]

There was nothing more phenomenal than what happened at the St X game last year when the ENTIRE endzone section chanted T-I-G and the ENTIRE North Stands chanted E-R-S. William McKinley's bones were rattlin' in his tomb!

How soon we forget.

[DAWGH8R]

That is one game I will NEVER forget. A true David vs Goliath !!

[longtimefirsttime]

Oh that dreaded punt return. Soooooo close. But it was a fun ride.

[MassillonMom]

How about doing a gigantic wave all through the stadium just like at the college games?

Could the band start it?

It would have to keep going in between the "spaces" of the sections.

Could we have a message on the board to announce it so everyone would be ready to do it and aware of it?

Just a thought.

[Tiger2009]

Our student section is only in the game for the first and second quarter

[crackerman]

again.....read my post from ealier and quit complaining!

[Kamd50]

I agree that it would be nice to have a rousing student section like the all boy's schools, but that just isn't reality. For everyone to jump on the student section because of the team's record is lame. Between the coaches and the players themselves, is where the blame lies, no where else. The fans, the students, the fireworks, the band, are nice but just bling when it comes down to it.

I was in school when we had a state championship team and I can remember there being plenty of kids going under the stands in the stadium and the bleachers and kids horsing around all over the place. And fights were a regular thing. It was much worse then. That was back when they weren't restricted to the student section until halftime nor policed by the school administrators. The only difference is that there were a lot more kids attending in general, but the problems with roudiness and so forth was much worse. I think that with the restrictions that are now in place, we have less students attending, but also less trouble makers.

When it comes to playing Massillon football, you either have the heart of a Tiger or you don't! We will see this weekend.

Go Tigers.........BEAT Buchtel!

[Seeker]

There was nothing more phenomenal than what happened at the St X game last year when the ENTIRE endzone section chanted T-I-G and the ENTIRE North Stands chanted E-R-S. William McKinley's bones were rattlin' in his tomb!

How soon we forget.

I haven't forgotten.

BUT...that was pretty much it for the night!
Big deal...one chorus of T-I-G, E-R-S before the game started.

[TigerLily]

From what I have been reading on here it sounds like the school doesn’t even encourage the enthusiasm. When you don’t have the pep rallies it sure doesn’t help.

I also agree that it was better when the band was sitting with the students. When the band plays it helps people get going.

Those might be two places to start.

[Kamd50]

Yes, they really need to get the band back in the student section where it belongs! I can guarantee you would see a big difference as far as students' participation cheering along with the band and presenting a more unified student body at the games.

Also, the presence of the band in that section in the past clearly took up a lot of space, which certainly accounts for at least part of the explanation as to why the student section is less occupied than it used to be.

Does anyone know who the decision lies with as to where the band sits?

[MSmitty0720]

Our student section is only in the game for the first and second quarter

props to crackerman for having one great and 100% true post.

we have all the momentum in the world to start the game then we slowly die off, i think if massillon can keep the momentum by a few more big plays it would be fine, if u think about it we were a few big plays away from being 5-1 right now, put it behind us and now lets start over and keep the fire going

:gogogo:

[91' alum]

I want to sit in the student section again! Heck I want to stand and scream and shout till I can't anymore! I feel like everytime I stand and cheer for the team there is 100 people staring at me wanting me to sit. Last year during one of the playoff games the only available seats were in the student section and I had the biggest time at a game since HS. Put the people who want to stand and support the kids with the kids! Nothing against the "older" fans (not all of coarse) but they are there to watch and sit on their bunz! Who's with Me?:gogogo: GO TIGERS! BASH BUCHTEL

[chumly]

I haven't forgotten.

BUT...that was pretty much it for the night!
Big deal...one chorus of T-I-G, E-R-S before the game started.

Based on you saying "that was pretty much it for the night," it appears that the fans forgot what they had been doing earlier before the game - I guess.

I know my vocal chords were shot after that night, as were those of the others I was sitting with too. As a whole, I think many Tiger fans suffer from PTSD. There have been so many big playoff games with so many hopes dashed by losses - sometimes close, sometimes not.

[FENTON 57]

Nice try but that is probably the most feeble excuse I've heard yet for this debacle.
Ouch!!!!

Oh well, I gave it a shot...........

[Flying Tiger]

There really seems like their is no more football spirit with the kids. I remember when I went to Massillon we had rallies every week! Now I hear this new principal who they hired from outside the school district, doesn't allow rallies every week. What ashame!! Sounds to me like he isn't a Tiger fan!!

[DAWGH8R]

It would be AWESOME to get the MP crew in the student section !!!:gogogo:

[mike_da_man13]

the tig-ers cheer doesnt work anymore because some genius decided to make the away side ERS instead of TIG the ending is more dramitic than the beggining i mean if tig sounds strong and ers sounds weak it doesnt work.

so props to the genius who decided to switch the sides! you rock man

[mike_da_man13]

when massillon is playing on a saturday go check out tuslaws ss it pretty organized and they fill thiers up very impressive for a small school

[tbone]

the tig-ers cheer doesnt work anymore because some genius decided to make the away side ERS instead of TIG the ending is more dramitic than the beggining i mean if tig sounds strong and ers sounds weak it doesnt work.

so props to the genius who decided to switch the sides! you rock man
i don't know how much that has to do with it or if that's even factual.

but here's the problem with that cheer as i see it:

for example, i sit on the home side at pbts.

one or two people there will attempt to get it started with a hearty "t-i-g"

now, and here's where it falls apart, people within earshot of the aforementioned cheer starters respond with "e-r-s".

those fans should join in on the "t-i-g" half in order to increase the volume of that part to a level that the opposite side can hear so that folks on the visitor's side can bring in the "e-r-s" half for the cheer to work as originally intended and be as effective as it once was.

what's the solution?

i don't know. seems like common sense though, no?

perhaps walt could lead us through a refresher course one night not unlike he did when the cheer was first introduced.

[ChronicTiger]

i don't know how much that has to do with it or if that's even factual.

but here's the problem with that cheer as i see it:

for example, i sit on the home side at pbts.

one or two people there will attempt to get it started with a hearty "t-i-g"

now, and here's where it falls apart, people within earshot of the aforementioned cheer starters respond with "e-r-s".

those fans should join in on the "t-i-g" half in order to increase the volume of that part to a level that the opposite side can hear so that folks on the visitor's side can bring in the "e-r-s" half for the cheer to work as originally intended and be as effective as it once was.

what's the solution?

i don't know. seems like common sense though, no?

perhaps walt could lead us through a refresher course one night not unlike he did when the cheer was first introduced.

you are right on about the weak link. what happened to the signs the cheerleaders use to have, some say TIG the others ERS. To really get it going you would need cheerleaders with the signs on each side at some points in the game. I bet with the signs they could do it from anywhere. I thought they were supposed to lead these types of things? I am not a big fan of the forced cheering at the begining of the game via the PA system....

[mike_da_man13]

i don't know how much that has to do with it or if that's even factual.

but here's the problem with that cheer as i see it:

for example, i sit on the home side at pbts.

one or two people there will attempt to get it started with a hearty "t-i-g"

now, and here's where it falls apart, people within earshot of the aforementioned cheer starters respond with "e-r-s".

those fans should join in on the "t-i-g" half in order to increase the volume of that part to a level that the opposite side can hear so that folks on the visitor's side can bring in the "e-r-s" half for the cheer to work as originally intended and be as effective as it once was.

what's the solution?

i don't know. seems like common sense though, no?

perhaps walt could lead us through a refresher course one night not unlike he did when the cheer was first introduced.
up until this year and as long as i can remember the away side always started the cheer and to another point forcing people to cheer doesnt often get results

[Seeker]

The whole T-I-G, E-R-S thing has gotten too confusing for most people.
At the Iggy game the band was facing the opposite way from the cheering going on.
IMO, we should just forget the whole east side - west side thing and let everyone yell when they want to.

But the real problem with getting the fans to make noise is allowing so many season ticket holders.
In a mob situation frenzy feeds frenzy.
Our fans that are frenzied are widely dispersed among the season ticket holders that stopped cheering a long time ago.
The differencea at the Hamilton game was that it was general admission. That meant that all the people who like to stand a lot and yell a lot were sitting together and feeding off of each other.
(I should know, I was in the middle of the MP.com group.)
Those same people, when spread out through all the sections tend to be much more conservative.

If you want more crowd noise, then we should do away with season tickets and go all GA.

[monte81]

The whole T-I-G, E-R-S thing has gotten too confusing for most people.
At the Iggy game the band was facing the opposite way from the cheering going on.
IMO, we should just forget the whole east side - west side thing and let everyone yell when they want to.

But the real problem with getting the fans to make noise is allowing so many season ticket holders.
In a mob situation frenzy feeds frenzy.
Our fans that are frenzied are widely dispersed among the season ticket holders that stopped cheering a long time ago.
The differencea at the Hamilton game was that it was general admission. That meant that all the people who like to stand a lot and yell a lot were sitting together and feeding off of each other.
(I should know, I was in the middle of the MP.com group.)
Those same people, when spread out through all the sections tend to be much more conservative.

If you want more crowd noise, then we should do away with season tickets and go all GA.

Thats true because in back of the team in the 1st 15 rows in section 3 were bananas all game! Thats how I like it!!

[Banks]

The whole T-I-G, E-R-S thing has gotten too confusing for most people.
At the Iggy game the band was facing the opposite way from the cheering going on.
IMO, we should just forget the whole east side - west side thing and let everyone yell when they want to.



The East Side was T.I.G.

The West Side was E.R.S.

I see they have it backwards this year.
Remember the tee shirts?

HEY LETS ORANGE the stadium week 10!

[longtimefirsttime]

Our fans that are frenzied are widely dispersed among the season ticket holders that stopped cheering a long time ago.
The difference at the Hamilton game was that it was general admission. That meant that all the people who like to stand a lot and yell a lot were sitting together and feeding off of each other.
(I should know, I was in the middle of the MP.com group.)
Those same people, when spread out through all the sections tend to be much more conservative.



I think you're right here. I was screaming my head off, in a positive manner, and the people around me were acting like they were in church . My wife, who was sitting with a friend a section over, clearly heard me. That shouldn't happen. I love my season tickets but I have more fun when I sit with the "other crazies."

[91' alum]

It would be AWESOME to get the MP crew in the student section !!!:gogogo:DAWGH8ER... I'm right beside you! I'm putting you in charge of that one. GETTER DONE!:jestera:

[Tigers1985]

If the fans get taken out(especially Massillon fans) it now becomes just another game. The other team let alone the other fans should not be able to think with all of our loud mouths going off. I have to wonder about some of those comments "on the line" had to say. The more I read about how they bash our Tigers...the more it motivates me to travel, scream louder and even stick up for them. I would rather watch Massillon than any other school out there.

[obie0130]

how about the guy on the line today who's bringing up our losses and said "perry's better." that's laughable. i know, i know, off topic!!

[ForeverTwirl06]

.. hmm i am glad im not the only one who feels this way..

... i LOVE massillon football.... and i still know a lot of people on the team... and i want to cheer for them.. but when i stand up and cheer.. i feel like im a freaking outcast...

.. as far as the T-I-G E-R-S .. i think its weird the way they do it now.. everyone is confused.. and doesnt know when it comes in... i think it was better when we did it while the hoop was on the field.. right before the team came out...

.. and the cheerleaders still have their signs.. and even have new ones... the village idiots even tried running with them.. and got nothing...

... im not trying to make excuses.. but hands down... it does help when your team is good... i mean.. look at iggy.. they are freaking awesome.. they have every right to cheer and be loud.... if we were doing awesome.. we would be cheering and being loud too...

.. i think the pep club and village idiots need to get the student section together.. and come up with something... like girls wear orange.. guys were black... orrrr... come up with some cheers...

.. and that would be cool to have the band closer to the fans... its so weird having them far off in the end zone ( even tho the view of the game was pretty good)..

.. i also agree that forcing peopleto cheer doesnt get you anywhere... but who HONESTLY comes to a football game just to sit there.. especially at a place like massillon... as many people as we pack into a stadium.. we should be loud enough to blow out the other teams ear drums:cool:

.. maybe once we put a few more W's on the board.. things will get better.... we gotta support these guys.. even if they do make mistakes... maybe if we show them that we ARE behind them.. they will have more faith in themselves?.. y do u think on third downs some of the players on the side lines try to get people to cheer... i think they feed off of it a little bit.. i mean theres nothing like a roar of the crowd to get your juices pumping.. just thinking about it makes me want to pop someones head off.. :rock: .. we'll have to see what happens i guess..


GOOOOOOOO TIGERS!! BEAT BUCHTEL!!!!

[Pizaninlaw]

Kids are kids. They will always be leaving the game early and doing their own thing. Anybody remember what the Pavilion at the park was like during the game in the early 80's? How about Burger Chef?
It was worse then!

[91' alum]

.. maybe once we put a few more W's on the board.. things will get better.... we gotta support these guys.. even if they do make mistakes... maybe if we show them that we ARE behind them.. they will have more faith in themselves?.. y do u think on third downs some of the players on the side lines try to get people to cheer... i think they feed off of it a little bit.. i mean theres nothing like a roar of the crowd to get your juices pumping.. just thinking about it makes me want to pop someones head off.. :rock: .. we'll have to see what happens i guess..


GOOOOOOOO TIGERS!! BEAT BUCHTEL!!!![/QUOTE]

All do respect...
W's or not, "we've" been behind these boy's for over a 100 years. A lose here and there is going to happen. Those boys maybe struggling but THE MASSILLON FANS will ALWAYS be there until the last whistle has been blown. Sometimes it's easy to forget, but we are the BEST FREAK'N FANS EVER, ANYWHERE, ALWAYS AND FOREVER!
GO TIGERS

[Mass6]

The cheers and the roar of the crowd is great, but only for the fans. Now don't get me wrong, there was never a time that I have felt more proud to be a Tiger than when that TIG-ERS chant was rocking the house that Massillon built (aka Fawcett Stadium). However, from experience, when you are on the field you are (or should be) 100% focused on the personel coming in the game, down and distance, and formation that they are coming out in. The kids that are doing this probably don't even hear the crowd until the play or series is over. That is when we should be making noise. Now it does help to make noise on third down to disrupt the opposing offense, but the crowd should do that on there own and shouldn't need the players asking for support. Make plays and the crowd will yell all night long (if not shame on us!).

GO TIGERS, BEAT BUCHTEL!!!!!!!!

[mtownwr22]

well you cant compare massillon to any private school bc they have ALLL boys in there student section and they can get realllly pumped opposed to us when u have some of the guys who want to talk to there girl friends and think theyre too cool to cheer them on. You have some of the girls who can careless if were winning 100-0 or losing 100-0 and have no idea whats goin on all they care about is socializing. The rallies are the SAME way. Everyone thinks there too cool. No one gets pumped up. And the Village Idiots just arent the same. We had AMAZING village idiots back in '99 through last year. but this years tries to be more funny then get the crown into the game. They wanna make goofy chants and say stupid things for laughs but RARELY try to anyone into the game. Has anyone noticed this? Another thing... its hard to get into the game when every play we either run B.G. up the middle for a short gain or run quick outs. No chance for any BIG plays to get ANYONE up and on there feet. Its boring. Its like watching golf at times. Maybe watching Tiger might be more interesting. Have we thrown the ball deep atleast 3 times yet this year?! Another thing alot of teams we play use there QBs run up the middle for some good yards. I no bobby is small but has anyone seen him run past the line of scrimmage since hes been here?! bc i havent! And when we played Moeller and Mentor and all them and theyre QB took off for some yards that REALLY got them pumped. Idk just my input on everything. GO TIGERS BEAT BUCHTEL

[chap]

After last nights game with Buchtel, the reason why the East side doesn't get to start with TIG is because of the signs. The cheerleaders hold the TIG sign up facing the West side. If they hold it up facing the East side, the East side can start with TIG.

[Banks]

After last nights game with Buchtel, the reason why the East side doesn't get to start with TIG is because of the signs. The cheerleaders hold the TIG sign up facing the West side. If they hold it up facing the East side, the East side can start with TIG.


Yes I noticed that too!

I can't figure it out.
After all the advisor was a was an ex tiger cheerleader and should know better.

[TigerBob75]

I'm giving the students (all ) the students that are at the games much props. I usually sit directly across from them on the visitors' side and from what I can see, they are being normal kids at a football game. The cheer and get loud at times, and scream and shout at times. They follow the game. But they also socialize. After thinking about it, that's the exact same thing I did as a student, in 1975. They might not have those cheers together as the parochials do but at the begining and the end of the games when they are singing their alma mater, they are linked arm-to-arm in unity. Brings a smile to my face when I see that. So quit complaining about them, they'er o.k. BEAT WARREN :gogogo:

[Mtowngirlygirl]

I think you're right here. I was screaming my head off, in a positive manner, and the people around me were acting like they were in church . My wife, who was sitting with a friend a section over, clearly heard me. That shouldn't happen. I love my season tickets but I have more fun when I sit with the "other crazies."
This is so true!

[Tiger54]

Yes, they really need to get the band back in the student section where it belongs! I can guarantee you would see a big difference as far as students' participation cheering along with the band and presenting a more unified student body at the games.

Also, the presence of the band in that section in the past clearly took up a lot of space, which certainly accounts for at least part of the explanation as to why the student section is less occupied than it used to be.

Does anyone know who the decision lies with as to where the band sits?

Maybe we should ask the BAND and their DIRECTORS where they would like to sit. . . Frankly, I like being able to look over there to see them leading and starting cheers (at important times, where are the cheerleaders, which I realize will start another discussion!), playing school songs at important times, and watching them having fun and watching the fabulous drum major. If you think our fan support and cheering is poor, you should talk to a few of the visitors who come to the games---there was a group of Northwestern football players (near Wooster) who attended one of the early games who were aghast at the whole spectacle. They said it would be so much fun for them to play for a group of fans who provided so much support. They loved the whole Tiger show. A couple from Jackson Twp. and Akron were behind us at the Buchtel game and were just thrilled to see the whole Massillon show. So don't be so critical of our kids and the Tiger fans. I will say one thing tho, I was extremely disappointed at the homecoming presentation. Most of the candidates were not the least bit appropriately dressed. Do you ever see the other schools' homecoming court??! Doesn't the advisor have any kind of rules for the candidates?

[Kamd50]

I personally, am not being critical of the kids or the fans. My only point is that we would have a more unified student section with the band sitting over there with their peers. For most of Massillon's history, that's how it was. I also enjoy watching the band lead cheers, etc., as we sit in sec 5. But no one really joins in with them because they are separated from everyone else.
If they were in the student section, the rest of the kids would join in with them and most likely it would spread onto the rest of the fans.
Briefly, half of the cheerleaders used to come down to the other end, 4/5. But since they installed the handicap platform, they are not permitted to anymore, ie. no room, except for to run over briefly, and they are not permitted anywhere near the middle section either. So let's not be so critical of them either.
I agree about the homecoming. There was ONE girl who dressed in a skirt and jacket as they were directed to do, but at the last minute the advisor told the girls they could wear slacks if they wanted to; which I thought was lame. But even so, those same girls didn't even bother to at least wear their jackets that they wore for the newspaper photo. It also was the advisor's first year being in charge of homecoming and he is open to suggestions. But in fairness, he did originally set specifics for the attendants, ie. black skirts and suit jackets.

[RRanger]

Yes, they really need to get the band back in the student section where it belongs! I can guarantee you would see a big difference as far as students' participation cheering along with the band and presenting a more unified student body at the games.

Also, the presence of the band in that section in the past clearly took up a lot of space, which certainly accounts for at least part of the explanation as to why the student section is less occupied than it used to be.

Does anyone know who the decision lies with as to where the band sits?
The band should be moved back to where it use to be

[91' alum]

I'm giving the students (all ) the students that are at the games much props. I usually sit directly across from them on the visitors' side and from what I can see, they are being normal kids at a football game. The cheer and get loud at times, and scream and shout at times. They follow the game. But they also socialize. After thinking about it, that's the exact same thing I did as a student, in 1975. They might not have those cheers together as the parochials do but at the begining and the end of the games when they are singing their alma mater, they are linked arm-to-arm in unity. Brings a smile to my face when I see that. So quit complaining about them, they'er o.k. BEAT WARREN :gogogo:
iI to sit in section 5 and have a hare time seeing what is going on down in student land. So to read this is good news to me. Thanks for posting and keep the faith students... Maybe your doing and participating more then we may think. NOw all we need is the band to get down there and join you all. Speaking of the band...:offtopic: What happened to the cups you (the band members) used to put into the fence?

[mike_da_man13]

i was talking to x kids down in the natti and they said they get out of school to practice there chants(not sure if thats true) i mean if we got together and practiced in the week im sure we could have one about the same as thiers(alot smaller though)