Friday Night Lights

The Massillon Tiger Football Team has filled the last open vacancy on its 2010 schedule. Our opponent for Week 9 is the National Arts College of Canada. We would offer our readers a scouting report, except that the Arts College of Canada has never played a game. It's their first season of organized football. National Arts College will be the Tigers second Canadian opponent of the 2010 campaign, following Brantford, Ontario.

Unfortunately for the Canadian kids, they have to play by the rules of American Football when they come to town. Once these Canadian kids figure out that they get an extra down, they should be ready to rock. Of course, we only have 11 players on the field while they are used to playing with 12, and in America, everyone in the backfield can not all be in motion at the same time when the ball is snapped. No rouge points, no 25 yard deep end zones, and no 110 yard long fields. Once they figure out the rules, they will be a tough out.

The coach of National Arts College, who really does not know his players yet, and has yet to have an organized practice, appeared to be excited about bringing his team to Tigertown to match up with our Ohio State Semi-Finalists, according to a story in the Independent.

I'm sure we will haul in a boat load of computer points should we be fortunate enough to escape with a win, them playing a five game schedule and all. National Arts College has also lined up a game with St. Edward's... Junior Varsity Team.

Paul Brown Tiger Stadium should be packed to capacity for this intriguing Week 9 Matchup.

Now, many Tiger fans reject the idea of Massillon joining a league, such as the Federal League, because it would cheapen the Tiger tradition. Why play teams like Perry, Jackson, and Lake that would actually attract interest and attention when you can play teams from Canada, who play by a different set of rules.

We think the National Arts College of Canada would be better off playing a team from the Massillon Museum instead of the Greatest Show on Turf, our 22 times State Champion Massillon Tigers. Our Massillon Tigers would be better served by better scheduling. This game will not make either side proud.