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div stylemargin0 autofloatleftpaddingright5pximg srchttpfarm3.static.flickr.com2732431459878525dca9dbc6m.jpg width210 height160 div Being from Alabama, I always assumed that the South was unsurpassed its myopic devotion to football. Go Tigers!, therefore, came as something of a shock. Massillon, Ohio, has taken football hysteria to new depths. Massillons football boosters go so far as to visit the local hospital to put tiny plastic footballs in the cribs of newborn boys. If newborn girls get anything, we dont hear about it.br br The football in this movie is only mildly interesting. It is the people of Massillon who fascinate. The kids on the Massillon High team are under almostunbearable pressure to win every game something that their parents and coaches attempt to rationalize away. The winatallcosts philosophy definitely prevails one of the teams star players has spent 15 months in jail for rape another transferred into Massillon High under questionable circumstances.br br A good subplot in Go Tigers! concerns the Massillons attempts to pass a levy to improve the local schools. While the community is passionate about football, education is not as popular. The three stars of the Massillon team all get scholarship offers to play college football but two of the three struggle to get standardized test scores high enough to be admitted to college.br br One of the moreinteresting aspects of the film is the extent to which some families in Massillon plan their boys education around their sons high school football careers. Many of the families hold their sons back for a second year in the 8th grade so that they will be bigger and more experienced by the time they are seniors. br br As a final note, the cinematography in Go Tigers! is wonderful. The filmmakers captured some wonderful shots of Massillon.br br Go Tigers! covers ground that other books and movies have also covered. Still, it provides an excellent look at the uneasy intersection of sport and education in our high schools.br keywordauburn football dvdkeywordbloggingtemplateauburnfootballdvd, 1, , 0, All, 0, , bloggingtemplate