"We Are Marshall"

[westcoastvol]

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

What about "We are Evansville?"

"We are Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)"

18 people associated with the Cal Poly football program, including 16 players, died in a plane crash Oct. 29, 1960. Among those who DIDN'T die in the crash were John Madden (an assistant coach then and the reason he enjoys a Maddencruiser and will never fly) and ted Tollner (former USC, San Diego State head coach).

Cal Poly held a ceremony before and during halftime of a football game for those lost in the crash. Mustang Memorial Plaza, located at the entrance of its on-campus football stadium, has a sculpture of a Mustang surrounded by 18 pillars, forming a team huddle. Each pillar represents one of the 16 players, a Mustang booster and the team manager. Each pillar stands at the same height as that of its honoree.

It's not finished yet, but when it is, I plan to drive up there to see it. While I feel sympathy for those who perished in the Marshall plane crash, my mother lost one of her very good friends from high school in the Cal Poly crash.

My ex-girlfriend's step-uncle played for Cal-Poly SLO that year and if he hadn't torn his knee up the week before, he, too, would've been on that plane.

 

[joe king]

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

What about "We are Evansville?"

"We are Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)"

18 people associated with the Cal Poly football program, including 16 players, died in a plane crash Oct. 29, 1960. Among those who DIDN'T die in the crash were John Madden (an assistant coach then and the reason he enjoys a Maddencruiser and will never fly) and ted Tollner (former USC, San Diego State head coach).

Cal Poly held a ceremony before and during halftime of a football game for those lost in the crash. Mustang Memorial Plaza, located at the entrance of its on-campus football stadium, has a sculpture of a Mustang surrounded by 18 pillars, forming a team huddle. Each pillar represents one of the 16 players, a Mustang booster and the team manager. Each pillar stands at the same height as that of its honoree.

It's not finished yet, but when it is, I plan to drive up there to see it. While I feel sympathy for those who perished in the Marshall plane crash, my mother lost one of her very good friends from high school in the Cal Poly crash.

My ex-girlfriend's step-uncle played for Cal-Poly SLO that year and if he hadn't torn his knee up the week before, he, too, would've been on that plane.

Not to belittle the gist of your post, but wow, is that not the most tenuous relationship ever between two people?

 

[Jones]

I've got three better stories about teams and plane crashes.

FC Torino, Manchester United and the Zambian national soccer team.

The trailer for this Marshall film makes me want to kill. Worst sports tragedy of all time?

**** you. Not even close.

My mom is from Manchester, and she and her side of the family talk about the United crash like it was D-Day.

 

[buckweaver]

I've got three better stories about teams and plane crashes.

FC Torino, Manchester United and the Zambian national soccer team.

The trailer for this Marshall film makes me want to kill. Worst sports tragedy of all time?

**** you. Not even close.

My mom is from Manchester, and she and her side of the family talk about the United crash like it was D-Day.

I'll third that. Had a former colleague whose family was from Manchester. They were the same way.

And if we're talking worst sports tragedies of all time, I submit my No. 2 choice: the Heysel tragedy.

And my No. 1 choice:

<a href="http://wesclark.com/rrr/alive2.html">"Alive."</a> Rugby players eating human flesh to survive the winter is a lot more chilling in my book than a plane crash of football players. (Here's a better article, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571#The_crash_and_rescue">Wikipedia entry on the 1972 Andes plane disaster</a>.)

 

[westcoastvol]

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

What about "We are Evansville?"

"We are Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)"

18 people associated with the Cal Poly football program, including 16 players, died in a plane crash Oct. 29, 1960. Among those who DIDN'T die in the crash were John Madden (an assistant coach then and the reason he enjoys a Maddencruiser and will never fly) and ted Tollner (former USC, San Diego State head coach).

Cal Poly held a ceremony before and during halftime of a football game for those lost in the crash. Mustang Memorial Plaza, located at the entrance of its on-campus football stadium, has a sculpture of a Mustang surrounded by 18 pillars, forming a team huddle. Each pillar represents one of the 16 players, a Mustang booster and the team manager. Each pillar stands at the same height as that of its honoree.

It's not finished yet, but when it is, I plan to drive up there to see it. While I feel sympathy for those who perished in the Marshall plane crash, my mother lost one of her very good friends from high school in the Cal Poly crash.

My ex-girlfriend's step-uncle played for Cal-Poly SLO that year and if he hadn't torn his knee up the week before, he, too, would've been on that plane.

Not to belittle the gist of your post, but wow, is that not the most tenuous relationship ever between two people?

If you're saying she's a *****, then, yeah, haw haw haw.

 

[joe king]

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

If this succeeds, can "We Are Wichita State" be far behind.

What about "We are Evansville?"

"We are Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)"

18 people associated with the Cal Poly football program, including 16 players, died in a plane crash Oct. 29, 1960. Among those who DIDN'T die in the crash were John Madden (an assistant coach then and the reason he enjoys a Maddencruiser and will never fly) and ted Tollner (former USC, San Diego State head coach).

Cal Poly held a ceremony before and during halftime of a football game for those lost in the crash. Mustang Memorial Plaza, located at the entrance of its on-campus football stadium, has a sculpture of a Mustang surrounded by 18 pillars, forming a team huddle. Each pillar represents one of the 16 players, a Mustang booster and the team manager. Each pillar stands at the same height as that of its honoree.

It's not finished yet, but when it is, I plan to drive up there to see it. While I feel sympathy for those who perished in the Marshall plane crash, my mother lost one of her very good friends from high school in the Cal Poly crash.

My ex-girlfriend's step-uncle played for Cal-Poly SLO that year and if he hadn't torn his knee up the week before, he, too, would've been on that plane.

Not to belittle the gist of your post, but wow, is that not the most tenuous relationship ever between two people?

If you're saying she's a *****, then, yeah, haw haw haw.

Just to clarify, I'm pretty sure that's not what I said.

 

[Claws for Concern]

I've got three better stories about teams and plane crashes.

FC Torino, Manchester United and the Zambian national soccer team.

Better stories? Yeah, like anyone wants to post something saying that their plane crash is BETTER than another.

By the way, I was in Torino for the Winter Olympics and saw the area where they pay homage to those lost in that crash for FC Torino. Sad, really sad. Dan Wetzel of Yahoo.com was at the Olympics too and did a story touching on a father who lost his son in the Oklahoma State crash and when he visited the Torino shrine how it brought back all the emotions he felt only a few short years ago.

 

[Jones]

You know, I read "Alive" only a few months ago -- it is a damn good book.

Not to threadjack, just saying.

 

[RubberSoul1979]

Why I'm excited - The people who made the movie made a point to work with Marshall reps, who in turn waited a long time to make this movie. They thought other attempts were too low-budget and wouldn't do the story justice.

We see the players' real names (unlike in Rudy BTW).

I didn't realize Marshall had a black quarterback then, Reggie Oliver. Very ahead-of-its-time. I know Michigan State had one in the late '60s. Other than than Spartans -- and the traditionally black schools of the time of course -- who else started a black QB in the late' 60s/early '70s?

Frowns - The reel-life version of the winning touchdown in the Herd's first home game after the plane crash - win against Xavier that came on the last play of the game - isn't what happened in real life. Odd. Not to nitpick, but the reality was an awesome play, a throwback catch/run reception.

I haven't seen "Miracle," but I heard the crowd shots hardly portray 1980. Can anyone verify this? Not literally, but you see something along the lines of Colorado Rockies hats and "Do You Yahoo?" shirts.

Still looks like a cool movie. Robert Patrick = will always be scary. Coach T1000.



"I'm a world's champion frowner, so I wanna see some smiles around here."
- Bear Bryant

 

[Claws for Concern]

I haven't seen "Miracle," but I heard the crowd shots hardly portray 1980. Can anyone verify this? Not literally, but you see something along the lines of Colorado Rockies hats and "Do You Yahoo?" shirts.

Rockies hats ... do you mean the hockey team? they were in Denver in 1980.

 

[westcoastvol]

My ex-girlfriend's step-uncle played for Cal-Poly SLO that year and if he hadn't torn his knee up the week before, he, too, would've been on that plane.
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Not to belittle the gist of your post, but wow, is that not the most tenuous relationship ever between two people?

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If you're saying she's a *****, then, yeah, haw haw haw.
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Just to clarify, I'm pretty sure that's not what I said.

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I know. I took complete license. The step-uncle had a lot of great Madden stories, but when he spoke about the crash, understandably, his tenor changed considerably.

 

[DyePack]

If this movie works, they need to start making We Were SMU.

 

[WScribblySh]

Been waiting so long for this one that the actual product can't top my expectations.

Kinda like waiting for the Hanks-Aykroyd version of "Dragnet" to come out in '87. And we all know how that one turned out (though Dabney Coleman's "Reverend, you got balls as big as church bells" came in No. 101 in AFI's top 100 movie quotes).

 

[DougDascenzo]

Saw Matt Damon on Letterman the other night ... did a dead on McConaghey impression. It was quite funny.

It was hilarious. Maybe this should go on the God Bless YouTube thread ...

http://www.youtube.com/v/CuYD2cwMbpw

Y'know, I always thought Matt Damon was a Streisand, but he rocked the **** on that.

 

[audreyld]

MM = waaaaay nasty.
He needs to quit sullying my school.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Been waiting so long for this one that the actual product can't top my expectations.

Kinda like waiting for the Hanks-Aykroyd version of "Dragnet" to come out in '87. And we all know how that one turned out (though Dabney Coleman's "Reverend, you got balls as big as church bells" came in No. 101 in AFI's top 100 movie quotes).

I'm sorry, I thought the Dragnet movie was funny. Granted, not as funny as the deadpan acting style and Mamet Lite dialogue of Jack Webb on the TV versions, but still, not bad.

 

[hockeybeat]

"We are St. John's!"

The true story of how Mike Jarvis took a once-relevant Big East program and ran it into the ground. Starring James Avery as Mike Jarvis.

 

[DyePack]

"We Are the 49ers" -- same story, with the added twist of writers failing to challenge the blatant lies told by Carmen Policy and others during the mid-90s.

"We're not mortgaging our future." Right, Carmen.

 

[Double J]

"We are St. John's!"

The true story of how Mike Jarvis took a once-relevant Big East program and ran it into the ground. Starring James Avery as Mike Jarvis.

With DJ Jazzy Jeff as the player who repeatedly gets thrown out of the locker room.

 

[hockeybeat]

"We are St. John's!"

The true story of how Mike Jarvis took a once-relevant Big East program and ran it into the ground. Starring James Avery as Mike Jarvis.

With DJ Jazzy Jeff as Marcus Hatten, a 5'11 off-guard.