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As many of you may or may not know, I am a fan of Matthew McConaughey and so when we went to Mr. Movies last Friday night to get Flywheel, and we had 4 other movies to choose from (it is cheaper to get 5 for 7 days, than to get 1) I was drawn to the movie, "We Are Marshall."
It is very closely based on a true story and here is the plot:
In November, 1970, virtually the entire football team and coaches of Marshall University (Huntington, W.V.) die in a plane crash. That spring, led by Nate Ruffin, a player who was ill and missed the fatal flight, students rally to convince the board of governors to play the 1971 season. The college president, Don Dedman, must find a coach, who then must find players. They petition the NCAA to allow freshmen to play, and coach Jack Lengyel (McConaughey) motivates and leads young players at the same time that he reexamines the Lombardi creed that winning is the only thing. The father and the fiancée of a player who died find strength to move on. Can Marshall win even one game in 1971?
It is a pretty good movie all the way around...there is some language that some might not like, but it is one of the cleaner secular movies that we have seen for a while. Worth watching in our opinion!
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