We Are Marshall Worksheet
Austen Rempe
10/8/13
Period 2
Have y’all ever wondered how a college football team could change after their team lost friends and family in a plane crash? The movie “We Are Marshall” claims to be a true story and is about the 19701971 Marshall University football team suffering a plane crash on the way back from a road game. I think “We Are Marshall” should be considered nonfiction because a lot of the events that happened in the movie actually happened in real life. The Marshall University football team was in a plane crash on November 14, 1970 coming back from a game at East Carolina. The crash killed 75 people including 37 members of the football team (Anderson). This fact is true. One of the events that happened in the movie that did not happen during the actual crash was the Marshall …show more content…
Another event that happened in both the movie and reality was, the fountain in the middle of the campus, is turned off for a whole day on the anniversary of the plane crash to remember the plane crash victims.
Another event that compares to the movie, is the team. The team went 28 during the 1971 season in both the movie and reality. Also there were apparently 50 or more freshmen that were allowed to play to make up for the roster spots if they were to have a football team that year. This actually did happen in real life but the NCAA almost didn’t let them because the school had over 140 sanctions or violations within their athletic program.
They had recruited illegally, and as a result the NCAA took away some scholarships.
(Anderson). Also the board meeting that was held in the movie to decide whether they should continue the football program did not actually happen. The crowd of Marshall
University students, faculty, and fans outside of the building where the meeting was held did not exist (Johnston). The chant “We Are...Marshall” actually didn’t begin until after the 1971 season but the producers felt like it was a good fit for the movie
10/8/13
Period 2
Have y’all ever wondered how a college football team could change after their team lost friends and family in a plane crash? The movie “We Are Marshall” claims to be a true story and is about the 19701971 Marshall University football team suffering a plane crash on the way back from a road game. I think “We Are Marshall” should be considered nonfiction because a lot of the events that happened in the movie actually happened in real life. The Marshall University football team was in a plane crash on November 14, 1970 coming back from a game at East Carolina. The crash killed 75 people including 37 members of the football team (Anderson). This fact is true. One of the events that happened in the movie that did not happen during the actual crash was the Marshall …show more content…
Another event that happened in both the movie and reality was, the fountain in the middle of the campus, is turned off for a whole day on the anniversary of the plane crash to remember the plane crash victims.
Another event that compares to the movie, is the team. The team went 28 during the 1971 season in both the movie and reality. Also there were apparently 50 or more freshmen that were allowed to play to make up for the roster spots if they were to have a football team that year. This actually did happen in real life but the NCAA almost didn’t let them because the school had over 140 sanctions or violations within their athletic program.
They had recruited illegally, and as a result the NCAA took away some scholarships.
(Anderson). Also the board meeting that was held in the movie to decide whether they should continue the football program did not actually happen. The crowd of Marshall
University students, faculty, and fans outside of the building where the meeting was held did not exist (Johnston). The chant “We Are...Marshall” actually didn’t begin until after the 1971 season but the producers felt like it was a good fit for the movie