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Anyone see it yet???

Being that it was filmed in West Virginia, I definitely had to see it. Great movie I thought. A little sappy and it'll make you cry, but a good feel-good sports story.

(Can't help but love WVU's portrayal in the film and love the part where matthew mcoughahey says 'we're going to Morgantown!!!' IF ONLY! haha)

better than remember the titans?

miphinz wrote:better than remember the titans?

eh maybe. I have a biased opinion!!

my cousin was a wrestler at Marshall at the time of the accident

By far the best college football fans I have ever ran across were those from Marshall. In 1994 they and Boise State were making a run in the Div 1-AA playoffs and met in the semi-finals. The game was played here and after a great game which BSU won, Marshall boosters were walking the parking lots and waiting at exits to congratulate fans on a great game. I believe that their AD was even out there.

live2ski wrote:By far the best college football fans I have ever ran across were those from Marshall. In 1994 they and Boise State were making a run in the Div 1-AA playoffs and met in the semi-finals. The game was played here and after a great game which BSU won, Marshall boosters were walking the parking lots and waiting at exits to congratulate fans on a great game. I believe that their AD was even out there.

The Herd are a class act.

while I will admit that I am a sucker for a sappy, sports movie with a message...I loved this movie. I was in tears for a lot of it...but that;s cause I even cry at commercials!
It was worth the admission price and I have to wonder what teh critics were looking for when they gave it such bad reviews!
Besides, Kate Marra was in and it and I know here...she was good!

I am a Marshall alum. I got a chance to see the movie at a advance screening. It is a great movie. A great film you can take the entire family to see. Over the Christmas holiday I was back home in Huntington,WV. I took my 10 year old daughter to the actual crash site. I showed her the memorial Fountain on Campus, and took her to the memorial grave sites of the unknown players and later Nate Ruffin. I would highly recommend this movie.

a1aara wrote:and took her to the memorial grave sites of the unknown players and later Nate Ruffin.

I was sad to hear he died so young...any idea of what?

I think it was lukemea (sp?).

a1aara wrote:I think it was lukemea (sp?).

that's odd...Leukemia is the cause I run marathons for. I liked the guy, he was a true fighter.

I was able to find this:


Freedom Forum's Nate Ruffin dies

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Nate Ruffin, 51, vice president/community relations at The Freedom Forum, died on Oct. 2 after a long illness.

"Nate was a valued member of our staff and a talented and courageous man. We will miss him greatly," said Charles L. Overby, chairman and chief executive officer of The Freedom Forum.

Ruffin, a resident of Vienna, Va., joined The Freedom Forum in 1997 and previously served there as vice president/human resources, with responsibility for personnel policy and employee benefits. Earlier he worked for twelve years as director of personnel policy at Gannett Co. He won four president's and four chairman's rings for his accomplishments at Gannett, an award representing top performance by a department head. Before joining Gannett, Ruffin was manager of personnel for ACF Industries, the largest builder of railroad cars for lease in the United States.

He served as an adviser for the NAACP and Urban League of Baltimore, a board member of Arlington County (Va.) United Way and a deacon at First Baptist Church in Vienna, Va.

Ruffin is a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, W. Va. He was a defensive back and co-captain of the Marshall football team in 1970, when a plane carrying team members, coaches, community leaders and others crashed on a return flight from North Carolina. Ruffin had an arm injury and was supposed to make the trip, but at the last minute was told that someone else would take his place on the plane. He helped identify bodies from the crash and notify relatives of the passengers. In April, 2001, as Ruffin was fighting cancer, Marshall's Black Alumni Inc. sponsored a drive for bone marrow donors for him.

Ruffin is survived by his wife, Sharon, three children, Carmen, Shante and Ryan and grandchild Reginald.

Contact: Donna Fowler
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