MSU football exhibit for movie
Whether it is vying for students or battling on the athletic field, being only 70 miles apart, Morehead State and Marshall universities have always been fierce rivals.
Monday, Sept. 18, will mark a time that both communities joined together for an extraordinary event. It was 35 years ago that Marshall visited Morehead State to play its first football game since the tragic plane crash in the fall of 1970 that killed most of the Marshall players and coaching staff.
The game was more important than the 29-6 Morehead State victory. As the Young Thundering Herd ran onto the field at Jayne Stadium that Saturday night, they did not receive the usual chorus of boos for the visiting team, but both sides rose for a standing ovation.
MSU’s Camden-Carroll Library will open a special exhibit to celebrate the special moment in Eagle football history on Monday, Sept. 18.
“We are Marshall,” a movie about the crash and the rise of the Thundering Herd football program was filmed this spring and summer and has a tentative release date of Dec. 22.
To help filmmakers accurately portray events, Morehead State athletics and the library’s Special Collections and Archives supplied MSU material for the movie and received props from the film, including a jersey, a call list for filming and storyboards that chart the plays required for the game scenes.
All of the materials may be viewed on the Fifth Floor of the library. The exhibit will stay open through the football season.
The movie's trailer, which includes some of the MSU scenes, is now available at http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/wearemarshall/.
Additional information on the exhibit is available by calling the Camden-Carroll Library at (606) 783-5122.
Posted: 9-13-06
