The story of the Marshall University Thundering Herd. The entire team and staff was killed in a plane crash in 1970.


Nit. When the univerity president is calling candidates for the coaching job, one of the area codes is 850.

In 1970 and 71, area codes were restricted to the form NxY where N and Y were 2-8 and x was 0 or 1. Free-form area codes did not arrive until the '90s. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan#Expansion_of_area_codes

I've heard another nit was that the iconic cheer "WE ARE MARSHALL!!!!" the crowd shouts in the climactic game wasn't adopted until several years after that game was played.