The gospel of college football, preached by its gods.
Features several of the sport's major stars, past and present, including NCAA record-setting wide receiver Jerry Rice, national championship-winning head coaches Barry Switzer and Nick Saban, Heisman Trophy winner Andre Ware and many more.
Direction
Jonathan Hock crafts ESPN's slickest sports mythmaking.
Production
Archival footage that'll make any fan misty-eyed.
Director
Jonathan Hock
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of fifteen films commissioned for the 150th anniversary of college football in 2019, essentially ESPN writing its own origin story.
The documentary sidesteps the sport's labor exploitation and concussion crisis entirely — a tell that this is hagiography, not history.
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