Maybe we're not done with "Express" dissection
We thought we should have been after talking to Bob Costas on Thursday morning (linked here) about his feelings surrounding the "truthiness" of the new Ernie Davis bioflick, "The Express." Until we came across this piece by Ray Buck in the Fort Worth Star Telegram (linked here), where he now has the Texas angle on how facts were messed with, particularily about the 1960 Cotton Bowl when the University of Texas faced Syracuse.
Buck's piece includes:
For those who were Texas Longhorns 48 years ago, it's not easy to look up and find the foibles of the day wearing burnt orange, magnified on the big screen as only Hollywood can do.
Keep in mind that "The Express" is portrayed as "the extraordinary true story of Ernie Davis" and "the inspiring true story of an American hero" in most of the movie
trailers.
That's at the core of the debate.



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