Why mess with the facts?

Rating: 5/10 (1 February 2007)

I watched the movie only knowing a little about the Texas Western championship season and thought it was a good sports movie despite the fact that I knew what the outcome was going to be. No way there can be a spoiler in a movie such as this.
Afterwards, I did a little research and discovered that the movie had taken a lot of liberties with the facts. I don't think this was necessary since this was a truly historic event any way the story was told. Presenting a factual account would have been just as entertaining. Distorting the facts is the reason I gave it a 5 instead of a 9.
One other thing ... why doesn't ESPN Classic show games like this instead of non-stop boxing and stupid poker reruns?