Rating of
3/4
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/17/13
Another good entry into the 30 for 30 ESPN series - this looks back on the Ole Miss 1962 football season at the same time that James Meredith was being admitted as the first African-American student at the southern university. With tradition steeped far into the "old south" way of thinking - the civil rights movement was an affront to many people, including then-governor Ross Barnett. Fritz Mitchell does a great job in telling the story of not only the football team, but painting a portrait of life as it was in the early sixties. Even though it's short, it covers all the bases, though you know there is a lot more that could have been covered. All in all, a history lesson mixed in with an overlooked moment in Ole Miss football history.
