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[fedderone]

Bob Golic, bother of Mike, who was on the team with Rudy, has also poked many holes in the Disney movie version of Rudy's time at Notre Dame.
Rudy himself has also said he gave Disney the right to take liberties with his story.
It's not a big secret.

 

[Stryker]

The movie Rudy is a fictionalized account based on the true story of Rudiger. I'm pretty sure the entire movie isn't 100% accurate, but the changes made for excellent story telling and a great movie.

 

[Drink IRON City]

I'll bet I've seen that movie 40+ times over my lifetime. Still love it, but also KNOW it is only true in small parts. The rest is built up, to make the movie watchable, over and over............. Joe wasn't wrong in saying the truth, as some may think..



Salute the nation

 

[Badcat]

We get your point, Joe is a spoiled sport attention *****, give it a rest. bajeeebus!

 

[Super Dave]

Why do you LIE about Rudy and JoeCool?

Ruettiger was carried off the field by his teammates following the game. It was later told by Joe Montana on The Dan Patrick Show that while Rudy was carried off the field after the game, the jersey scene in the movie was not accurate. Montana also went on to say, "He worked his butt off to get where he was and to do the things he did."[6]

Ruettiger was one of two players in Notre Dame history to ever be carried off the field by his teammates. The other is Marc Edwards.

and then this.

DP: Were you there when Rudy was there?
JM: Yeah. It's a movie, remember. Not all of that is true.
DP: What wasn't true?
JM: Well, the crowd wasn't chanting. No one threw in their jerseys. He did get in the game. He got carried off [at the end of] the game. [...] Back then they tried to play someone at the end of [the season] that all the seniors could get in the last home game. The schedule was kind of set that way.
So he got in. He did get a sack. And then the guys carried him off, just playing around. I won't say it was a joke, but it was playing around. He worked his butt off to get where he was and to do the things he did. But not any harder than anyone else.