Those who grew up as rabid OSU or Michigan fans may find it hard to explain to outsiders why these two Midwest Kingdoms of Football have remained at such joyous war with each other these many years. This documentary attempts to explain the intensity and duration of that annual gridiron battle with humor (which side has the most lunatic fans?)and with humanity (Woody Hayes'touching late tribute to his former student, long-time rival coach Bo Schembechler). The film of course emphasizes the Woody-Bo years since these have elements of super-personalities, tragedy, and redemption. It includes interpretations about how the fan rivalry is really rooted in Midwesterners' traditional steadfastness and courage. Well, maybe a little, but mostly for the eternal fan it's about forgetting your personal problems, donning the team colors, and rushing down to the stadium to shout your lungs out as part of a one-hundred-year-plus tradition. Most of my family were Ohio Staters and never missed a game of the Great Rivalry. My mother would always cry on hearing the OSU anthem. Opinions on the moral quality of Woody rose and fell around Columbus, depending mostly on how well the Bucks were doing that year, but as the film suggests most fans refused to abandon him even after the disgraceful ending of his controversial career with an assault on a player of the opposing team. The documentary somewhat softens this tragic fall, as noted above, with reference to the Bo-Woody friendship. (I recently talked about this documentary with a guy who had been an assistant coach for Woody, and to this day he sees no fault with anything the man ever did.) That's admirable loyalty, of course, not logic, but it suggests the need to believe, as the film suggests,is part of this colorful All-American phenomenon. Whether you're a fan of Michigan or of OSU, or no football fan at all, you'll find this documentary entertaining, spiced with little truths about the way we celebrate as Americans.