Utilizing footage from the student-run Creative Media team, archival Cortaca Jug footage from WICB and ICTV, and broadcasts from the 2022 IC football season, the pair worked tirelessly to tell the story of the entire season, with a special focus on team’s experience at Yankee Stadium.
Lubrano initially pitched the idea for the film during his course Narratives in Sport Documentary, which he took in the spring 2022 semester with Mead Loop, professor of journalism and director of the sports media program. But because that assignment called on the students to pitch a mock documentary, Loop encouraged Lubrano to pursue the idea in the capstone course Senior Workshop in Sports Media during the fall 2022 semester. That’s where Lubrano enlisted the help of Sosler.
The pair attended every game the team played during the year, which gave them the opportunity to travel to Chicago when the Bombers followed up a 10-0 regular season with a run to the national quarterfinals of the NCAA playoffs. They also interviewed current and former coaches and players