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Comment on Tom Cox by Tom Cox

Tom Cox — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:56:21 +0000

Thank you Doug for making a longtime dream of Beryl’s come true. Good luck on your film. It has been a pleasure getting to know you and working with you. We all loved Coach and know he would be proud of you.

Comment on Lights Out in Blackham teaser trailer! by James Bynum

James Bynum — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:46:29 +0000

Having played with Bo in columbus, I can’t wait for the film. USL would have beat UCLA during those years. Gaurantee it.

Comment on How Coach changed the game, year one by Marilyn Shipley Watson

Marilyn Shipley Watson — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:35:49 +0000

Thank you, Doug, for this tribute tonight. “Different sized hand prints on us all”–I LOVE that quote!

Comment on UL Lafayette President, Dr. E. Joseph Savoie honors Beryl Shipley by Villa Schmidt

Villa Schmidt — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:23:05 +0000

Ahoi there, always enjoy reading your posts. Keep up the great Work!

Comment on “Little Man” Steve Green by Steven D.

Steven D. — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:24:07 +0000

Speaking from experience, you don’t know what you have or what you love until you leave.

Comment on Friends of the Film by larry mcwherter

larry mcwherter — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:18:11 +0000

Problem was L S U

Comment on Contact by Charlie Daigle

Charlie Daigle — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:27:56 +0000

I just want to say I contributed what i could to this film within 30 days of ya’ll getting this website up back in winter of 2011. If i can give more I will.

I just want to say from watching the new old trailer and the new one I can tell that this film will be awesome. It needs to be promoted nationally ESPN, FOX whatever. I even forwarded the trailer to Dick Vital. I am a common and UL alum but at least I am trying.

I have cried both times watching the trailers out of pride and out of sadness for Coach Shipley and the monicker he had to live with as well as how much that one incident set our entire athletic program back 30 plus years. It did that for many reason if not for the one fact that it hand cuffed Dr. Authemant with so much fear he kept a tight noose on athletics and never let it start a Foundation etc.

Thanks for all you have done. This film is gonna be phenomenal and should not be hidden locally. Let me know if i can be of any assistance.

Comment on About by Charlie Daigle

Charlie Daigle — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:16:18 +0000

Why do you come to sites that support UL and cause trouble and please stay off. I don’t go to LSU forums and if i did it would not be to bash them but say something positive. If you live in Lafayette or Acadiana area shame on you. UL has done more for the area you live in the any other university ever will.

Also UL fans get your facts straight. I agree with the guy. I am a UL alum and I have grown so tired of the LSU bashing blame game. Have they done things as an institution to undermine us academically and athletically YES! However it is what it is. What you need to learn or see is that the CAJUN NATION has persevered despite many obstacles. The one in 72 being the biggest as far as athletics is concerned. It set the whole athletic department back 30 years. For many reason if not for the one fact that is hand cuffed Dr. Authemant with so much fear he never let Athletics start a foundation etc.

Dale Brown is in this film supporting us. He never played us and maybe his hands were tied or maybe he was scared listen at his quote LOL. It was not LSU itself as it was some LSU Alum on the Board of Higher Ed at the time along with many others who were alumns from other institutions in the state. It was a commissioner of the Gulf South Conference and the NCAA. It was fear, jealousy and racism that were the driving forces. It was the fact that Coach Shipley and the university fought back. It is what defines who we are as a university. We are loyal to our school and we believe we are what we are not trying to be something we are not. Certain factions in the state say that about us.

This film will shed light on what has been swept under the rug for many years. It was a shame and crime that Coach Shipley had to live with the stigma he did his whole life.

So please! Stay at your LSU forums and if you come to this site donate or stay off. UL fans do what we need to do to move forward. Don’t let anyone suppress us and if they do well eventually get out from under it.

One final note! Duke has not been good since the 1970′s in Basketball. Where have you been under a rock! Geez

Comment on Contact by Cody

Cody — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:52:35 +0000

I really didn’t know the whole story of what happened, but I have heard parts of it through the years. This video shows how much of a “marked man” Shipley was. He was probably the most hated man in the south since President Kennedy in Dallas November ’63

Comment on Lights Out in Blackham teaser trailer! by Greg Dean

Greg Dean — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 01:06:28 +0000

Sneakin’ in at halftime of both games of the Bayou Classic; Bo Lamar v. Ed Ratleff (Long Beach State; USL v. Pan American, etc.) The smoke so thick that today’s advocates of a smoke-free enviroment would need emergency medical attention by just seeing it. I was too young to appreciate the historical signficance of Coach Shipley’s decision to sign black players. I just knew the Bulldogs were fun to watch. Roy Ebron was a monster inside. Bo would shoot that arching jumper from deep in the corner. As Ron Gomez so accurately put it in signing my copy of “Slam Dunked”: “These were the days, my friend.” They most definately were.