On behalf of everyone at NERD Pictures, we’d like to thank all of our backers on Kickstarter. It has been a great experience interacting with the wonderful people that have given to our project. Making independent films is never easy, and crowd sourcing sites like Kickstarter are new frontiers for small companies like us. The support we’ve been getting for the project has been amazing, and the fans of the project aren’t just outstanding, they are outstanding Ragin’ Cajun fans! Thank you very much for all your support!
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Philip Rodrigue says:
Mar 29, 2011
Douglas, I knew I said I wouldn’t bother you anymore about this. But I am having a difficult time trying to understand how we are able to, some degree, put Coach Shipley on a pedestal. Are you telling me that just because he blazed a trail in desegragation and defied the good ole boys of the south, that justifies the shame he helped to bring on this university. Before anyone accuses me of sour grapes, you must know that I had a terrific vantage point to watch what was going on. I was a student broadcaster and I went to every home game for the two years leading up to the Death Penalty. I even took bus rides with them to shools in Louisiana for away games. And I went on that unforgettable 5 day trip to Vegas to play UNLV. Did you ask Coach Shipley about Manny Goldstein, what his position was @ then USL, and who was responsible for his hire? I would love to know what his response was. Manny Goldstein was the same guy fired some 6 years later along with Norm Ellenberger for alleged tampering with grades at The University of New Mexico. To all of you out there thinking the Ragin Cajuns were railroaded, Spare Me because you don’t know what you are talking about. Who in their right mind thinks we could assemble the kind of talent we had without the hint of suspicious activity? Do you think those guys just came here because of our excellent recruiting ability? If you do then you are living in Fantasy Land…Why would anybody want to be reminded of The Death Penalty? It was a dark time for our school and dredging it up some 40 years later and trying to put a positive spin on it because of Coach Shipley’s ability to cross racial lines is not going to help erase the stain…. Philip Rodrigue