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CBS Sports to Air Black 14 documentary
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kdwrightuwyo
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Anyone else concerned that this may turn into another show/movie that will make make Laramie and the state Wyoming look like a bunch of racist rednecks?
HiCountryCowboy
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kdwrightuwyo said:
Yes. Not really a happy ending to be had. At least no one watches the channel unless there is a game you want to see on it.
TSpoke
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Jeez guys. This is important history but it is history. Anything about this incident will have taken place 50 years ago. It has no bearing on the University/State/football team currently. I don't see how or why this documentary will do anything to make us look bad in current day. I am sure they went to the people who know a lot about the incident like Ryan Thorburn. Wasn't there a Wyoming PBS documentary on this a few years ago(seem to remember watching it but can't quite remember)? It is important to remember these incidents and not just forget them.
It was a bad incident in our schools history but that is not a bad thing to acknowledge. It has little to no bearing on us today.
It was a bad incident in our schools history but that is not a bad thing to acknowledge. It has little to no bearing on us today.
Cowboy Junky
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I find it not coincidental that it's airing right when Wyoming football is rising up again. It's up in the air whether CBS is trying to honor Wyoming's past or throw shade at our future.
Either way, it's not like Wyoming was the only campus facing racial issues in 1966/67. It was happening everywhere. The world was experiencing the civil rights movement. It wasn't part and parcel to just Wyoming.
It's a dark day in our history for the decision Llyod Eaton made.
It was a dark time in the history of the U.S.
I'm not proud of the decision Wyoming made in the late 1960's, but I'm thankful that we had our opportunity to learn and grow with the rest of the world.
Luckily Craig Bohl is the face of Wyoming football now, and he treats people kindly and with a great deal of respect.
Either way, it's not like Wyoming was the only campus facing racial issues in 1966/67. It was happening everywhere. The world was experiencing the civil rights movement. It wasn't part and parcel to just Wyoming.
It's a dark day in our history for the decision Llyod Eaton made.
It was a dark time in the history of the U.S.
I'm not proud of the decision Wyoming made in the late 1960's, but I'm thankful that we had our opportunity to learn and grow with the rest of the world.
Luckily Craig Bohl is the face of Wyoming football now, and he treats people kindly and with a great deal of respect.
FYI we'll be talking to Ryan Thorburn a couple days before this airs and get his perspective.
SnowyRange
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I'm sure it's the latter. CBS noticed an 8-6 season and decided we needed to be squashed.
Asmodeanreborn
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If a documentary about racism existing in Laramie like 50 years ago affects our recruiting, how the hell do schools in Mississippi and Alabama get quality recruits?
