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West Virginia Expresses It's Concern
Published 10/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (MariusJanulisForThree) at Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
... I've been pretty surprised that up until now we haven't heard a large uproar from the West Virginia or Texas communities over the scenes in The Express depicting their fans as snarling, angry racist fucktards (actual character names). Of course, with the film being released in theaters it's the perfect opportunity for Mountaineer fans and Morgantown residents to get fired up over the verbal and emotional abuse hurled by their thematic counterparts. In the film, Syracuse plays West Virginia as part of its 1959 road to a national ...

‘The Express’ Savages WVU Fans For No Reason
Published 10/8/2008 by Adam J at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... testament to the team’s countenance, they struggled through the hostility and kept their championship dreams alive. There is, of course, one teensy little problem with that storyline. It never happened. At all. First of all, Syracuse played in Morgantown in 1960, not 1959; Davis had already won his Heisman and the Orangemen their title. 1960’s campaign was still successful — 8-2 — but hardly as charged with drama. And as the DAILY MAIL explains, that’s the least of the falsehoods, as not even Syracuse players who were there that day are going to bother defending the ...

West Virginians say boycott 'The Express'
Published 10/8/2008 at Campus Watch Editor
By Matt Gelb, Syracuse Hollywood may have stretched the truth in "The Express." (Universal Pictures) "The Express," the major motion picture about the life of legendary Syracuse back Ernie Davis, debuts in theaters nationwide on Friday. The box office returns in West Virginia may not be so good. Director Gary Fleder said last month during the orange carpet premiere of the film in Syracuse that he wanted to show the racial struggles that Davis and his African-American teammates faced. Of course, that caused him to take a few liberties, says the Charleston Daily ...

The Express Isn't Exactly a True Story
Published 10/8/2008 at FanHouse
... playing as I type this, I feel a little bad that I'm even typing this. The story of Ernie Davis is a great one, and quite honestly a movie should have been made about him a long time ago. The problem isn't with Ernie Davis or Syracuse or any of the actors. The problem is that the makers of the movie needed to express the racial hatred that Davis confronted his Heisman year. Unfortunately, to do that they had to tell a lie. ...

Why Is Everybody Always Pickin On Us?
Published 10/9/2008 by 5th Year Senior at West BY GOD Virginia
... However, a quick look at history shows the Orangmen did not visit Mountaineer Field that season. While they did visit good’ol Mountaineer Field in 1960, a quick talk with people who were at the game paints a much rosier picture of what actually occurred. [Credit for the quotes goes to Matt Thompson's Daily Mail article] ...

Ernie Davis' story was real, but the 'Ernie Davis Story' is not
Published 10/9/2008 by Matt Hinton at Dr. Saturday
All movies need a good villain. There's no Star Wars without Vader, no Clockwork Orange without the brainwashing government, no 300 without the complete disregard for pacing, craft, history or human decency, etc. Story demands conflict, people. ...

Artistic License gone wild
Published 10/10/2008 by A.E.M. (noreply@blogger.com) at The Orange Squeeze
... There is an article from the Charlestown Daily Mail that talks about what the players thought of a scene describing the West Virginia fans as big time racists. The first problem is that the Syracuse team never played WVU in Morgantown that year, so that was already wrong, but forgiveable in my opinion. The part I have a very hard time getting past is the fact that all the players that have spoken about this scene do not remember for one second it being the way it was shown in the movie. There were no fans threatening or name calling, and if this is true, and ...