[NU Sports] Hollywood Comes to Ryan Field

Randy Wilson randy at 1702.org
Tue May 1 13:29:19 CDT 2007


They were filming something at Lane Tech High School in Chicago the last 
few weeks. Near the end, they had a vintage Syracuse flag flying. What's 
the name of the film so I can IMDB it?

This might be fun:
What other films (or sports films) have been filmed in and around NU?
-Randy

NEONRye at aol.com wrote:
> Loved the article in the DAILY about the filming of the Ernie Davis biopic  
> at Ryan (Dyche).  As the father of an about-to-graduate Syracuse U. student  
> (my daughter, Lauren, who is a Senior in The S.I. Newhouse School of Public  
> Communications--anybody here have a line on a magazine journalism gig for her?),  
> I enjoyed the story about how Ryan is being "dressed up" to look like venues  
> where 'Cuse played when the tragic Mr. Davis was their star.  What is most  
> ironic is that NU and SU are starting a 4-year (2 Home/2 Away) gridiron series  
> in 2008, I believe.  For those interested in where Ernie (and Jim Brown)  
> actually played, here's a link to the Wikipedia article on ARCHBOLD STADIUM,  
> which gave way to the antiseptic Carrier Dome (where the Commencement will be  
> held--it should be one giant microwave oven on May 13th, as it is not air  
> conditioned, even though named for the Carrier Corporation, which formerly  
> manufactured A/C units in East Syracuse):  
> _http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbold_Stadium_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbold_Stadium) 
>  
> Paul Levinson
> 
> 
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