RIP Don Allen

[JMV JustMyView]

Ragin50 you were saying?

[Gumbeaux]

I certainly remember listening to Don Allen on the radio, with Jay being color.

RIP Don - you definitely did Cajun Nation proud!

[zephyr]

RIP Don

[Louisiana84]

Don was an old school reporter who didn't mind telling the administration when they needed to step up their game.

For this he was (at times) treated persona non grata.

For instance he, wrote a story near the end of the Baldwin era that the University could no longer get away with just announcing that season tickets were on sale, more was needed. They obviously didn’t listen and attendance has never recovered.

He wrote a story on fan apathy (I will try to find it and post it)

Before the internet and before easy to scour databases he was great at identifying pivotal moments in sports history.

I thought he was (at times) condesending towards his color guys by not responding, but looking back he was there for one thing and they were there for another.

I thought then and think now Don Allen was one of the best.

He has been and will continue to be missed.

Perfect, Turbine.

[ULouisiana]

Is there any audio vault material available to listen to Don Allen?

If someone has these files, it would be nice to listen to his voice during some famous calls.

Please post if you have them.

[Turbine]

Is there any audio vault material available to listen to Don Allen?

If someone has these files, it would be nice to listen to his voice during some famous calls.

Please post if you have them.

I have one (don't recall the event) and have been desperately searching for it but I must have mislabeled it and have had no success finding it.