Comments on: NewsOK exclusive: Clip from ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary on Marcus Dupree

By: G_Houston

G_Houston — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:58:38 +0000

for this blog to call his career “forgettable” is absolutely unthinkable. I was a young high school freshman football player in Oklahoma and a budding OU fan when Dupree had his spectacular freshman season at OU and I will never forget that. His career was certainly short-lived but anything but forgettable. I along with scores of OU fans from that time have never forgotten Marcus Dupree.

By: PT

PT — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:12:48 +0000

Yes he should have stayed in Mississippi, but the money OU was offering was too much to turn down.

By: johnny harrison

johnny harrison — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:31:39 +0000

i remember when barry switzer signed this guy out of missippi. what a stud. he was awesome too watch for a big guy, he would run you over with ease and speed. he left in midterm for the usfl football league it left alof of oklahma sooner fans dissapointed. there was no telling what kind of record he would have set if he played 4-years at oklahoma. thats my take on marcus. i will watch this show.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 19:41:29 +0000

Dupree was a great talent that missed greatness! Coach
Switzer did everything he could to help Marcus develop and push himself to the next level. He decided to take the road most traveled on. Blame others for not being successful. I wished he had wanted it more. Too easy for him in high school and he just disappointed himself and the football world. Nearly 30 years later, we are still talking about him.

By: Potted Meat

Potted Meat — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 17:57:12 +0000

This clip just shows how confused this young man was at this time in his life. He probably should have stayed in southern Mississippi, close to home. By far the greatest running back I have ever seen. I’ll never forget him putting it on Texas in the Cotton Bowl, lol…

By: Providing The Sunday Links

Providing The Sunday Links — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:49:25 +0000

[...] Daily Oklahoman has a video clip from an upcoming ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on former Oklahoma University running back bust Marcus [...]

By: Okieflyover

Okieflyover — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:03:01 +0000

I remember this time well. I saw then and I still think it is true that this was a young man who did not have the work ethic to go with the talent. And when Barry pushed him, he regressed, he rebelled and he ultimately could not come back from a knee injury that should not have been career ending. What a shame. Were there no people around him who could have helped mentor this young man? At this press conference he was alone. Did he not find anyone along the way who could help him in his transition into this public figure?

By: Billy Park

Billy Park — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 08:31:49 +0000

Dupree’s first half performance against ASU was phenomenal. At his best, he was the most overwhelming RB I’ve ever seen, with the possible exception of Bo Jackson.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:14:38 +0000

He had so much potential that Switzer dedicated a whole chapter about Marcus in his book “Bootleggers Boy”. What I remember is how all of us thought we were seeing another Earl Campbell.

Barry was tight…he was POTENTIALLY the best running back of all time.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:54:11 +0000

The hype surrounding Dupree when he committed to the Sooners was just amazing. He was supposed to be Greg Pruitt, Joe Washington, and Billy Sims all rolled into one. Adrian Peterson before there was an Adrian Peterson. He was said to be that good. And for an all too brief time, he was.

I don’t know who was ultimately to blame for his famous flame-out at Oklahoma, but I suspect it was mostly the fact that he just wasn’t ready for the level of hype and attention. It was unlike anything I think anyone had ever seen up to then, even for Oklahoma. Switzer I don’t think helped matters very much, especially after he publicly called Dupree out for being overweight following a bowl game loss to Arizona State. I’m sure if everyone had it to do over again they would do it differently. It’s a true shame what happened.

I plan on watching this show if I can. I hope anyone not old enough to remember Dupree will watch it as well. You might find yourself wondering if that isn’t Adrian Peterson you’re seeing in those old clips. For all too brief a time, Marcus Dupree was that good.