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slidog 
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| How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/13/12 at 11:42 pm)
I watched the 30 for 30 on him last night.
I came in a little late. But, I don't recall them having us in the mix. While doing some of my own research, I found where Jackie (last year at Pitt) recruited him. Apparently, Jackie claims that he told Marcus to go to Oklahoma. LINK
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Henry Jones Jr 
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/14/12 at 12:32 pm to slidog)
The only school in Mississippi that had a chance was USM. From my understanding Ole Miss and State weren't even in the running.
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Al Bundy Bulldog
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/14/12 at 12:36 pm to Henry Jones Jr)
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The only school in Mississippi that had a chance was USM. From my understanding Ole Miss and State weren't even in the running.
That is correct Henry.
If you guys get a chance read the book The Courting of Marcus Dupree by Willie Morris. It goes into the story WAY deeper than the 30 for 30. The 3 that were in the mix were USM, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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slidog
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/14/12 at 1:30 pm to Henry Jones Jr)
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The only school in Mississippi that had a chance was USM.
Yeah, that was the case according to 30 for 30. I was just wondering if there was anything that they left out. I read somewhere that there were reports of us having a special fund in place for him.
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LBC
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/14/12 at 3:32 pm to slidog)
Didn't an Oklahoma recruiter buy a house like 3 blocks from him?
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slidog
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/14/12 at 3:46 pm to LBC)
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Didn't an Oklahoma recruiter buy a house like 3 blocks from him?
The Oklahoma recruiter and the Tejas recruiter were staying in the same hotel on the same hall according to the documentary. Here is an interesting Q&A with him after the documentary.
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NIH 
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/14/12 at 3:48 pm to slidog)
yeah, that Q&A is a load of bull shite.
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slidog
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/14/12 at 3:49 pm to NIH)
I wonder if Jackie offered him the money.
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MaroonNation
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| re: How far were we from getting Dupree? (Posted on 12/16/12 at 10:19 am to NIH)
yeah, Dupree is lying out of his arse to say he didn't get paid. And lied his arse off about some school offering 250,000/yr to play. You could buy an entire O line in Alabama for a quarter million today. That was like a million bucks back then.
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