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Why wasn't MSU or OM in play for Marcus Dupree?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:02 pm
Watching "The Best That Never Was." Dupree's final 3 was Texas, OU and Southern Miss. How was USM in play over MSU or OM?
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Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:03 pm to stomp
$
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:04 pm to stomp
Because we don't resort to cheating during recruiting.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:07 pm to stomp
Exposure.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:08 pm to stomp
OU had too much $. TNetwork hadn't been developed yet.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:08 pm to pankReb
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Because we didn't resort to cheating during recruiting back then, but we learned if we didn't, we wouldn't get anywhere.
FIFY
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:09 pm to texag7
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From USM though?
Bobby Collins had just left for SMU but SMU was already processing game checks before he got there.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:14 pm to stomp
$ from OU, and a glorified congregation pimp from USM
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:17 pm to stomp
Easy answer: Because they sucked at football while OU under Switzer was equivalent to the Pete Carroll USC teams. OU was always among the top two or three teams in the country and was a perennial national championship contender led by a charismatic and very likeable coach. Why would any top recruit pick Ole Miss or Mississippi State over those guys?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:25 pm to stomp
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:31 pm to stomp
On Finebaum the other day Marcus called in just to talk (and hawk his new book). He said he was being offered money by several schools...including 250k/year to attend one school. Claimed Bama didn't offer anything but Bear advised him not to attend if he was planning on being coached by him.
It was a pretty cool phone interview.
It was a pretty cool phone interview.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:40 pm to Allhands
And I think he mentioned that the reason Southern was in consideration and us/OM was not was because Southern was winning and we weren't. Or something like that
Posted on 2/14/16 at 6:53 pm to weedGOKU666
quote:We were 9-3 with a win over Alabama in 80 and 8-4 in 81??
And I think he mentioned that the reason Southern was in consideration and us/OM was not was because Southern was winning and we weren't. Or something like that
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:12 pm to Bench McElroy
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Easy answer: Because they sucked at football while OU under Switzer was equivalent to the Pete Carroll USC teams. OU was always among the top two or three teams in the country and was a perennial national championship contender led by a charismatic and very likeable coach. Why would any top recruit pick Ole Miss or Mississippi State over those guys?
I'm speaking specifically on the Mississippi schools. Of course the top teams in the country will be in play. But why USM over Ole Miss/Mississippi State. Seems both MSU and OM would be in bigger play than USM.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:17 pm to pankReb
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Because we don't resort to cheating during recruiting.
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pankReb
Oh my god I can't breathe
You should become a comedian
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:17 pm to stomp
quote:Bobby Collins was at USM. He continued the stuff Ron Meyer started at SMU resulting in the death penalty. USM had a pretty good qb by the name of Reggie Collier. I am sure he was talking to Marcus.
Seems both MSU and OM would be in bigger play than USM.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:19 pm to stomp
Because his pimp had a grudge against state and ole miss types. I also think he lived just outside of Hattiesburg and he was going to get his his no matter who came along or where he went. This is going off old timers speaking from years back. *Differ to Diamondawg on this one. 
Even though OU was Big Eight, they might get as well have been a SWC school on the level of cheating.
Even though OU was Big Eight, they might get as well have been a SWC school on the level of cheating.
This post was edited on 2/14/16 at 7:22 pm
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:24 pm to Cdawg
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Because his pimp had a grudge against state and ole miss types. I also think he lived just outside of Hattiesburg and he was going to get his his no matter who came along or where he went. This is going off old timers speaking from years back.
Interesting. Makes since considering the "reverend" was trying to sucker him into USM after Dupree left OU.
Just hard for me to believe the 2 biggest state schools didn't have enough pull to overcome the preacher pimp
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:34 pm to stomp
We weren't throwing money around. The ONLY reason USM was in play was because it was close to his home.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 7:43 pm to stomp
quote:Steve Sloan at Ole Miss. Squeaky clean. Emory was at State. I don't think we had enough money to cheat. Bobby Collins (MSU graduate, by the way), dirty, dirty, dirty!
Just hard for me to believe the 2 biggest state schools didn't have enough pull to overcome the preacher pimp
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