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re: Why wasn't MSU or OM in play for Marcus Dupree?
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:02 pm to stomp
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:02 pm to stomp
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Just hard for me to believe the 2 biggest state schools didn't have enough pull to overcome the preacher pimp
This was less than 20 years after Kennedy sent the national guard to Ole Miss - Reverend Pimp was in his early adulthood when that was happening. And while the basketball team in '63 and the Holmes integration at MSU were good stories - the MSU types around Philadelphia weren't really fond of African Americans either.
And remember about this time two pretty good players had just came through Mississippi high schools and were guilted into going to in-state HBCUs - Walter Payton and Jerry Rice. Marcus wanted to be big time. His recruitment ended Jackson State's dominance of getting the best African American players in Mississippi.
IIRC, Jackson State has 3 or 4 NFL Hall of Famers, but none after the Dupree saga.
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Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:12 pm to anc
Payton was in the 70s. Not sure he was even highly recruited. JSU was probably it for him. Jerry Rice grew up 17 miles from Starkville, worked for his dad as a brick mason for a year before going to school and was in the same class as Marcus. He was not recruited by anyone that I am aware of. No way Marcus knew that he would hook up with Willie Totten at Valley and do crazy things under the "Gunslinger". Not sure what all the national guard stuff is about you mentioned.
Posted on 2/14/16 at 8:13 pm to anc
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And remember about this time two pretty good players had just came through Mississippi high schools and were guilted into going to in-state HBCUs - Walter Payton and Jerry Rice. Marcus wanted to be big time. His recruitment ended Jackson State's dominance of getting the best African American players in Mississippi.
Guilted?
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