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re: Can you imagine a college athlete saying this today?

Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:39 am to
Posted by kajunman
Member since Dec 2015
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:39 am to
Dupree had it all. He was so fun to watch. Sucks he got injured. Billy Sims was one of my favorite rb's to watch as well. Smooth as butter. Then came Marcus. Oklahoma has had some of the greatest rb's in college football history.
Posted by Gunga Din
Oklahoma
Member since Jul 2020
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Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:50 am to
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A college athlete wasn’t saying that then either.


And just think... it was like the year after he finished at Texas that the NCAA took away the $15 dollar a month "laundry" stipend.

So in a way Earl was lucky.... How would he have ever survived at Texas without that 15 dollars? (wink)...
Posted by OccamsStubble
Member since Aug 2019
9269 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 7:52 am to
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Bo Earl Herschel Marcus That’s it. THAT’S IT.



Uhhhh. Barry? Derrick?


Barry- at the top of the second tier

Derrick- middle of the third tier
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
5428 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:27 am to
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I think half the kids playing today would wet their pants if they had to go against him.

Why’s that?
Posted by Globetrotter747
Member since Sep 2017
5428 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:37 am to
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Sucks he got injured.

Dupree’s problems were his attitude and the people around him, especially Ken Fairley.
Posted by White Tiger
Dallas
Member since Jul 2007
15590 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:42 am to
Everyone but the athletes made lots of money. It amounted to a slave trade, but no one wanted to discuss the horse on the dining room table.
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
4405 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:44 am to
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So in a way Earl was lucky.... How would he have ever survived at Texas without that 15 dollars? (win


I was in a club with a guy who had gone to the University of Illinois. He told me there was a bank across the street from the University and upon entering there were two desks. His wife was at one and Dick Butkus wife was at the other. Their jobs served as greeters and would direct customers to the loan officers or tellers, etc.
His wife was paid $50 a week and Butkis wife was paid $250 a week.
Posted by Buster83
Somewhere in Texas usually
Member since Aug 2021
5573 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:53 am to
Ran into Earl Campbell a couple of times years ago when I lived in Victoria. Heck of a nice guy and would talk your ear off. He was actually grocery shopping both times. Earl and Bum Phillips owned ranches nearby. We would run into Bum Phillips every now and then too.
Posted by dallastiger55
Jennings, LA
Member since Jan 2010
33464 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 8:55 am to
He looks 35
Posted by Gulf Coast Tiger
Ms Gulf Coast
Member since Jan 2004
20686 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:12 am to
One of the all time greats
Posted by Victor R Franko
Member since Dec 2021
2583 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:27 am to
Eric Dickerson
Posted by Rodo
Houston
Member since Aug 2011
1781 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:34 am to
Earl doesn't like white QBs

Rodo
Posted by Victor R Franko
Member since Dec 2021
2583 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:40 am to
My oldest sister was in speech classes with Earl at Texas and would tutor him part time. His speaking abilities back then was nothing like his speaking in that link. Go look up his Heisman speech to see the difference.

In late 80s I went into 7-11 to buy some beer. He was just sitting on the curb in jeans and a tee shirt doing nothing. I sat and talked with him for a while and gave him a lift to his mechanic.

Sports Illustrated ( I think) did a great story on him, his son's and their health issues along with his health issues and addiction to pain killers.
Posted by Csmims
A sandy beach in paradise
Member since Jan 2019
3516 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 9:43 am to
Wrong but everyone has their own opinions even if they are wrong.
Posted by n64ra
Member since Jul 2024
2238 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 10:28 am to
what a bad arse
Posted by theballguy
Colorado (home) & DC (work)
Member since Oct 2011
34462 posts
Posted on 1/26/26 at 10:46 am to
I love Earl Campbell.
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