This was the best era for college football. No bullshit. No social media. No portal. Making a bowl game still meant something. Think about it....when did the BCS actually get it wrong? Every year the BCS champion was deserving (based on what was seen on the field). Maybe a couple years there was another team JUST AS deserving. That's what the A.P. National Championship was for lol
I had forgotten just how smooth and how strong Marcus was. I will never forget the first time he broke loose in the game in Dallas. Very happy that i was there!
This was an awesome game. It's kinda weird, it's almost like watching K-State vs K-State, since 4 of the main coaches had just been coaching under Snyder at K-State like the year or 2 before. Bob Stoops, Mike Stoops, Brent Venebles and Mark Mangino.
Just think, if Marcus could've handled some criticism from Switzer and kept the poison out of his camp he would've been better than Walker and Jackson.
I don't think it's accurate to say that this game was for the 1955 national championship. In those days the champion was named prior to the bowls being played. The result of this game does justify the AP's decision to name Oklahoma as their champion for the '55 college football season.
Faster, bigger, and stronger than both. Dupree was 6'3 230 and ran 4.29 in the 40. Dupree was a monster. Only Bo Jackson rivaled him as far as the size and incredible speed.
OU has benefited from recruiting Texas HS boys away from UT with its HS level curriculum. Lots of athletes are attracted to the uncompetitive nature of OU and the realization that they will not have to apply themselves academically.
Marcus well clearly an incredible but give credit to the OU offense for being able to successfully switch over to a different offensive scheme so quickly.
Still to me is the best running style I’ve ever seen. He looked like he had skates on. For someone to be that fast, big, strong and to be so graceful was amazing. Unfortunately, super human athletes have a short shelf life.
Dupree was the most physically gifted running back I've ever seen until this day! He was 6'3 230lbs and ran a 4.29. Just unbelievable speed for a guy 230. Bo Jackson is the only guy I can compare him to as far as the size and blazing speed.
I remember when the Washington Huskies gave em a whopping in the orange bowl of 1985 , they were behaving like this before the game and thier hubris attitude got thuer dink slammed into the dirt 😂😂😂hilarious absolutely hilarious riiiiiiiiiiight okie pinokie
A&M like Texas lies to recruits and offers big bags of money makes you wonder how much they paid for Dat Nguyen. The SEC has been paying players under the table for years Saban, K Smart Gene Chizik even Pete Carroll at USC was breaking rules. Bob Stoops D was the reason Florida won the 1996 title over Florida state. Florida in 1995 was destroyed by steroid user team Nebraska Dr Tom Osborne as he didn't play by the rules either. Oklahoma gained Bob in 1999 and won a title with Jerry Schmidt who was once at Nebraska and Florida but the whole staff turned Oklahoma back into a dynasty since 1988. Gary Gibbs was a great Defensive coordinator but didn't go after the top kids because most were negatively recruiting Oklahoma about Charles Thompson and a few other players did while at Oklahoma as Switzer stepped aside. Miami U was breaking rules too from Schnellenberger to Erickson but NCAA did nothing to investigate. Even Colorado with Darian Hagan 1990 national championship got in the act of rule breaking as did Lou Holtz did at Notre Dame last title in 1988. Plus Penn State was dirty.
So everybody was breaking rules that are no longer even in the rules. Makes you think maybe the rule shouldn't have been a rule and that it was used more as a political weapon against certain schools, because everyone knew everyone was doing it.
Marcus' ESPN 30-for-30 documentary is quite sad. A high school star, he was recruited by everybody, finally signing with OU. But OU was in a slump and coach Switzer blamed everybody. Marcus got hit hard against Texas and probably had a concussion. He got on a plane and never returned. He enrolled at So Miss briefly, then dropped out to turn pro with the USFL. He played about a year, blew out his knee, took a few years off, played two seasons in the NFL, and retired at 28. He was working as a truck driver when ESPN tracked him down.
There's plenty of blame to go around. Switzer was cruel to him, criticizing the young man publicly. That severed their relationship. Dupree was undisciplined and lacked maturity as an elite athlete. He didn't train with the ferocity and intensity he needed to in order to max out his talent. Could have and should have been an NFL Hall of Famer.
I was 10 years old when this game happened and it was my 2nd ever game I had ever been to. I’ve been to well over 100+ now. Truly a special moment that I still think about to this day.
My personal favorite back of all time!! A really kind human being, Switzer should be ashamed of himself and how he failed to support a generational talent that was just a kid at the time!!!
