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...champion of University of Oklahoma Coach Barry Switzer, nor do I pass judgment on his methods. But to suggest that he is the main cause of Dupree's problems is unfair. Switzer has successfully coached many black athletes from disadvantaged backgrounds...
Dupree should be congratulated for enrolling at another college where, because of the ineligibility rule, he cannot immediately play football. Now he can concentrate on his studies, something Oklahoma did not care about. Dupree's decision is hardly, as Oklahoma Coach Switzer called it, that of a "quitter...
...country. Almost every school has a rivalry, and most of them are centered on football. Rivalries take three general forms. League or conference rivalries, like Harvard and Yale, are usually the last game of the year and can make or break a season. Regional or instate rivalries like Texas-Oklahoma or Miami-Florida can be among the most hotly contested. Most of the students have friends at the other schools, and the coaches annually vie for the best recruits in the area. Third are the historic grudges like Army-Navy or Notre Dame-Southern California, non-conference show-downs built...
Representative Dave McCurdy of Oklahoma asked Kelley why there were so many Marines in one building, considering that "in the Middle East, terrorism is just as much a function of their use of power as our use of the M-l tank." Kelley defended the arrangement, saying that the four-story concrete structure had been chosen because it had withstood the Israeli siege last year. But Representative Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi, who led an eleven-member House contingent that traveled to Beirut a few days after the blast, said it had been immediately clear to his group that the setup...
Evidently considering Dupree a student worth saving, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi State and Southern Mississippi asked Oklahoma's permission to resume courting Marcus for themselves. Switzer gave it bitterly...