Word: switzer
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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...
...Oklahoma last season he was much more than that, gaining 905 yds. rushing, the record for a Sooner freshman. But it was not enough for Coach Barry Switzer. Dupree scored on runs of 63 yds. against Texas, 75 against Kansas, 30 against Oklahoma State, 80 against Kansas State, 70 against Missouri and 86 against Nebraska. He also returned a punt 77 yds. against Colorado. However, Switzer judged Dupree to be fat (233 lbs.) and lazy, and the coach seemed to blame him personally for a 32-21 loss to Arizona State in the Fiesta Bowl. "He gained 239 yards," Switzer...
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...
...world can go after him. I don't care." Last week Southern Mississippi got him. Dupree will be eligible to play college football again in 1985. "A 19-year-old quitter left us," Switzer said. No, a 19-year-old symbol...