"The Best That Never Was"

[TaoMaas]

Did anybody watch this on ESPN's "30 for 30" last night? It's the story of Marcus Dupree and how his career went off-track. I thought it was excellent and fleshed out a lot of the "why's?" that surrounded his leaving OU.

http://newsok.com/marcus-dupree-the-...rticle/3512687

[jmarkross]

Did anybody watch this on ESPN's "30 for 30" last night? It's the story of Marcus Dupree and how his career went off-track. I thought it was excellent and fleshed out a lot of the "why's?" that surrounded his leaving OU.

http://newsok.com/marcus-dupree-the-...rticle/3512687

He had more natural talent than any runner I have ever seen. Just had no idea what to do with it. Tragic.

[TaoMaas]

He had more natural talent than any runner I have ever seen. Just had no idea what to do with it. Tragic.

Watch the show. It wasn't Marcus who didn't know how to deal with it. It was OU. Switzer calls him "the biggest regret in my coaching career". But he also calls Dupree, "The best athlete I ever coached." Stop for a second and think of who that includes.

[MustangGT]

Hopefully it wil run again soon cause I missed it. Bad information in and bad decisions out...oh what could have been. As strange as it sounds his natural talent might have been a large part of his undiong.

[Eep]

Hopefully it wil run again soon cause I missed it.

Per ESPN's site:

• Thursday Nov 11 11:30pm ESPN 2
• Sunday Nov 28 9pm EPSN
• Sunday Dec 5 9pm ESPN Classic
• Saturday Dec 25 8am ESPN 2
• Saturday Dec 25 7pm ESPN Classic

[AAC2005]

Per ESPN's site:

• Thursday Nov 11 11:30pm ESPN 2
• Sunday Nov 28 9pm EPSN
• Sunday Dec 5 9pm ESPN Classic
• Saturday Dec 25 8am ESPN 2
• Saturday Dec 25 7pm ESPN Classic

Thanks, Eep!

[Lord Helmet]

I watched this, and even though I knew most of the story already I found it to be really interesting. It's a really sad story. I was only 8 or 9 years old when DuPree was at OU, but I remember watching him in the Texas game.

[TaoMaas]

It was sad, wasn't it? Almost like some kind of morality play.

[LM401]

It was not what I expected. I expected a story of a kid who got too cocky or something which was not the case. Nobody (maybe his mother) truly had his back at the time. His own uncle was making deals behind his back while he was being recruited. He could not even trust the guy who put Pastor in front of his name.