Quote:Sims and Owens won the Heisman. Owens won the Hesiman on an average team. AP was a stud in college as well, not just in the pros. Pruitt holds the all time per rush average of all time, a tenth of a yard shy of 10 a carry.

 

Can't forget Marcus Dupree. Had he stayed in school, probably the best RB of all time in college. He blew it out of the water when he played at OU, scary good.

 

It's rare when a book is written about a college football recruit like was the case with '  The Courting of Marcus Dupree'.      If Dupree would have remained with Oklahoma and would have avoided the devastating knee injury he suffered in the USFL,      he probably had the talent to potential be a College and an NFL HOFer.       Dupree is a great example of the tremendously talented RB's OU was able to recruit under then HC Barry Switzer.      

 

As great of a program Nebraska was in the 1970's and 1980's,    in most seasons they seemed one or two steps behind Oklahoma.        It would be interesting if we could put many of the Oklahoma teams from the 1970's and 1980's in the modern SEC,   with all of the great competition that conference has each season.    My guess is many of those Oklahoma teams would be at or near the top of today's SEC.      

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