A news by 4usnews:In a small town Pennsylvania, Mississippi, a large sign once stood tall, that read “Welcome to Philadelphia, the House of Marcus Dupree”.
Today, it no longer exists.In the latest ESPN ’30 on 30 ‘documentary series, “the best that ever was,” Dupre is the focus, portraying him as a talented athlete who made a bad choice, which forced him down the path to oblivion.
Back in 1983, in a sophomore season Dupre in college, he left the University of Oklahoma, as the top back in the country because he did not get along with his coach, Barry Switzerland. He eventually found himself in USFL, before a knee injury sidelined him for more than five years. He played two seasons in the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams before retiring for good.
The documentary continues to back the point that Dupre was one of the most gifted athletes and physical specimens, not only in his time, but ever. A few bad turns, one big mistake, and some of the complacency Dupree cost him his career that many throughout the film he said would be the biggest in football history.
The film begins this day, showing his friends back in his hometown, he worked as a truck driver. He took part in a football match at his old school, the Philadelphia High School Tornadoes.
ESPN shows footage of high school days Dupre. Dupre was so feared that opposing teams would squib kick football on kickoffs just so his friends could not kick the ball back for a touchdown.
Dupree said while imitating to attract a racially divided city together. He scored 87 touchdowns in total during his playing time in high school, breaking the record set by Herschel Walker, one by one. After agreeing to sign with Texas A & M University, Dupre changed his mind when Billy Sims of the Detroit Lions came through a private plane to his court at the University of Oklahoma.
After a slow start in his freshman season, his friends were dominant in Oklahoma, becoming the best running back in the country.
But going into his sophomore year, the history of Sports Illustrated Dupre pit against his coach. Dupree, a lazy practice habits are faced with the ideals of his coaches, who preached the best. While his friends put up stellar numbers, injuries were limiting his play. Concussion he suffered from Texas in the fourth game of his sophomore year led his friends to go in Oklahoma.
The film never gets to the bottom of why Dupri to quit smoking. Dupree shows that he does not want to waste my time playing for a coach he does not get along with. Several years later, his friends are in USFL. Less than two years after that, his friends have suffered bad injuries that cost him the hope that the highly touted NFL draft pick.
Dupree said that he had received a total of about $ 300,000 of his $ 6 million contract to play for the Portland Breakers in the USFL.
In one of the more dynamic parts of the movie, his friends, three years after his injury, decided to work in the garage of his mother, to make it back into football. Dupree shows the camera his dilapidated garage and a chair where his mother was looking at him that he can not commit suicide. grit Dupre eventually led him to the Los Angeles Rams NFL, where he played in 15 games in two seasons before the cut.
At the end of the film, Dupree said that he regretted leaving Oklahoma. He snatches the book shows him playing days and he gets emotional while watching a movie currently in high school.
Although a truly remarkable comeback, the focus of the film is everything: the story is incredibly gifted athlete, who pursued a bad choice. Dupree could be there with the great...
