re: Pettaway and Johnson

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Me in 1978: Dear Coach Barfield, Why don't you put William Andrews, Joe Cribbs, and James Brooks in the backfield at the same time? Signed, a twelve year old kid

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Oh man...me and you both! I was 17 in '78 and I wanted to see Barfield ditch the veer and run the wishbone. Andrews at FB and Cribbs and Brooks at halfback. (And IIRC, that would have been Charlie Trotman at QB.)

It's not like the AU offense didn't run up and down the field with Cribbs and Brooks anyway, but still...