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Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:06 am to New Money
Here is the greatest recruiter of running backs in the history of college football.
OU and then Okie State
Bill Shimek
OU and then Okie State
Bill Shimek
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:10 am to paperwasp
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Unrelated but sort of related, before the advent of the forward pass...
I just KNEW you were over 90 years old!
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:11 am to bbvdd
The wishbone is just Don Faurot's Split T formation, but with the fullback a yard closer to the LOS.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:14 am to bbvdd
At Bama it ended with the Bear, Perkins went to an entirely diff system
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:17 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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I just KNEW you were over 90 years old!
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:39 am to ronricks
Bosworth had to play against multiple teams running an option offense out of the Power I in the Big 8 as well. Think Nebraska.
Just as run heavy and hat on hat as the Wishbone, just a different angle of attack for the lead blocking back basically.
Even the teams that were not as good as OU and Nebraska, it was still a physical game with a lot of collisions all game long for the opposing linebackers.
Just as run heavy and hat on hat as the Wishbone, just a different angle of attack for the lead blocking back basically.
Even the teams that were not as good as OU and Nebraska, it was still a physical game with a lot of collisions all game long for the opposing linebackers.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 7:07 pm to Victor R Franko
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For Texas it was when Earl Campbell hit campus. I think his sophomore year Royal went to the I formation and Campbell as tailback.
Texas ran the wishbone until DKR retired after the 1976 season (Earl's junior season).
Fred Akers went to the "I" formation in '77 and Earl won the Heisman his senior year.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 7:27 pm to Ptins944
Florida ran the bone under Doug Dickey in the 70's. I think State ran it with QB John Bond in the early 80's.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 7:52 pm to bbvdd
Wishbone evolved into flexbone option which is what the remaining option teams usually base out of. By the 90s option teams like Nebraska were running I or Maryland I.
It won’t comeback but the wishbone is still nasty and you can win games using it
It won’t comeback but the wishbone is still nasty and you can win games using it
Posted on 7/18/25 at 10:31 pm to paperwasp
The single-wing QB was mostly a blocking back.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 7:12 am to BatonrougeCajun
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It won’t comeback but the wishbone is still nasty and you can win games using it
We ran it at my high school. It was devastating if you ran it correctly.
Navy still runs a version of it and they've been effective with it. Fun to watch!
Posted on 7/19/25 at 7:40 am to Gunga Din
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At OU... they actually switched out of the wishbone and into the I when Dupree emerged mid season in 1982. He was just way better out of the I. They still ran some wishbone.
THIS is what I believe I remembered.
My subconscious mostly remembers Dupree as an I tailback. But yes, there's no way they had abandoned the bone at that point
it's amazing - the bone is now codified as a dynastic and historic offense, but it was really just a wrinkle off the Straight T
I'm not sure if the Wishbone came before the Wing-T, or vice versa. I'm glad I'm not so damn old that I know that.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 7:49 am to Globetrotter747
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Arkansas ran it until at least 1988 and was a contender for a national title until they lost a close game against Miami late in the season.
Holy hell THANK YOU for remembering this!
Our dumbass fans are too stupid to even remember we were one dropped interception away from playing Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl for the natty
ND would have had a choice between playing us or playing WVa in the Fiesta, but there was no way WVa had any juice for the pollsters. I seem to remember their best win was against 4-7 Virginia Tech. Seriously.
I'm not looking it up - I don't want to cry again
Posted on 7/19/25 at 7:54 am to Ptins944
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Texas ran the wishbone until DKR retired after the 1976 season (Earl's junior season).
Fred Akers went to the "I" formation in '77 and Earl won the Heisman his senior year.
Our Dad taught us to hate Texas.
But he never taught us to hate Earl.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 8:00 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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Our Dad taught us to hate Texas.
How many accounts are you speaking for in this use of “our”?
Posted on 7/19/25 at 8:02 am to BatonrougeCajun
Nelson Stokely at Louisiana Lafayette ran the flexbone into the 90's
then I guess his son Brandon became a great WR prospect and so he was like "Oh wait, let's rethink that"
then I guess his son Brandon became a great WR prospect and so he was like "Oh wait, let's rethink that"
Posted on 7/19/25 at 8:03 am to bbvdd
My favorite era of college football. It was such a period of innovation and ushered in the modern era. Speed became the dominant factor in the game.
Emory Bellard was a genius.
Emory Bellard was a genius.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 8:05 am to Harry Rex Vonner
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Our Dad taught us to hate Texas.
But he never taught us to hate Earl.
Earl was a lovable guy, except when he was running over you.
Posted on 7/19/25 at 8:08 am to Mr Sausage
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How many accounts are you speaking for in this use of “our”?
7
don't worry, Chicken and Lew know all 7 of my accounts.
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