Amazing run by Alabama and Oklahoma in the 70's. 203 wins, 5 national titles and both ave 10 wins a season. UNBELIEVABLE. Hats off to Bear Bryant and Barry Switzer.

Great series. The writing and narration are clear, concise, top notch. So much better than a million talking heads arguing about nonsense.

@mwright_boomer

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@booster5329

7 ай бұрын

I definitely loved this series of vids. Are you KTO? I ask because of music.😊

My man, I don't know how you've got me still watching Part 4/? of a series about the history of the wishbone offense in one sitting, but here I am. Very interesting stuff!

7:11: A back story on the 1976 and 1977 Texas A&M Aggies. At a time when Earl Campbell was taking all of the headlines in the conference and national media, A&M had at fullback in its wishbone a 6 foot, 262 pound man who was also a 100 yard dash sprinter. George Woodard rushed for 1,153 yards in 1976 and 1,107 in 1977. Like Campbell, he was probably headed to an NFL career, but he suffered a knee injury prior to the 1978 season that effectively ended his football career.

@yeildo1492

Жыл бұрын

I remember George Woodard. He was indeed a great talent. A&M also had a fine QB. I think his name was David Walker and he was called the Brazos Babe, IIRC.

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe

7 ай бұрын

Had a few decent athletes on defense as well. A team Tradition once and a while for a few decades.

Excellent series. You do superb research and writing.

@mwright_boomer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

richard todd is a very underrated quarterback who rarely gets mentioned

@yankees29

8 ай бұрын

The first jets QB I can remember. I was a little young Buck watching hall with pops.😂

@mongoslade277

7 ай бұрын

Joe Namath replacement with the Jets. He was hated for it

Oh man does Earl Campbell have an incredible burst in these clips. He looks straight out of the modern game

@bunpeishiratori5849

8 ай бұрын

I've been watching football since the late sixties, and in my mind Earl Campbell was the best back I've ever seen. Because of his bruising style, his pro career didn't last as long as other great backs. But for a few years there he was amazing.

@yankees29

8 ай бұрын

@@bunpeishiratori5849he was my favorite player when I was really little. His legs looked like tree trunks.

Curious to see if the service academies will make an appearance in this series

Running it outta the flex bone was even better!!!

Oklahoma and Alabama were my favorite NCAA football teams in the late 1970's!!! Their wishbone offenses were awesome! The wishbone made me fall in love with college football! I hope that y'all do a documentary about the U. of Arizona's "Desert Swam Defense" of the 1990's some day too!

Nolan Cromwell was an NFL safety for the Rams for 11 years. I coached the Bone in the late 80s in HS. I liked it. We were the only team that ran it and so it was hard for others to prepare for. 11:23 I remember those coaching shorts... yikes... Also ran a lot of option from I backs. Like the Bone, the FB is always the dive. Bama and Oklahoma did not run triple option all game. They ran power football. But the fear of the option really slowed defenses down. One of my favorite plays is at 4:27. Fake to the FB and then run the HB off tackle.Starts like option and hits inside. This is a great video.! Exhausitvely researched. You have a LOT of really good footage. I gotta go look at your other videos now 👍👍👍

@mwright_boomer

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The bone has always been a favorite of mine. Doing the research revealed a lot of great info. I never knew that Kansas ran it until making these videos

@yeildo1492

Жыл бұрын

@@mwright_boomer Well keep up the good work! Thank you 👍

Cromwell turned in to a heck of a Safety for the Rams.

@mwright_boomer

7 ай бұрын

An incredible athlete

This series needs more views

I am 70 years old Lots of teams were good with the wishbone I remember OU Texas Alabama Arkansas was good but ran the I formation

@floridaman5125

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning Arkansas

I'm not a fan of multi-part videos of anything, but this multi-part series on the wishbone had me hooked! I looked forward to clicking onto the next part after the previous one had concluded. The film clips and concise scripted narration was splendid! A great touch was including UCLA QB Mark Harmon in Part 3. It was also well-placed about informing the viewers that despite UCLA's massive success with the wishbone, that the restrictive rules by the Pac-8 conference at the time only allowed for one team in the conference for Bowl season play.

This is awesome! Can't wait for part 5 🔥

I’m loving this series! I can’t wait to see where it goes next and beyond. Great work!

Excellent job! ESPN could learn a thing or two.

Oklahoma had the highest win % in college football in the 1970's(.877% from 1970-79) with national championships in 1974 and 1975. In 1971, 1972, 1977, 1978 and 1979 one loss(in 1973 a tie) prevented them from winning more titles. Alabama finished 2nd in win %(.863) in the 1970's.

this is absolutely fantastic !!!! GREAT work !!!

That unknown illness that took oklahoma qb before Texas game in 76 was actually gonorrhea

@mwright_boomer

11 ай бұрын

Yeah…didn’t want to actually put that detail in the video haha

This is a very informing and entertaining series. I slip back into the golden era of College Football.

We welcome Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC...To class programs...ROLL DAMN TIDE...

Great stuff man

Couldn’t wait for this

Awesome 😎 can't wait for the next

If you really pay attention to this video and all of this classic footage, someone finally figured out that you have to have great athletes on the defensive side of the ball to finally match and shut this offense down.

@calronske1853

6 ай бұрын

The Irish beat 4 wishbone teams (Texas and Bama twice) in the 70's that screwed up their title dreams. As I recall, ND was supposed to be run out of the stadium each time. Best era of NCAA football. The wishbone was fun to watch no doubt.

Loving this series so far. Good job keep it up.

I can think of a reason why GT didn't have success with the WB. Talent level. College football teams are all built around the recruit first, then coaching.

@yeildo1492

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. It ain't how you line up. It's who you line up.

And there’s Notre Dame again ruining seasons Those Irish, oh those Irish

OU Jamel Holieway is the greatest option QB of all time .

@LoydKline-uw4no

7 ай бұрын

Got my vote, a football 🎩 magician quarterback

One last word The wishbone was and still is a great play But if you don't use it right it will beat you Suppose you set up in the wishbone You also set a tight end on the same side plus 2 WR You need 8 men blocking including the QB You should be able to gain a lot of yards or a touchdown I I formation works the same way But with a WR you can pass But this allows you to gain 35 yards per play

I'm surprised the great Tom Osborne never embraced the 'bone. Especially since I think he only beat Switzer FOUR times in his first 16 attempts.

@ronjames7953

Жыл бұрын

Osborne got his in the 90s though

@cornfednebraskaneer

Жыл бұрын

Embraced many bone concepts and used them in the I. He liked tight ends and flankers more than a full house backfield.

@yeildo1492

Жыл бұрын

As cornfed said, Nebraska was running a lot of option out of I backs. It isn't like Nebraska was easy to defend either.

@mongoslade277

7 ай бұрын

3 of those Nebraska wins vs Oklahoma was with Turner Gill. He never lost to them

@Bigfishfun333

7 ай бұрын

@@mongoslade277 He's probably a bit under-rated.

I was in Jackson, Ms in 1980 at the Bama-MSU game with Emory Bellard coachiing against "the Bear" and MSU beat #1 Bama 6-3,i believe was the score.😊

Nobody named Doug Dickey should be in charge of anything. So there's that......

And who won the National Championship in 1976? Yeah... that Kansas team didn't look too good against them in the '75 Sun Bowl.

Arkansas beat Oklahoma 31-6 in that 1978 Orange Bowl with their 2nd string. Lou Holtz benched a lot of their starters in that game. Familiarity and talent could stop that offense

@mwright_boomer

7 ай бұрын

An uncharacteristically bad day for OU. That same offense also beat Arkansas 42-8 in the 86 Orange Bowl

@mongoslade277

7 ай бұрын

@@mwright_boomer A great docuseries. Not a fan of the wishbone but The Pitch is the best play in football to me. More exciting than a 50 yard touchdown pass. GREAT WORK

@jamesferris4573

7 ай бұрын

Switzer didn't have any discipline over his players, and the OU team had partied and were not prepared to play that game. I remember watching that game, and the OU players seemed to be moving in slow motion. The Arkansas players were faster, stronger, and had more stamina in that game, which, in other circumstances, the players would have been more evenly matched. I am not discounting the game that Arkansas played, but the OU players and coaching staff were responsible for not being ready for the game.

@calronske1853

6 ай бұрын

The constant here is Lou Holtz. Great coach.

if espn made content like this they wouldn’t suck

Didn't Bo Jackson run most of his plays from the wishbone while at Auburn.

@mwright_boomer

Жыл бұрын

Sure did! He’s gonna be in part 5

@joecoffey4199

Жыл бұрын

I seem to recall that Auburn went to the I in Bo's senior year to ensure he got more touches.

@IDiggSocialMedia

9 ай бұрын

Bo KNOWS Auburn U.!!!😜

@davidcombs3617

7 ай бұрын

​@@joecoffey4199Bo Left. Bo Right. Bo Up The Middle.

I did have respect for Kirby smart, but foul language F this and F that F,f f,and more F. They will loose today.

The Sooners were just as dirty as the old Southwest Conference....SMU....uHem....Out of all those teams I don't know how the whole conference didn't go down because they were all paying players. Why just SMU? Attorneys? Booster money? They all did it and had enough oil and gas money to pay but SMU was the Oswald. Anyway, now they poisoned the Big 8 and now they are the SEC's problem. Good luck!