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I was wondering, do you think we may see the wishbone, or some variety of it this year? Its a simple question, no need to go crazy. Let me hear some good opinions...
The Wishbone.....
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NJFINSFAN1
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Gordon at QB, Ricky and ronnie at RB along with Minor!
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WILLIS21 said:
I didn't mean as a regular formation. AJ or Gus could run a couple of plays from the formation.
BigDogsHunt
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My first reaction to this question.....
The only one we may see........following the O-Line missing blocks...is our QB or RB "wishing" (& praying) their leg or arm "bone" isnt broke getting up from the hits.
Seriously, I would love to think that they can gameplan and 2 RB or 3 back (with lead FB) set to take advantage of running to either side, or swing passes, etc.
But it all comes down to protection or opening holes by the Line to have any of this matter.
Ricky Brown said:
The only one we may see........following the O-Line missing blocks...is our QB or RB "wishing" (& praying) their leg or arm "bone" isnt broke getting up from the hits.
Seriously, I would love to think that they can gameplan and 2 RB or 3 back (with lead FB) set to take advantage of running to either side, or swing passes, etc.
But it all comes down to protection or opening holes by the Line to have any of this matter.
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Dolphins_SR66 said:
You could do something of a max protect...having two of the backs stay in and pass protect.....now that i said that sounds like a good goal line formation.
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The Wishbone brings back some good memories for us Okies from Oklahoma:D
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Ricky Brown said:
Do you ever wonder why Ricky is so much happier this year? Its cus he knows he wont be looked at to do everything. He will be happy to stay home and block so ronnie can catch passes with those soft hands.
Game 5 : Ricky RB Ronnie B. FB
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finfan54 said:
not sure of what your point about the wishbone is....:confused:
nighttrain76 said:
Awesome memories! I lived and (very seldom) died with the Sooner wishbone of the '70s and '80s. I championed OU as my Saturday team as a youth because the Canes played home games on Friday nights in those days.
That offense was a joy to behold at its peak, especially the sleekness and speed the Sooners utilized. Alabama and especially Texas were much more plodding.
As a sports bettor I'm just ticked more college teams don't run it today. The wishbone was a weekly gold mine for me in the '80s, covering one game after another. There were maybe 10 teams running it in one stretch and every week at least 7 or 8 would get the number. No way typical opponents could prefer for an attack like that in one week. Parlays felt like grand theft. But then you had the influx of irrelevant simpleton garbage like, "you can't win a national championship with the wishbone anymore, blah, blah, blah..." Yeah, like Miami wasn't more talented than Oklahoma at every position during those 3 celebrated meetings from '85 to '87. Dunces were attributing the results to strategy and formations and not basic ability. Just look at those rosters today and it looks like Miami should have been favored by 4 touchdowns. But that idiocy led middle of the pack college teams to abandon the wishbone in favor of wimpy passing attacks that cement their mediocirty or worse every year. Why be alone when we can be a clone?
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You asked this aas a serious question so I will give you a serious answer. NO WAY! Why? first, we do not now have a QB who is a threat to tuck the ball under his arm and run, without at least a threat of that happening the "bone" is not an effective offense. Second, the "bone" requires the strong side linemen to sustain blocks at the point of attack mostly on a "one on one" basis. Our line is not set up to do that and frankly against pro style defenses, few Olines would be. Third, the "bone" is a bad formation to throw out of and without the deep threat you will see 8 or 9 defnders in the box. With the speed of pro defenders you would not see one play in three go for positive yardage.
Those are my reasons.
Now could we see it occasionally, perhaps in goaline situations? Perhaps, but the first problem still exists, the lack of a wishbone QB to run it.
Those are my reasons.
Now could we see it occasionally, perhaps in goaline situations? Perhaps, but the first problem still exists, the lack of a wishbone QB to run it.