The 1985 Air Force team has to be one of Cinderella stories of all time in college football. A service academy in the modern era coming within one win of being a possible national champion. And it only be imagined that by then Notre Dame was thinking " why did we schedule these guys?"
The Gerry Faust era Irish were such a disappointment. They generally seemed inept yet still had a lot of players drafted into the NFL in the early rounds. Obviously the talent was there but the coaching was lacking.
I drafted Spencer Tillman. Literally. I mean, it was my handwriting on the card that the Houston Oilers submitted during the draft. I filled in the card, doing exactly what was being told to me over the phone. True story.
@@yankees29 No. I was friends with an employee of an NFL team (not gonna say which one) and was allowed to sit at their table to help out if needed. The Oilers table was next to ours. They only had one guy and he needed to go grab some food so I agreed to sit and just fill in the names on his sheet while he was gone. He didn't realize they had a pick coming up soon. When their turn came, he wasn't back so I did the honors.
Barry Sanders: 300 yards as a college freshman. Eric Dickerson: 500 yards as a college freshman. Walter Payton: 600 yards as a college freshman. Jim Brown: 700 yards his 2nd year in college (fewer games, though). Earl Campbell: 900 yards as a college freshman. Bo: 1200 yards as a college freshman. Dupree: 1300 yards as a college freshman....no wonder he was the most highly recruited high school player of all time.
Call me crazy but with the right personnel, I truly believe the bone and Osbornes I option could work in todays game. Especially with defenses getting smaller all the time to keep up with the speed of the spread.
The academies still use it and you notice when they play each other its a slogging low scoring game. Mainly because they play the offens in practice so much they have it figured out how to stop it.
One of the best games I ever saw in person was the 1985 Air Force-BYU game at AF. BYU stopped AF four times at the goal line near the end of the game, and it was in a snowstorm.
Fantastic!! Loved every minute of it. That old footage was awesome. And to think they played on that hard artificial turf which would be too dangerous in today's game.
You just earned a new subscriber. This is one of the best researched and produced videos on college football I have ever seen. I would love to see someone of your talents do a series - or at least a video - on the history of something like the Wing-T or some very early offense. Of course the source material would be harder to come up with...
Amazing the 81' Alabama team avg. 308 yards a game and the leading rusher had 347 yards. 10 players had between 150 and 350. Thats distributing the rock around..
This is so much fun getting to remember the college game from our childhoods. I’m pretty sure my high school head coach played in the wishbone. He coached my freshman year with that office, at least until he could see I could actually throw the bal. Good times in those days!
Fisher DeBerry morphed the wishbone and triple option into the flexbone at Air Force and nobody ran it better for longer than the Falcons. For most of the 80's and 90's they kept tweaking it to stay ahead of defenses.
This is an awesome series! Looked like this episode closed with CU v TN 1990 (not 100%). The Buffs were 1-10 in 1981 and 1-10 again and 1984. McCartney switched to the wishbone in 1985 and CU went 7-4. Beat NU in 1986, and won national championship in 1990.
@@mwright_boomer "I-bone"... understood. It was a very slight variation that allowed HB motion. ua-cam.com/video/R-xMR1tQuh8/v-deo.html Never liked it when McCartney switched to 1B in '93 (I think it was).
Osborne’s teams rarely struggled to move the ball. They were usually near the top along with Oklahoma. I guess he figured if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But it is a cool “what if” to think about
@82dorrin . . . Say! You maybe able to answer a question about the Huskers from the 1980s: When Rozier won the Heisman, was it from his superior talent? Or, was it the dominant offensive line? The few media clips I saw where defenders weren't laying a hand on Rozier impressed me he had superior blocking on his side. I was living out west at the time, and media coverage about Nebraska took a back seat to football media coverage of the west coast college teams and the San Francisco 49ers being in their heyday.
Great series. Great to see the history of these teams and guys like Mack Brown and Troy Aickman as younger men. Was it controversial when Aickman ended up playing for Dallas?
Had Troy Aikman & Barry Switzer stay at Oklahoma, they would've ate up Jimmy Johnson & 1980s Miami hurricane 🌀, Barry Switzer & Billy Sims, Kenny king Thomas Lott would've ran over Jimmy Johnson 1980s miami hurricane, Barry Switzer Joe Washington & Selman brother 1975 Oklahoma would've ❤️ to play Jimmy Johnson & miami hurricane 🏈 team , blowout
2:33 Damn! Look at those splits AF is taking. 5:52 Just mean... I know a guy who coached at Iowa St and they could not wait to get ahold of Holloway. He said "and we never did catch him." Your videos are fantastic. How did you get all this film? I'm jealous!
I always wondered if the wishbone could be adapted to the no huddle? If it could the defense could not get lined up and would tire out because of no substitution.
Pitt won the 1976 national championship and went 33-3 from 1979 through 1981. They NEVER ran the Wishbone. The 1980 Pitt team was the best college team ever. The players they put into the pros were numerous. It was playing an independent schedule that stuck them into the Gator Bowl in 1980. That Pitt team..and only the 1980 Pitt team would have stomped any Wishbone team into the dirt.
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This series is absolutely incredible. The dedication is unmatched. The wishbone was incredibly interesting and I can't wait to see the next episode
The 1985 Air Force team has to be one of Cinderella stories of all time in college football. A service academy in the modern era coming within one win of being a possible national champion. And it only be imagined that by then Notre Dame was thinking " why did we schedule these guys?"
Love those 80s AF teams
The Gerry Faust era Irish were such a disappointment. They generally seemed inept yet still had a lot of players drafted into the NFL in the early rounds. Obviously the talent was there but the coaching was lacking.
you are KICKING IT with this series !! thanks for all the time and effort on this !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks!
I drafted Spencer Tillman. Literally. I mean, it was my handwriting on the card that the Houston Oilers submitted during the draft. I filled in the card, doing exactly what was being told to me over the phone. True story.
That’s really cool. You were a team employee I presume?
@@yankees29 No. I was friends with an employee of an NFL team (not gonna say which one) and was allowed to sit at their table to help out if needed. The Oilers table was next to ours. They only had one guy and he needed to go grab some food so I agreed to sit and just fill in the names on his sheet while he was gone. He didn't realize they had a pick coming up soon. When their turn came, he wasn't back so I did the honors.
@@bunpeishiratori5849 cool!
Jim Kelly, Dan Marino, Betnie Kosar, Vinny Testaverde...helped put an end to the "Bone.
Barry Sanders: 300 yards as a college freshman.
Eric Dickerson: 500 yards as a college freshman.
Walter Payton: 600 yards as a college freshman.
Jim Brown: 700 yards his 2nd year in college (fewer games, though).
Earl Campbell: 900 yards as a college freshman.
Bo: 1200 yards as a college freshman.
Dupree: 1300 yards as a college freshman....no wonder he was the most highly recruited high school player of all time.
The man was a prodigy
Call me crazy but with the right personnel, I truly believe the bone and Osbornes I option could work in todays game. Especially with defenses getting smaller all the time to keep up with the speed of the spread.
The academies still use it and you notice when they play each other its a slogging low scoring game. Mainly because they play the offens in practice so much they have it figured out how to stop it.
One of the best games I ever saw in person was the 1985 Air Force-BYU game at AF. BYU stopped AF four times at the goal line near the end of the game, and it was in a snowstorm.
That would’ve been cool to see
Fantastic!! Loved every minute of it. That old footage was awesome. And to think they played on that hard artificial turf which would be too dangerous in today's game.
You just earned a new subscriber. This is one of the best researched and produced videos on college football I have ever seen. I would love to see someone of your talents do a series - or at least a video - on the history of something like the Wing-T or some very early offense. Of course the source material would be harder to come up with...
Amazing the 81' Alabama team avg. 308 yards a game and the leading rusher had 347 yards. 10 players had between 150 and 350. Thats distributing the rock around..
This is so much fun getting to remember the college game from our childhoods. I’m pretty sure my high school head coach played in the wishbone. He coached my freshman year with that office, at least until he could see I could actually throw the bal. Good times in those days!
Fisher DeBerry morphed the wishbone and triple option into the flexbone at Air Force and nobody ran it better for longer than the Falcons. For most of the 80's and 90's they kept tweaking it to stay ahead of defenses.
Love the series, great history lesson
Bo didn't have a down season his junior year, he pretty much broke his collarbone in week 2 against Texas.
This is an awesome series! Looked like this episode closed with CU v TN 1990 (not 100%). The Buffs were 1-10 in 1981 and 1-10 again and 1984. McCartney switched to the wishbone in 1985 and CU went 7-4. Beat NU in 1986, and won national championship in 1990.
1986 upset: ua-cam.com/video/PggtRFjHOtE/v-deo.html
I’ll at least mention the I-Bone they ran to win it all in 1990 in part six
@@mwright_boomer "I-bone"... understood. It was a very slight variation that allowed HB motion. ua-cam.com/video/R-xMR1tQuh8/v-deo.html Never liked it when McCartney switched to 1B in '93 (I think it was).
The one coach who could stop the wishbone was Ara P of ND . Did it in 1973 24/23 over Alabama
Fantastic series
Thanks!
The best backfield any team who ran the wishbone ever had was Auburn with Andrews, Brooks and Cribbs. All 3 had stellar nfl careers.
Sixteen bowl games in which only the best 32 teams get to play? We need to go back to that number as soon as possible. (10:52)
If Royal hadn't sent his staff to Norman to share ...
Awesome stuff
The wishbone would rule today, NOBODY TACKLES... CORNERBACKS AND SAFETIES DON'T WANNA HIT FOR 4 QUARTERS...
Great stuff keep it coming
This doc is awesome man, would love to see something like this for other famous offenses like the spread!
Or the air raid
Great series of videos. Thanks!
The wishbone was one of the few bright spots of the 80s..
Kind of hard to believe my Huskers never ran the wishbone. We definitely had the talent.
Osborne’s teams rarely struggled to move the ball. They were usually near the top along with Oklahoma. I guess he figured if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. But it is a cool “what if” to think about
@82dorrin . . . Say! You maybe able to answer a question about the Huskers from the 1980s:
When Rozier won the Heisman, was it from his superior talent? Or, was it the dominant offensive line? The few media clips I saw where defenders weren't laying a hand on Rozier impressed me he had superior blocking on his side.
I was living out west at the time, and media coverage about Nebraska took a back seat to football media coverage of the west coast college teams and the San Francisco 49ers being in their heyday.
@@bloqk16It was the offensive line. If Jeff Smith started that season he would've won the Heisman as well
"The Flex bone is just a basic T formation"! (Someone educate me)"!😮
Great series. Great to see the history of these teams and guys like Mack Brown and Troy Aickman as younger men. Was it controversial when Aickman ended up playing for Dallas?
Great job!
18:53 Miami's defense broke the 'Bone.
Speed on defense changed everything. So did Marino,Elway Testeverde…..
Had Troy Aikman & Barry Switzer stay at Oklahoma, they would've ate up Jimmy Johnson & 1980s Miami hurricane 🌀, Barry Switzer & Billy Sims, Kenny king Thomas Lott would've ran over Jimmy Johnson 1980s miami hurricane, Barry Switzer Joe Washington & Selman brother 1975 Oklahoma would've ❤️ to play Jimmy Johnson & miami hurricane 🏈 team , blowout
The Wishbone will come back. Either in college. Or the Nfl. Or both.
2:33 Damn! Look at those splits AF is taking. 5:52 Just mean...
I know a guy who coached at Iowa St and they could not wait to get ahold of Holloway. He said "and we never did catch him."
Your videos are fantastic. How did you get all this film? I'm jealous!
I always wondered if the wishbone could be adapted to the no huddle? If it could the defense could
not get lined up and would tire out because of no substitution.
Heard Wyoming ran the 'double whammy' on the wrong side or would have got Oklahoma.
Miami broke Auburn's bone, too, not just OU's #KickoffClassic84 11:57
And Arkansas’s. They knew how to stop it
I need part 6 ASAP
You didn't even include the father of the wishbone offense, Coach Royal. Smh, do better
Watch Parts 1 & 6! I give credit where credit is due. It would be a sin to forget about DKR
@@mwright_boomer fair enough
Pitt won the 1976 national championship and went 33-3 from 1979 through 1981. They NEVER ran the Wishbone. The 1980 Pitt team was the best college team ever. The players they put into the pros were numerous. It was playing an independent schedule that stuck them into the Gator Bowl in 1980.
That Pitt team..and only the 1980 Pitt team would have stomped any Wishbone team into the dirt.
You are not too damn bright are you?
Got their rear end handed to them by OU. In fact Tony Dorsett only ran for 17 yards against OU.
And another thing. This is called " The History of the Wishbone". Something Pitt didn't run.
@@sammychapman1730 Brighter than you. The teams that ran the Wishbone had players who could not get into Pitt.
Truth hurts.
@@sammychapman1730 In 1975 or so. I pointed out the 1980 team. Try improving your reading comprehension.