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Major Harris And The First Modern Offense

Major Harris And The First Modern Offense

West Virginia was well ahead of its time in the late 80s with Harris at the helm.

Patrick Mayhorn
Jul 27, 2020
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Don Nehlen is not frequently mentioned among the list of college football coaches who pushed the envelope, or who moved the game forward in a significant way. It’s easy to understand why.

Nehlen was very much a coach that belonged to an era that’s now hard to imagine, a product of traditional and conservative coaches that became a fairly traditional and …

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