Oklahoma’s version of the wishbone is an excellent lesson in the value of simplicity in football. The Sooners didn’t invent the formation - that distinction goes to their rivals to the south - but Barry Switzer perfected it, first as an offensive coordinator in 1971, and then again as a head coach starting in 1973.
Switzer’s wishbone is easy to explain, …
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