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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 4413652, member: 7511"] Emory Bellard, the offensive coordinator at TX in the 60’s is generally credited with creating the triple-option, Wishbone offense, which aligns a fullback directly behind the QB and 2 halfbacks on either side and deeper in the backfield. Later on, as the HC at MS St in the late 70’s, Bellard “broke the bone” moving the halfbacks to wing alignments on both ends of the offensive line. The wing-bone is still a triple-option offense, but it employs a lot more motion and misdirection than the wishbone. As I indicated, it is a pain in the behind to defend. The Wing-T offense is ancient, having been created by Pop Warner in the early 1900’s under a much different set of rules. The principle advantages of the Wing-T were misdirection and the ability to pass the football, something that was not all that common in football during the early 1900’s. [/QUOTE]