The wishbone offense got its name because of the way it looks when diagrammed.
In the wishbone offense the backfield is shaped like an inverted Y (or a "wishbone from a turkey", get it? ) :
TE/WR_____LT LG C RG RT______TE/WR
______________QB
______________FB
___________RB_____RB
(please forgive the lines, I didnt know how else to space the positions apart. Tab wouldn't work.)
Darrell Royal called his new 1968 offense a "wishbone" offense after it was first named the "pulleybone" offense by a reporterIt was Emory Bellard, an assistant of Darrell Royal who created the "Wishbone" and a sportswriter named Mickey Herskowitz gave it the name in 1968.
The letter Y has a wishbone shape.
Mexico, home to the Mexicans. (no offense)
A "Y" shaped bone in a turkey and some other animals that is played with by two people trying to pull the bone, and whoever has most of the bone after it breaks is the winner.
its an interception
Darrell Royal called his new 1968 offense a "wishbone" offense after it was first named the "pulleybone" offense by a reporterIt was Emory Bellard, an assistant of Darrell Royal who created the "Wishbone" and a sportswriter named Mickey Herskowitz gave it the name in 1968.
the suspension is called this because the part atatched to the chasis is called your wishbone, wich holds in place your hub, wich in turn holds in your suspension there for it is called a wishbone suspension
As far as I can tell, NO college football team currently uses the wishbone offensive scheme. Oklahoma, under Barry Switzer, made the wishbone a legitimate, winning offensive formation in the 70's. Navy runs the triple-option veer formation....though it is still a far cry from the wishbone, it does have its similarities.
Wishbone, waivers, wildcat formation, west coast offense and walk-on are football terms.
Breaking the turkeyâ??s wishbone is a common custom in America and Europe. A wishbone is actually two fused clavicle bones.
WishboneThe forked furcula bone which lies between the breast and neck of a chicken, or other fowl, is popularly called the wishbone.
As far as I can tell it's because you and someone else break it together and whoever breaks off the bigger piece gets to make a wish.
wishbone
Offense and Defense. Offense being the team in possesion of the ball.
Wishbone Ash was created in 1969.
Wishbone - 1995 Viva Wishbone 1-35 was released on: USA: 1996 Japan: 12 December 1998
In the show he was called Wishbone, but I don't know his real name