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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.)
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Who invented the Wishbone offense?
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.
What letter in the English alphabet is a wishbone shaped like?
The letter Y has a wishbone shape.
In what country that borders the Gulf of California are small steamed cakes that are made with masa or ground corn and called tamales a popular dish in?
Mexico, home to the Mexicans. (no offense)
What is the wishbone?
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.
When the defense catches the pass that the offense throws it is an?
its an interception
