Stoops sees Aggies' prolific run game as modern wishbone Print
Written by Admin    Tuesday, 30 October 2007 10:59 NCAAF
Headline News   NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -There's a certain amount of
adoration for the wishbone around the Sooner Nation, considering
the national championships it helped Oklahoma win in decades
past. M (6-3, 3-2) brings the nation's ninth-ranked rushing
offense to Norman on Saturday. ``With their two running backs
and quarterback back there, you're really defending the
wishbone,'' Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday. ``They just
hide it in acting like they're not running the wishbone. In the
end, they are. They're running the triple option, running veer
option principles.'' Oklahoma knows the history of the wishbone
as well as anyone. Former coach Barry Switzer installed it as
the Sooners offensive coordinator in the early 1970s, then used
it to win national titles in 1974, 1975 and 1985. M's system
isn't the one that Switzer ran. Quarterback Stephen McGee lines
up in the shotgun, flanked by