I thought the option was dead
I'm watching Georgia Tech gash Miami with its kooky, out-dated wishbone attack. I'm sorry, but this gets me ticked, almost more than hearing people refer to the "single-wing" as the "wild-cat" offense. It's the freaking single-wing, assholes. Just like Paul Johnson's wishbone offense can't work in a BCS conference. Bull. Everyone knows that if an offense goes out of style, you can bet your bottom that some coach, ten years later, will bring it back. All the opposing teams won't know how to defend it, and that coach will look like a genius. It's just the natural cycle of college football. A fun one, too!
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i think i heard the term "wildcat" used no less than three times last night during the miami game.
it is the new catch-word being thrown around broadcasting circles. sorry, you're just going to have to get used to this.
I know, unfortunately. I was ready to jump through the tv screen during the Iowa game, when Brad Nessler and Bob Greise used "wildcat" to describe Derrick Williams taking snaps.
I can't wait until next year, when they come up with some other "revelation" that they pretend never happened before in college football.
Eventually, the I-formation will go out of style, then someone will bring it back, rename it, and ESPN will think it's the coolest thing since zip codes on eye black. (oh wait, it's not!)
i find it disturbing that the people in charge of broadcasting the games know relatively little about the intricacies. there are some who really know their stuff (collingsworth, aikman, and yes, herbstreit), but for the most part, it's just unnerving to hear innaccuracies being spout off as fact.
that's what blogs are for (present company excepted).
my favorite (most hated) misuse of a broadcast play was when commentators could not distinguish between and end-around and a reverse.
i hate zip codes on eye black.
BTW... I should have said "Area Codes"
That was my fault... but yes, hate, indeed...
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