During last season’s SEC championship game, when Verne Lundquist pointed out that Gus Malzahn was a proponent of the Wing-T when he coached high school football in Arkansas, Wing-T coaches everywhere must have smiled. Lundquist even mentioned the legendary Tubby Raymond and his book, The Delaware Wing-T - An Order of Football. Not only was a former high school coach succeeding on college football’s biggest stage, he was doing it with a modified, modernized version of the Wing-T.What Auburn has done puts the Wing-T, with unique modifications, back in the forefront of today’s offenses. Auburn has taken the basic concepts of Wing-T football (misdirection, deception and great blocking angles) and given it an extreme make-over, making it the “hot” offense in coaching circles. Here are a few of the concepts that will help you use what coaches are doing. TEMPO Today’s
Continue Reading
This article is available to American Football Quarterly subscribers.
Get instant digital access to this issue and the complete archive.