clark-shaughnessy Stories - Corn Nation
Wallace Wade: Demoralizing the Opposition with the Second Team
Yesterday we took a look at Coach Saban's philosophy toward the game and found the boldness within his method arises from the philosophy of domination in his overall approach. "Create a nightmare for your opponent," is the credo he preaches to his team and then creates a system to allow them to...
Big Ten Countdown 41 - Nebraska's First Bowl Game Then 20 Years Of Losing
Taken from the Nebraska Veterans Memorial in North Platte, Nebraska honoring Nebraska veterans who fought in all wars. Nebraska's 1940 football season was a rousing success. The Cornhuskers won the Big Six, going 5-0 in conference, and finishing the regular season 8-1, the only loss...
Nazi Influence on Football?
Football has often been compared with war, which is especially noticeable when it comes to terminology. Touchdown passes are called bombs, the linemen are "in the trenches", quarterbacks are "field generals", and defensive backs blitz the quarterback. But how much of a role has military action...
Football History: Clark Shaughnessy and the T Formation
There are only two things I watch on TV with any consistency: sports and the History Channel. Lately I've been reading and reviewing books about college football history. A while back, I reviewed a book named 'The Wow Boys' about the 1940 Stanford Indians football team. In 1940, Coach Clark...
Review: The Wow Boys - The 1940 Stanford Indians and the T Formation
'The Wow Boys' tells the story of the 1940 Stanford Indians (Stanford's mascot was the 'Indian' until 1972) football team. Coach Clark Shaughnessy arrived at Stanford in 1940 and installed the "T" formation. The result was to change football forever. Most teams ran a single wing offense at the...
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