Death of a Magician

I hadn't learned about Jack Mildren dying until about a week ago; I was looking for old Oklahoma football games on Youtube...

Like J.C. Watts, Mildren once held the ultimate high pressure job ever devised by the mind of man, i.e. wishbone quarterback, and some view Mildren as the greatest ever to hold that job. Oklahoma had three outstanding guys at the position in Mildren, Steve Davis, and Watts.

This was the closest thing I ever saw to an amateur version of a sport outgrowing the pro version. The wishbone was a running game so powerful it neutralized the idea of zone pass defenses. Youtube appears to have several items which give a flavor for it but I'd recommend these two:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPL1KsFmepk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U91NHKRXlRU&feature=related

The folks at Auburn obviously saw films of that Texas game and one or two others like it and determined to stop Greg pruitt at all costs, and Mildren and Leon Crosswhite the fullback ran over them roughshod.