With the players Switzer had the wishbone was a beautiful thing to watch. I’m a Nebraska fan. I’ve seen that offense many times. Jamel Holloway was the best at running it.
Good old fashioned slobber knockin’ OU football! And with one of the best backs to ever play the game especially in the Wishbone! The Sooners wishbone was the best of the bunch!!
@@RobertHill-bt4mm1975 national college 🏈 Oklahoma, Joe Washington & sel.an brother would've 🏃♀️ runover jimmy Johnson& 1980s miami hurricane 🌀 ,Billy sim, Kenny King, Thomas Lott would've given Jimmy Johnson & 1980s miami hurricane 🌀 a wishbone course / lessons at Oklahoma University class
OU was 5 for 10 passing for 99 yards in this game, which was probably above average for one of our 1970s teams. I can remember some games when we just lined up play after play and said "here comes the option, try to stop it if you can."
I was a kid growing up in North Carolina but was a huge Sooner fan. This game was not televised in North Carolina. Instead they chose to televise a VA tech game . I was furious.
You would have gotten the conclusion of TX-OU after the Hokies finished, much like NFL games get joined as other games finish. Imagine getting only ONE college game on a fall Saturday, brought to you by Kodak and the Bell System.
They knocked the Nebraska Cornhuskers out of a few Natty’s also . However Nebraska beating this Oklahoma team in Lincoln had to hurt Switzer. Arguably the best team Sooners had under Switzer
Note the Execution of the Lineman from the end zone camera @1:19 replay. You got a Pulling Left guard. He crosses the butts of the Lineman blocking down. Both backs leading The Way.......Beautiful.
Big day on ABC. Keith Jackson flew to New York to do Game 4 of the Yankees and Royals ALCS which the Yankees clinched the series. In between Keith Jackson's 2 games, the Dodgers finished off the NLCS by winning the pennant in Game 4 vs the Phillies. And over on NBC later in the evening, Season 4 of Saturday Night Live began with the guests the Rolling Stones. This was the night they met their current drummer Steve Jordan. All on October 7, 1978.
Man I loved watching the OKLAHOMA WISHBONE. Thomas Lott and Billy Sims. Kenny king finally got his shoot with raiders after blocking for Billy Sims and then earl Campbell with the oilers. Won two super bowl rings with the RAIDERS.
@@johnmanning4097 you GOT ME! Yes he was drafted by Houston but you SHOW ME a clip of him blocking for EARL CAMPBELL?!!! Tim Wilson #45 was Earl's blocking back!
Barry Switzer said this 1978 OU team was his most TALENTED---- All those fumbles up N Lincoln, N November cost the Sonners a chance a Natty that year.....
Interesting seeing the contrasting styles of run offense with UT and OU, especially when considering that 10 years prior, UT's head coach, Darrell Royal, brought the Wishbone offense to national prominence for the Longhorns. Yet, here in 1978 we are seeing UT using the 'I' and 'T' formations.
This is exciting football to watch even today. Oklahoma's wishbone; just like Auburn's backfield of Tommie Agee, Lionel little train James and Bo Jackson. Virtually unstoppable.
Exactly. Years before being hyped up ie Joe Buck doing both a LCS Playoff/WS Game and NFL game on the same day, if close enough, Keith quietly as soon as this game ended flys a charter from Dallas to I assume LGA in NYC to do that same night’s Yankee/Royals playoff. And I heard Drydale and Howard doing the first 1 inning or so before Keith takes over.
@@clintscroggs65 I meant getting outside media coverage in which Joe Buck before he left Fox in broadcasting the same day both World Series/LCS playoff game and NFL/College Football matchup. FYI the other 2 Hall of Fame Broadcasters that was doing both MLB and NFL at sane time, Curt Gowdy and Al Michaels would take a week off from football coverage to cover the World Series.
I’m torn when I watch these games. Those triple option offenses were fun to watch, and these were two very talented teams. But watching them try to pass is painful. I don’t understand how elite college football programs could be so bad at it.
There's also Prairie View-Grambling the week before, and a few here and there, but no more bowl game since the First Responder Bowl moved to SMU after the stadium's namesake game moved to Jerry World.
I want to find an ABC-televised Ohio State game with Broyles's commentary so I can hear him say "Oh-High State" again for the first time in 46 years. LOL
To think this team could’ve handled Jimmy Johnson’s great Canes team is absolutely ridiculous. I can’t believe the comments I’ve read. The wishbone and triple option were put to rest by the Canes over and over again. Like Switzer said in his book. Miami was on a different plane than everyone else. He’s never seen speed like Miami possessed on defense.
crazy last minute of first half. Akers was building the foundation for his offensive nickname as "Dead-Head Fred" Meanwhile, refs., aka Barry's drinking buddies, blow another call that was obviously an OU fumble.
Wasn't Penn State #1 at the end of the regular season? When did Penn State become Number 1? While Texas would beat Maryland in the Sun Bowl, Oklahoma would beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl that year.
Alabama started #1 and lost to USC.... Oklahoma then went to #1..... USC lost at Arizona St a couple weeks after beating Bama and Penn St, who started #3, eventually worked there way up to #2...... Penn St said they would accept an Orange 🍊 Bowl game vs Oklahoma if OU beat Nebraska and Okie St and they finished regular season undefeated, or Nebraska beat OU and then Missouri -setting up a National Championship game N the Orange 🍊 Bowl.... OU had 8 fumbles up N Lincoln against Nebraska and lost to Underdog Huskers... Penn St then moved to #1 and Nebraska #2..... Nebraska ended up losing to Missouri the following week and Penn St finished undefeated ...... Alabama moved back to #2 and Penn St accepted an invitation to the Sugar Bowl setting up #1 vs 2 ..... Bama had a goal line stand and held on to beat Penn St.. AP awarded Bama the Natty..... meanwhile N the Rose Bowl, USC beat #5 Michigan and the UPI coaches poll awarded USC their Natty, as they had beat Bama N the regular season..... THE GOOD OL WILD WEST DAYS OF COLLEGE 🏈!!!!! 🍺🍺🇺🇸🏈
Dallas is geographically halfway between Norman and Austin therefore “neutral” territory state lines notwithstanding. Believe. Texas never had home field advantage as there was always as much Crimson and Cream as Burnt Orange! And at that time, probably half the OU players were from Texas!
@@ronaldlamascus1944 It is a slight advantage for Texas because the game is IN Texas. My best example of this is that the papers/media in Dallas always call it "Texas-OU". They never call it "OU-Texas" like they do in Oklahoma. If the place were truly neutral they would alternated it depending on who was the designated home team. But nope, it's always "Texas-OU". A small thing but an example of why Texas has a slight advantage as the OU team and fans are well aware that they aren't on home turf.
Well, if there was a home advantage for Texas then the Sims fumble would have been correctly called a fumble instead of a TD. What a BS call, obviously the referees were Switzer's drinking buddies.
I remember watching this live over at the Cleveland County sheriff's house, I knew his son, I'm sure he( Bill) was at the game. Anyhow that playing surface is pathetic. Those guys were suffering all sorts of unnecessary injuries.
