I Miss The 80's...

[SoonerEmpire]

I apologize in advance if this has been posted before. I found the following video on youtube, and it made me really miss the 80's. Not that the 2000's have been bad or anything. Obviously not. But it made me really miss the wishbone. Good times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i9bEMl9ElY

[aurorasooner]

Yeah, I miss the track meets as well. Conversely in the 70s and 80s everyone wanted us to throw more, especially against fast athletic defensive teams butt-hugging the LOS. Me, I just want to win the supposed easy ones without having the D stop them on the final drive, and win the toss-ups against good teams by commenting after the game "boy, that was a helluva call by our staff".

[OU Adonis]

The wishbone was the greatest College offense ever invented. If we had kept switzer around we would of hand two more NC's from him.

The 87 team had one of the best D's ever.

They say Miami killed the bone. Nothing was wrong with the bone, the NFL and rules changes killed it. I say to this day you can still run the triple option and win a NC with it. You just have to update it a bit for the times.

Miami's "Dominance" in the 87 game wasn't. Check out the stats.


Totals
Yards
OU.....255
Miami..281

Plays
OU......66
Miami...68

Avg
OU.....3.9
Miami..4.1

[StoopTroup]

History may never repeat itself as far as the Wishbone goes....

But Sooner Greatness will.

Great Video BTW.

[OklahomaTuba]

The wishbone is alive and well folks. Its called the spread.

[King Crimson]

if you miss the wishbone, you miss the 70's.

81-84 almost got Barry fired. 88 did. not for the same reason, though.

[LittleWingSooner]

Here's some more 80's stuff

Switzer in 1980 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD96HQ_6w3M)
Colorado 80 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3761879724052125503)
1980 UNC (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3687100748389770658)
80 OB vs FSU (http://youtube.com/watch?v=LgI396kJlOc)
JC Watts run agianst FSU (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2017014101)
FSU OB (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5394392382066869709)

80's OU Running Backs (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8887389279349563130&q=Sooners&hl=en)
Taco (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQMpgnI5ERA)

1982 Sooners (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeE37bCkzq0)
Marcus Dupree vid #1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzxkSyiruM)
Marcus Dupree vid #2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R4T7mukapE)
Dupree #3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE4itz5hAms&NR=1)
Short clip comparing AD and Dupree (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KbtyXyVHF4)

83 OU/Neb pt 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28cMRe0bvNc)
pt 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSpP88HAjzc)
Tillman leap (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHr60rAWs3s)
84 Mizzou (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4783865864005525406)
84 Stand in Lincoln (http://youtube.com/watch?v=fHfUaVuBOVU)

KJ for 88 yards against Nebraska (http://youtube.com/watch?v=TrhHbUvaEic)
Texas 1985 14-7 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B99_Uacznw)
Ice Bowl (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-507273187334532074)
More Ice Bowl highlights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPYZnH84VXo)
85 KSU game (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3309962266332323066)
1986 Orange Bowl (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2745253001935588979&hl=en)

UCLA 86 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3960086918208542945)
Keith Jackson in 86 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=MjsBjRjLj6Q)
Patrick Collins in 87 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=YXTMK229RiU)
Gaddis Against OSU (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bp412y3Nddk)
Mike Gaddis (http://www.zippyvideos.com/4404329041455786/mikegaddis-001/)
Final moments of the 88 OSU game (http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cea4e4QAEEI)

[King Crimson]

and for anyone with MTV nostalgia, MTV sucked then and it sucks now.

[OU Adonis]

if you miss the wishbone, you miss the 70's.

81-84 almost got Barry fired. 88 did. not for the same reason, though.

81-83 actually, he didn't do to bad in 84.

He lost 12 games in 3 years.
Of those 12 losses, all 12 were vs top 20 teams.

6 of those 12 were vs teams ranked 11-20
2 of those were vs teams ranked 6-10
4 of those 12 were vs top 5 opponents.

I blame MD and going away from the bone in those years ;)

[GottaHavePride]

I think the wishbone could still be an insanely effective formation. Seems to me it's the perfect goal-line or short-yardage package if you have the personnel to run it. All we're missing is a JD Runnels-caliber fullback; we've got running backs to spare.

[OU Adonis]

and for anyone with MTV nostalgia, MTV sucked then and it sucks now.

Are you saying OU's offense sucked back then?

[OUstud]

The 85 KSU game video was a "Great Sooner Moment"...might make you not miss the 90s that much more.

[SoonerEmpire]

I blame MD and going away from the bone in those years ;)

It also would have helped tremendously had Switzer successfully landed Turner Gill to Norman...

[OU Adonis]

I think the wishbone could still be an insanely effective formation. Seems to me it's the perfect goal-line or short-yardage package if you have the personnel to run it. All we're missing is a JD Runnels-caliber fullback; we've got running backs to spare.

Its a good formation. Just need to keep the defense somewhat honest with about 15 passes a game instead of the 3-4.

The biggest problem isn't defensive speed (players on offense can get faster too) its the fact its hard to find a good wishbone QB that doesn't have NFL type asperations.

[King Crimson]

81-83 actually, he didn't do to bad in 84.

He lost 12 games in 3 years.
Of those 12 losses, all 12 were vs top 20 teams.

6 of those 12 were vs teams ranked 11-20
2 of those were vs teams ranked 6-10
4 of those 12 were vs top 5 opponents.

I blame MD and going away from the bone in those years ;)

interesting facts Adonis. though, a bit damning as well.

still ****ed we didn't beat Washington in 84.

[King Crimson]

edit the double post: seems deplorable and appropriate.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eIeOtrpu2Rw&mode=related&search=

[OU Adonis]

Switz could beat a top 20 team, just not those years. Switzer was 43-21-4 vs top 25 teams.

Which is really amazing how many top 25 teams he played. He coached in 190 games and played vs a top 25 team 68 times.

[King Crimson]

Switz could beat a top 20 team, just not those years. Switzer was 43-21-4 vs top 25 teams.

Which is really amazing how many top 25 teams he played. He coached in 190 games and played vs a top 25 team 68 times.

i know. Barry was something like 21-6-1 against Osborne, Bowden, Paterno, Royal, Schembechler, and Hayes.

let the list of other people to do that start here.....

[KantoSooner]

Yes. It is good to remember that there once were mighty men and that they played football.

I was at OU for the '87 season and what I remember is the atmosphere.

It was not a sport. It was not a game. It was a gawdam jihad, a gotterdamerung, hammer-jack stomp into the houses of our enemies with the intent of leaving said residences nothing more than smoking ruins inhabited by ghosts and broken spirits.

If anyone missed a game then, the question when they got in touch was not 'who won?' but 'what was our margin of victory?'.

Life as it should always be.

[StoopTroup]

Ahso.

[Frozen Sooner]

Its a good formation. Just need to keep the defense somewhat honest with about 15 passes a game instead of the 3-4.

The biggest problem isn't defensive speed (players on offense can get faster too) its the fact its hard to find a good wishbone QB that doesn't have NFL type asperations.

Field doesn't get any wider though.

[King Crimson]

Field doesn't get any wider though.

that's what i say.

[OU Adonis]

Field doesn't get any wider though.

I think the field was plenty wide enough last night.