Knute Rockne: Perfection to a T

Knute Rockne, the legendary Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coach, was famous for, among many other things, inventing the “shift” as part of an offensive strategy. The “T” formation was very popular back in Knute Rockne’s days, but Rockne put his own little spin on the concept by having one of the players lined up in the backfield shift to another position right before the snap, creating an overloaded side for which a more successful run attempt could be attempted.

With the famous “Four Horsemen of Notre Dame” Knute Rockne perfected this shifty T formation to win many games. However, after Rockne’s reign as coach was over, Frank Leahy shifted the strategy to a standard box T.

It’s too bad that so many creative plays are already in standard use. There’s just nothing original or surprising out there anymore. At any rate, you can get Notre Dame Fighting Irish football tickets to see Coach Weis try out something new by visiting StubHub.com, your source for all the best college football tickets.

Posted in General on June 18, 2007

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