Anatomy of a Championship Offense: Running the Wingboner

Anatomy of a Championship Offense: Running the Wingboner

By Derpy Hooves
Special to The Daily Twilight
January 1, 2013

Happy New Year, everypony and everybody! As we prepare for our national championship game against the USC Trojans, I want to take this time to talk about our offense. Our offense consists of two parts: our version of the wildcat formation, known as the Wild Muffin formation, and the Wingboner formation, which we run a majority of our plays from.

Hey, it wasn't my idea to call it the Wingboner. It was all Rainbow Dash's idea after she saw our offense during practice in the summer. Dash suggested that we call our version of the wingbone as the Wingboner. Lo and behold, the name stuck.

The wing bone offense was probably originally introduced by Henry Bellard when he was coaching at Mississippi State University, after he brought the wishbone to the University of Texas.

The wing bone, or Wingboner in our coachspeak is the wishbone, with two tight ends, one split and one tight, or two splits, and one of the half backs is moved to a wing position just outside of the tackle or the tight end. The advantage of the Wingboner is that the wing is put into a good position to block on either the power or sweep/option plays. It also creates a two receiver set and provides a more dynamic passing attack. Sending the wing back in motion adds another dimension to the offense.

The Wingboner isn't as flashy or pass-heavy as the other WAC schools, but boy, does it get the job done! Derp!