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During our second season of running the Double Wing we decided
to look into running Coach Wyatt's Wildcat. It was simple to line up in. Our
fullback took a step to the right and our quarterback lined up side by side with
him. They both crouched down like they were fielding a ground ball and center
just made soft, low and blind snap. The back getting the ball simply reached
out and "picked it off." We didn't run it very much that season, but we were
loaded that year and we toyed with it here and there. We really got some use
out of it in the Super Bowl, as our sophomore fullback had a monster game and
was named MVP. Back to back state championships. What a season. The only
problem is that we would be real young the next season as the horses had
graduated.
When the next season came around we figured we would run some Wildcat. We never
imagined how important it would become for us. During the second game of the
season our center took a cheap shot to the knee. He was injured and we did not
have a center with his ability on the roster. It was time to put the Wildcat in
and try and get by without him. We founded the biggest backup available and
after a couple of practice snaps we were ready to roll
During the off-season I had decided to change up the Wildcat a bit after seeing
some Single Wing material. On just about every play we would motion one wing,
have both backs turn toward each other and spin nearly 360 degrees, while the
other back faked Counter Criss-Cross action with the other back. In looked
great on paper, but we would see if it worked during the upcoming game. Well,
we ran it nearly 90% of the game and rolled to a 35-6 win. We scored over 50
points in each of the next two games. Our Wildcat center ended up quitting the
team and luckily our starting center was back. We became pretty balanced
running our base DW and the Wildcat.

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