Talk:Split-T

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Don Faurot's book[edit]

Just acquired a copy of Secrets of the "Split T" Formation. I do not want to mass edit this article, but I am going to slowly clean out the junk. Some notes offhand. I can't confirm the "fast break" language with this book. Line splits depended on the front, and ranged from 10 to 16 feet in total. The book contains nice pictures of the front versus the defense of the times.

In the main sequence of plays (handoff, keeper, pitch), there is one onside defender who is not blocked. There is a later play in which two onside defenders are not blocked (the power play) but that's not the main option sequence. I'm wondering if the two onside blocker language was taken from a book on the veer.

The split T formation is usually a full T backfield. The split in the name refers to the line splits, to be sure. In Chapter 12 Don introduces what he calls the flanker offense, but this is a later wrinkle in the concept. He notes in particular that the flanker offense is a great way to counter the nine man fronts of the day, the 5-4-2, the 6-3-2, and the 7-2-2. Dwmyers (talk) 03:36, 28 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bernie Bierman (Minnesota coach) and the T[edit]

I own Bernie Bierman's 1937 coaching tome, Winning Football, and there is no mention of the T formation in it. It only mentions the single wing. I see no sign of Bierman using the T.

This can be confirmed by reading accounts of Bud Wilkinson's time as a player with Bernie Bierman. Bud played blocking back for Bierman, also described as a quarterback. You don't equate blocking back and quarterback in a T formation. Dwmyers (talk) 16:02, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]