Read more about the article SEC Network’s Texas/Oklahoma Wishbone film ignores Houston Veer, flipped script to Bryant Revisionist history and omits true pioneers

SEC Network’s Texas/Oklahoma Wishbone film ignores Houston Veer, flipped script to Bryant Revisionist history and omits true pioneers

PHOTO above (Houston 1966 yearbook): Houston quarterback Bo Burris rolls out of the Veer offense in a 1965 game at Tennessee. A 2018 Sports Illustrated article credited Houston coach Bill Yeoman for the “the first true triple option” with his Veer offense. ***Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s and here for a purchase link to RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye,…

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Read more about the article Longhorns royalty turned to an uncommon Texas man

Longhorns royalty turned to an uncommon Texas man

PHOTO: College Football Hall of Fame coach Darrell Royal turned to Willie Ray Smith Sr. when he realized it was time to integrate his football program. By TOM SHANAHAN Darrell Royal, as his surname suggests, coached Texas football dripping with royalty. The College Football Hall of Famer reigned 20 years, winning unbeaten national championships in 1963 and 1969 and posting six double-digit victory seasons. Willie Ray Smith, an uncommon coach with a common surname, toiled at three underfunded…

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