Jake Trotter is a senior writer at ESPN. Trotter covers college football. He also writes about other college sports, including men's and women's basketball. Trotter resides in the Cleveland area with ...

As the college football season looms on the horizon, SEC fans can delve into the remarkable story of how the triple-option offense rescued three of college football's biggest brand names—Texas, ...

“SEC Storied: Wishbone” will debut on the SEC Network at 7 p.m. July 17, it was announced Friday. Directed by Chip Rives and executive produced by Alabama native Keith Dunnavant, the documentary will ...

While no one was exactly laughing in the press box at the new offense the Texas Longhorns had just rolled out against Houston on Sept. 21, 1968, there was lots of curious chatter. It was just ...

NOTE: Saturday night at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa dozens of former Alabama football players from the wishbone era of Crimson Tide football, 1971-82, will be on hand for the premier of the ...

NOTE: Tonight at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa dozens of former Alabama football players from the wishbone era of Crimson Tide football, 1971-82, will be on hand for the premier of the documentary ...

Ted Koy took the phone call and instantly was petrified. It was customary for Texas football players to receive a mimeographed sheet in the mail from Darrell Royal during the summer with not-so-gentle ...

Football fans who missed the premiere of “The Wishbone Boys” documentary last fall in Tuscaloosa can now have a copy of their own. The 62-minute film, directed and produced by actor-turned-filmmaker ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- There are dozens of Darrell K Royal quotes -- "Royalisms," they're called -- that have endured and will continue to after his passing. Like this one, on why the legendary Texas coach ...

Texas' iconic Wishbone offense, at 50, still influential in college football Texas coach Darrell Royal diagrams the Wishbone formation, which used a fullback and two halfbacks behind the quarterback, ...

From left, James Street, Chris Gilbert, Steve Worster and Ted Koy made the Wishbone formation work. Emory Bellard, at Royal's urging, taught the Wishbone to Barry Switzer, and Oklahoma became one of ...