In 2002 ESPN rated football's shift to the modern T-formation
offense as the second best sports innovation of all time--just
behind baseball's free agency. The story behind the move to the
T-formation is also the story of a season unparalleled in the
annals of college football--the year Stanford's new coach, fresh
from seven dismal seasons with the University of Chicago, deployed
an out-of-favor offense to take a team of talented underdogs to a
Rose Bowl victory.
"The Wow Boys" (the title refers to the nickname the team earned
at its very first game) chronicles Stanford's miraculous 1940
season, from the surprise hiring of coach Clark Shaughnessy and his
marshalling of the previously untapped talents of left-handed
quarterback Frankie Albert, runners Hugh Gallarneau and Pete
Kmetovic, and fullback Norm Standlee, to his reintroduction of the
T-formation and its profound and enduring effect on football. James
W. Johnson gives a game-by-game rundown of this dramatic season as
well as an in-depth account of Shaughnessy's accomplishment in the
face of overwhelming criticism and skepticism. This story is one of
tenacity, character, and radical ideas prevailing against
formidable odds--a sports revolution engineered one play at a
time.
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