Coughlin Unplugged

Football

Isn't the 'Wildcat' really the Wing-T ?

Submitted by Dan Coughlin on Thu, 12/17/2009 - 8:19pm

I don't know why they call football's trendy new formation the "Wildcat" when it's really the old Wing-T? Chardon's been running the most extreme version of the Wing-T for years. Mayfield has been running a less extreme version. You saw the highlights almost every Friday night on Fox 8.

Now He Tells Me

Submitted by Dan Coughlin on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 11:14am

Photo: Ronald Regan & Knute Rockne.

Jerry McKenna, the sculptor who is the world's foremost authority on legendary Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne, is in town for a couple of days. After beers and burgers at Herb's Tavern Tuesday night, Jerry spoke of Rockne and referred to him as Keh-NUTE. He stuck that "k" sound on the front of Knute's first name.

"When did you start calling him Keh-Nute?" I asked.

"I always called him Keh-Nute," said McKenna, "because that's how he pronounced his name."