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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 992613" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>I'm not sure about this, but I think the names for QB, TB, and FB came from the old single wing. </p><p></p><p>When I played college ball back in the Dark Ages, we ran a single wing. And nobody else did. Consequently, we had the same advantage hat Tech had under Paul; nobody knew what was going on unless they had played us more than once and even that seldom helped. In the single wing we ran, the signals and plays were called by the quarterback, but he lined up 1.5 yards deep behind the guard (depending on which side the play was called) and his primary responsibility was to block or take the occasional direct snap, then hand off or pass. The tailback played directly behind the center 5 yards deep and (usually) got the direct snap. The fullback played beside him and (usually) got a handoff for a straight dive or blocked for the halfback. We could snap the ball to either man and then play all sorts of combos of blocking, running, and occasionally passing. As you might imagine when yourtailback was 6'3", 225 and ran a 10.4 100 yards, there wasn't much need to throw. </p><p></p><p>Well, enough ancient history.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 992613, member: 265"] I'm not sure about this, but I think the names for QB, TB, and FB came from the old single wing. When I played college ball back in the Dark Ages, we ran a single wing. And nobody else did. Consequently, we had the same advantage hat Tech had under Paul; nobody knew what was going on unless they had played us more than once and even that seldom helped. In the single wing we ran, the signals and plays were called by the quarterback, but he lined up 1.5 yards deep behind the guard (depending on which side the play was called) and his primary responsibility was to block or take the occasional direct snap, then hand off or pass. The tailback played directly behind the center 5 yards deep and (usually) got the direct snap. The fullback played beside him and (usually) got a handoff for a straight dive or blocked for the halfback. We could snap the ball to either man and then play all sorts of combos of blocking, running, and occasionally passing. As you might imagine when yourtailback was 6'3", 225 and ran a 10.4 100 yards, there wasn't much need to throw. Well, enough ancient history. [/QUOTE]
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