The legendary Ohio State football coach loved the running game and was well-known for not thinking very highly of the forward pass. It was smash mouth football at its best.
I’m going to look at Woody’s great backs over the years and fortunately I had the privilege of watching several. But I’m first going to look back at those I never saw play and see how the three yards and a cloud of dust offense evolved during his first decade at Ohio State.
Later in his career Woody was known to feature the fullback out of the strong T or full house backfield.