Former Lieutenant Governor, Wishbone Supermaniac Jack Mildren Passes Away
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The state of Oklahoma bows its head today as Jack Mildren, he of the first wishbone attack at Oklahoma, died yesterday at the age of 59 . Under Mildren, the Oklahoma offense racked up numbers you can't even reach on NCAA Football 08, even if you put it on, like, Varsity. The 1971 Sooners scored 44.5 points a game and rushed for 472 yards per game; the latter statistic still stands as an NCAA ...
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Published 5/24/2008 by Oops Pow Surprise <info@blackheartgoldpants.com> at Black Heart Gold Pants: Front Page Posts
... Fanhouse article numero dos is former Oklahoma captain Jack Mildren, dead of cancer at the young age of 58. The most impressive aspect of Mildren's spot in the record books is, without a doubt, that his coach didn't adopt the wishbone until halfway through Mildren's junior season; by the end of the next year, Mildren and the Sooners had rewritten the record books so completely that the NCAA record on rushing yards (472+ ypg) still stands to this day. Mildren led a great life, like a Nile Kinnick Lite, and while we're sad to see him go, we're happy to ...
