Galloping gourmets
Coaches play Switzer's game: multiple runners

 
By John Helsley
Published: August 20, 2007

Barry Switzer need not be sold on the positives of featuring multiple running backs.

He perfected it.

"When you look back at my era, think about it, I had first-round draft picks in the backfield at the same time,” said Switzer, whose Oklahoma teams ran roughshod over foes across the decades of the '70s and '80s. "I had to play 'em.

"You recruit that kind of talent, they have to be on...


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