by Steve Blahitka

A good portion of my youth was ruined by the single-wing offense. Year after year, the championship seasons and undefeated records of the youth football team on which I played were tarnished by the only opponent in the league that ran the single-wing, the Twin Town Tigers. My grade school day dreams were spent sketching defenses designed to stop the power and deception of the single-wing.
The single-wing was the dominant offensive formation in football until the 1940's. Since then, it has virtually disappeared...only about 50 coaches run the single-wing at the highschool and junior high school levels. It's characterized by it's formation and it's philosophy. Most notably, there is no quaterback position. Rather, an extra blocker allows for greater power and deception.
To this day, sketching defenses designed to stop the single-wing is still a hobby of sorts. But I thought I had seen the last of the single-wing until I happened across a few websites devoted to this throw-back offense. There are still a few believers out there...and it makes for an interesting story...

coaches from around the country gather at the annual single-wing symposium.

These are the issues that "Still Running... " hopes to explore:

* who are these men that still use single-wing, why do they still believe?

* what happened to the single-wing/the evolution of offensive football.

* how the single-wing works, the beauty of the single-wing.

* the concept of the offense w/o a quarterback.

* the practical application of this offense in today's professional football.

* the role of the blocking back.

* the defensive perspective of the single wing.