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Cal football film room: Air Force's veer triple option

The veer triple option is one of football's classic plays. With roots dating to Don Faurot's split T at Missouri in the early 1940s, the triple option has powered many of college football's most prolific offenses - from Bud Wilkinson's 47 consecutive win Oklahoma Sooners to Bill Yeoman's Houston split back veer (which still powers Bay Area juggernaut De La Salle High School) to the Wishbone that drove National Championship teams at Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma to the flexbone that continues to consistently place the service academies among the top rushing teams in the country.

So, what is the veer?