Walker's Life Praised; Northwestern Coach Remembered Fondly
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › July 01, 2006
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Madison When Randy Walker died suddenly late Thursday night, college football lost one its most innovative minds.
The Northwestern coach was at the forefront of the growth of the spread offense in the game, putting his own spin on an attack that, until the Wildcats' breakout season of 2000, was known basically as a passing offense in the mold of the one run by Joe Tiller at Purdue.See the full content of this document
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Walker's Life Praised; Northwestern Coach Remembered Fondly
Walker spread teams out, gave the ball to his small, shifty running backs and watched them wreak havoc on the rest of the Big Ten.
Friday, however, it was the impact he had on people off the field that was missed most."I...See the full content of this document
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