Two days before Emory Bellard died of Lou Gehrig’s disease in February, R.C. Slocum visited him at his bedside in Georgetown. The two old coaching peers immediately got down to the business of talking ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. — Former Mississippi State coach Mike Leach may finally get where he belongs But let's not forget another former Bulldogs coach that will benefit from an arbitrary rules change by ...

Coach Emory Bellard arrived at Mississippi State prior to the 1979 season. Hired by former Bulldog coach Bob Tyler, who as then the school's athletic director, Bellard brought the wishbone offense to ...

GEORGETOWN -- Sports writer Al Pickett, who co-wrote Wishbone Wisdom with Emory Bellard, said that a book signing with the late Texas A&M coach was unlike most. "He knew everybody that walked up," ...

Emory Bellard had a way of commanding respect, and not just from his players but anyone he came in contact with. In 1978 while announcing his resignation as Texas A&M's head football coach, Bellard ...

In 1990s it was the 'Run and Shoot.' In the early 2000s it was the 'Read Option.' But in the late 1960s and '70s, no offense dominated college football like the 'Wishbone.' Now that two of the primary ...