Random observations on oskie (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> Early documented reference to oskie = pass interception, to intercept
> (although it probably goes back much earlier, to 1940s at the latest,
> during Neyland's tenure as a head coach).
>
> "Record Point Race" _The Corpus Christie Times_ 10/31/1968 p 54 col1
> "The "oskie" set up RICKY LESSER'S 53-yard field goal, also a new
> school record."
>
> And related:
>
> Frank Ellis "Firm Jayvees Beat Jonesboro" _Blytheville Courier News_
> 10/17/1967 p 9 col 4 "Maxim number five used by Wyatt says, "Follow
the
> ball, cover, OSKEE (rally to the point), and pursue, here is the
> winning edge." " [The "Wyatt" reference is to Arkansas coach Bowden
> Wyatt, who had played under Neyland at UT].

Slightly earlier:
Walter Robertson, "Carpenter Injury Hurt Razorbacks" _Dallas Morning
News_ sec 2 p 1 col 4

"No fumbles, no oskies, seldom even a tiny mistake."

Later on in the article, in col 5

"Not once did Georgia Tech give up the ball on a fumble or oskie, which
is simply an intercepted pass to the grandstand observer."

[The article was about the Cotton Bowl, which was played by Arkansas,
coached by Bowden Wyatt, and Georgia Tech, coached by Bobby Dodd. Both
Wyatt and Dodd played at Tennessee under Coach Neyland.]
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