To bad the wishbone offense is not used like it was years ago. It was a team oriented offense and not suited to the Me The Star egos of today's players.
That's what the announcer says in that OU vs USC sequence, i.e. that Southern Cal had the athletes but the Sooners had the team. Several things you noticed about Jack Mildren in particular... you NEVER saw him get tackled on his side of the line of scrimmage with the ball in his hands; you never saw him keep the ball out of what appeared to be selfishness; the ball always ended up in the hands of the guy with the best shot at making a play with it; he often appeared to be turning straight into the line like he was an I back following his fullback, which opponents HAD to commit to stop and then pitch the ball to a point in space where the halfback knew to be... The whole thing was remarkable to watch.
Again my own preference would be for the Alabama version of it with the integrated passing game. I still believe that if Paul Bryant had ever been allowed to coach a college all star game against a Superbowl winner with either Mildren or Richard Todd as a quarterback, the NFL would likely have been seriously embarrassed.