[oyez]

Was it Knute Rockne who said, “Three things can happen on a foward pass, two of them bad”?

[Carpe Cerevisi]

Was it Knute Rockne who said, “Three things can happen on a foward pass, two of them bad”?

I think Woody Hayes may have said that.

[Walvoord]

I heard it was Darrell Royal, coach of the UT Longhorns.

A reporter asked him why he called so many running plays. He supposedly said, “Three things can happen when you pass, and two of them ain’t good.”