A Knight in shining armor....

Nineteen thirty-six may never have taken root as the year of college sport, but at least one freshly minted NYU editor couldn't wait for it to get started.

His name was Herman L. Masin and he had just been sworn in as editor of Scholastic Coach.

He had been overwhelmed by all of the sharp young people who had interviewed him and had now reached the end of the waiting line--the founder and now vice-president of the company, Herb McCracken.

Herb had been a near All-American player at the University of Pittsburgh and then gone on to become a Hall-of-Fame quality football coach at Lafayette College.

The young editor had already put him down as the most knowledgeable football man he had ever met. He also knew where his new boss was going to take him--football games, football clinics, and all kinds of bull-sessions with football coaches like Red Blaik, Lou Little, Fritz Crisler, Frank Leahy, and Pop Warner--the special coaching buddies of McCracken.

It was from Red Blaik that the young editor learned the T-Formation. With Blaik coaching at West Point, the Black Knights of the Hudson had become unbeatable (25-1-0). They were the premier T-Formation team in the country, with five All-American stars led by the twin wonders, "Mr. Inside" (Doc Blanchard) and "Mr. Outside" (Glenn Davis). What else could you call any team with that sort of talent?