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Reading through this story about Hal Mumme and his influence on Dana Holgorsen, I was pretty intrigued by how the “Air Raid” offense was, well, stolen and then developed over the years. Mumme, formerly of Iowa Wesleyan College, Valdosta State and most notably Kentucky, now of Division III McMurry, admitted as much as he described the evolution of the offense through the years.

“No one person is the guy,” said Mumme, 58, who is in his sixth college coaching stop. “When I got the job in Iowa, I went to BYU to pick up on some stuff, stealing like everyone else in coaching does, and then Mike and I put our spin on it.

“We’d get into the car and drive long distances from Mount Pleasant to study stuff. Most of it, and most of what Dana is bringing to West Virginia, is based on Bill Walsh’s fundamentals and practice plans and game plans, and the old BYU offense that Coach (LaVell) Edwards ran back in the ’70s and ’80s.

“Then we started no huddling, shot-gunning and quick screening out of it, kind of putting a 21st Century spin on it. Everybody’s contributed to it, I suppose, even Dana. He’s done a lot with it.”

Bill Walsh, LaVell Edwards and a 21st century spin on decades-old ideas. That sounds interesting, effective and entertaining. Then — and some of you might want to sit for this — I got to the part about quick screens … and a line I’m extremely confident we’ll be using a lot from this point forward.

“Dana was then like he is now; he loved those quick screens,” Mumme said, starting to laugh. “He had good speed, but he wasn’t a game-breaker. He’d come off the field and come up to me and say, ‘The quick screen was there.’

“So, I’d put another guy in and call it and we’d get big yardage and Dana would get really mad at me. So one day we’re playing a team, I think from Illinois maybe, and I called the quick screen and finally left him in. He took it 65 yards for a score.

“He came back and said to me, ‘And that’s how to carry the cabbage.’ But you know what, you want guys like that on your team. You want guys who want the ball, who want to score. He was a bright guy. You could see it then; you can really see it in his coaching, too.”