and occasionally his backs outside the "box" surrounding the quarterback and the center at the line of scrimmage in a formation that has come to be known as the "Meyer Spread," also known as the double wing formation, Meyer discovered that it forced defenses to respond by spreading their players. That in turn created natural holes in the line and seams in the defensive secondary. Spreading out the defense reduced the need for power blocking by undersized linemen.

But, as Bart Wright notes