Lawsuit Shows Football’s ‘Oklahoma Drill’ Is No Day at the Beach

By Gary Chester, Senior Writer It seemed like a good idea at the time. Charles “Bud” Wilkinson, the legendary football coach who guided Oklahoma to three national titles in the 1950s, devised a two-on-two tackling drill in a confined space to improve technique and toughness. More recently, the NFL and many high schools have banned the so-called “Oklahoma drill” over concussion concerns. But the health and safety issues apparently did not reach TikTok, where the dangerous practice i