The old timers in California’s Central Valley still refer to it as la mosca. “That means ‘the fly’ in Spanish,” said Jesse Ortega. Gene Beck’s creation — the fly offense — lives here still, preserved ...

To know Willamette University football is to know the "Fly offense." For most of the past two decades, the fly was a Bearcats' staple, an intricate series of blocks and sweeps that fueled a potent ...

Willamette University's Mark Speckman, the foremost authority on the fly offense, jokes that the system that defines him is like a "useless invention." Speckman remains the nation's only college coach ...

Change is good. That’s what Santa Cruz High football coach Bubba Trumbull is hoping as his Cardinals begin their first season in the equity Mission Trail Athletic League. That’s not the only thing new ...