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what happened to john heisman in 1906?
Georgia Tech team beat Auburn for the first time, and in a loss to Sewanee first used Heisman's jump shift offense.
what was the jump shift offense?
In the jump shift, all but the center may shift into various formations, with a jump before the snap.
did he have any other formationsl?
A play started with only the center on the line of scrimmage.
The backfield would be in a vertical line, as if in an I-formation.

Question: was that formation successful?
Self-contained rewrite: was John Heisman's jump shift formation successful?