Longhorns Could Face On-Field College Football Rule Changes Soon
The Texas Longhorns and every other team that takes the field in college football in the near future could be facing a different game. Although there is no timeline set yet, Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellenger reports that college football may be modernizing a few aspects of its game soon.
Recommendations are being put together to approve coach-to-player helmet communication, sideline tablets, and a two-minute warning for college football.
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All three proposed changes mimic things that take place in the NFL.
Coach-to-player helmet communication has been a hot topic since the Michigan Wolverines' sign-stealing scandal, and the technology has been used in the NFL for years. Also reportedly to be proposed will be the use of tablets by players and coaches on the sidelines in college football, something else that's been used in the NFL for years.
The use of a two-minute warning has been shunned by college football, but that may be changing soon. The NCAA Rules Committee is pushing to add that as a rules change soon. That would mean the game clock would stop at 2:00 (or after a play runs just past that time) on the clock at the end of the first and second halves.
For these proposed rules to be put into action, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) has to approve them. April 18 is the designated date the panel has set aside to discuss the changes.
As college football conference expansion continues and the College Football Playoff expands, bringing the game into the 21st century seems to be a priority for not just the NCAA but for all supporters of the game.
The NFL is discussing the use of electronic first-down markers instead of the use of antiquated chains. Could that be next for college football?