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Big Ten debuts football replay command center for 2024

A sneak peek into the command center the Big Ten will use to review football replays in 2024.
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Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti reveals the command center that will be used for football replays in 2024 and beyond.
Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti reveals the command center that will be used for football replays in 2024 and beyond. | Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti helped oversee the creation of a new, centralized replay center that will be where all football replays are determined during games starting in 2024.

In a video, Petitti debuted the new replay command center, showing off eight large monitors and a variety of other screens, totaling 18 replay stations to review plays.

"It all comes down to people having to make decisions. Sometimes very difficult, very close decisions," Petitti said in the video.

"There are times when it takes a long time to determine a call, disrupting the flow of the game," he added. "Other times, fans are going to disagree with a callo. So the hope with this center is to get the right call made as quickly as possible."

"You can imagine on a gameday the activity in this room," Petitti said.

"It's about the training that's gone into making sure we have all of his people ready to go. It's a lot of work here not only getting them used to the job, but also used to this new technology. It's been a lot of training going in to getting our people ready for this."

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James Parks is the founder and publisher of College Football HQ. He has covered football for a decade, previously managing several team sites and publishing national content for 247Sports.com for five years. His work has also been published on CBSSports.com. He founded College Football HQ in 2020, and the site joined the Sports Illustrated Fannation Network in 2022 and the On SI network in 2024.

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