Which Texas football defensive player has helmet radio? No clear signal by Steve Sarkisian

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Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian and his staff have spent this spring tweaking their systems on both sides of the ball, incorporating some new faces in key places and getting third-year starting quarterback Quinn Ewers comfortable with the NCAA’s upcoming rule that allows a helmet communication system with the coaches.

But what about those communications on the defensive side of the ball? That will just have to wait, Sarkisian said.

“It’s probably been a little bit more challenging than it would be from an offensive perspective,” Sarkisian said. “Not because we’re not physically equipped to do it from a coach-to-player standpoint, (but) we just only have so many devices. So when you only have so many, you can only put so many in so many helmets per practice. So we’ve probably spent more time from an offensive perspective. But we will start to gravitate to the defensive side of the ball and spend a little bit more time on that.”

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Will helmet communication be allowed in 2024?

Sarkisian didn’t get into specifics about why Texas doesn’t have enough equipment to implement the technology on both sides of the ball. However, it’s been a fast-moving process for the NCAA in the wake of last year’s sign-stealing scandal at Michigan, and schools are trying to keep pace.

Earlier this spring, the NCAA Rules Committee proposed revamped technology rules for the 2024 season that include coach-to-player communications through the helmet of one player on the field. The proposal must be approved by the NCAA’s playing rules oversight panel, which is scheduled to discuss football proposals on Thursday.

That panel traditionally rubberstamps proposals from the NCAA rules committee, which means college football is all but assured to…

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Author : Austin American-Statesman

Publish date : 2024-04-13 11:02:07

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