The second scrimmage of fall camp was slow to get going. It wasn’t the pace of play on the turf of Canvas Stadium, nor a lack of energy.
It was learning technology new to college football this season. The first two drives led to timeouts as both the offense and defense went to the sidelines to dissect what had transpired via replay technology relayed to Microsoft Surface Pro tablets.
Each position coach has one, and they sat with their groups to go over looks on the series of plays, down by down. They could rush through them all, or they could go over and over a certain play. On the sideline, Colorado State coach Jay Norvell worked with quarterback Brayden Fowler-Nicolosi as they peered into what was called, what the defense showed and how it came together.
And Norvell, who is rumored to be a bit slow when it comes to the learning of technology, was having a blast.
“Man, you can go through a lot of plays in a short amount of time,” he said.
You know it’s a big day in camp when John Sullivan, the Mountain West’s associate commissioner for football shows up practice in the middle of the week. He has been overseeing the process of the conference gaining the technology and helping schools get the equipment and training they need.
