Think Leach would use this?

by Dub Parks 88 on Apr 22, 2009 9:53 AM CDT

'When the subject turns to technology, no Big 12 coach matches Colorado's Dan Hawkins in his willingness to embrace the cutting edge.

Hawkins had cameras installed in the helmets of three quarterbacks this spring.

"You just get an interesting view in what they're seeing and where they're really looking," Hawkins said. "It's one thing to sit up on the 50-yard line in the second row and say, 'Look at this coverage. Look at where this guy is dropping. Look at that route.' That's not the view they get."

Hawkins has also joined Oprah, Larry King and Ashton Kutcher among those on Twitter as "an experiment," as he put it."

From DMN's Chuck Carlton's Big 12 Spring Roundup

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Sounds kitzchy at first but it seems to me, especially in TTech's offense where reading the defense is paramount, it would be a great teaching tool.

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Is it legal?

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

by ayleein on Apr 22, 2009 12:40 PM CDT reply actions

During practice...maybe.

Not in games, for sure.

TTpilk

by TTpilk645 on Apr 22, 2009 1:30 PM CDT reply actions

great idea

I think it would be great for them to break down film from pratice from a helmet cam and compare what they see to what the defense is doing. I think it could only help.

"56,000 screaming crazies in The Jones rockin' as it has never rocked before" - Terry Bowden

If you not having fun....then your not playing the game right.

by texastfan on Apr 22, 2009 2:12 PM CDT reply actions

Did you watch the 60 Minutes where they put a camera on Harrell? I couldn’t see jack from his perspective… but was that only for 60 Minutes or do they already do this?

by Raider75 on Apr 22, 2009 5:27 PM CDT reply actions

It kind of makes you appreciate

the numbers and the reads made by Harrell. He probably sees the field as well as anyone Tech has had, and that is saying a lot. To make the reads he made with the action as conglomerated as it is at times is simply phenomenal.

TTpilk

by TTpilk645 on Apr 22, 2009 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions