In addition to further conference alignment and a new playoff format this season, we’ll have a few new on-field additions to college football. The Michigan sign stealing scandal has accelerated the incorporation of modern technology into the game immediately. Teams are allowed 18 Ipads on the sidelines per sources. A reminder that college football is far behind the NFL in the move from print-readouts between drives to study defenses. While the Ipads won’t impact viewers, communications in the helmets might impact how squads are run and on-field play is executed. Rules are expected to be similar to the NFL with one player on each side of the football allowed a communication device in the helmet that cuts off when the play clock counts down to a certain point.

Two minute warnings are also expected to be implemented at the end of halves. Another move replicating the NFL, it probably won’t add to because TV timeouts are built in anyways. The warnings could impact how the end of halves are managed, but much like the rules change last season their will probably be minimal impact overall. While viewer impact will probably be minor if any rules are implemented, perhaps gameplay will be cleaner.