New Rule Change Already Implemented at Alabama

The Alabama Crimson Tide kicked off its spring football practice on Monday, and Coach DeBoer is already implementing a new change that was approved around college football last week.

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Last week, it was reported first by Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports that in-helmet communications would be coming to college football. Much like the NFL, only one player on offense and defense is allowed to have the in-helmet communications. According to the report by Dellenger, the coms will turn off with 15 seconds left on the play clock.

Coach DeBoer said Monday that the Crimson Tide were already practicing with the new technology,

"We were doing it today. We had it out there. With supply and demand across the country, we aren't able to have as many as what the max will be, but a couple of quarterbacks put that in. I haven't heard any feedback yet. I noticed a couple of times it was maybe hard to hear, not because it was too soft; I think it was actually too loud. I'm sure that will be tested in our stadium at some point. There are a lot of reasons for it; it can be positive. I don't know if it answers all the concerns you might have when it comes to some of the things people say it'll automatically fix, such as sign stealing and things like that. I think there are other ways where it can go the other way with being intentional and trying to get a call and being able to echo it through the defensive headset. It was good, I think quarterbacks are getting used to it. I saw a couple of times they were putting their hand to their helmet to listen, but for the most part, it seemed pretty clean."

Other rule changes in college football include a two-minute warning and the use of tablets on the sidelines and at halftime. The days of holding up signs with random images on them are over, or holding up signs to stop the cameras upstairs from seeing the signs.

Tide 100.9 wrote a story about the new rule changes in college football. You can read about them here

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