Big Ten Will Use Instant Replay

Instant replay will be a part of Big Ten football games this season.

The NCAA championships and competition cabinet has approved the Big Ten’s proposal to use instant replay -- on an experimental basis -- for conference games.

“It’s about time instant replay found its way into college football,” Michigan State Coach John L. Smith said. “I hope the Big Ten puts someone in the press box that isn’t afraid to say what’s right or what’s wrong.”

Nonconference opponents who play televised games in Big Ten stadiums will have the option to play with replay. The experimental system will use only those replays provided by the league’s broadcast partners. Not all Big Ten games are televised.

A technical advisor assigned to each game by the Big Ten’s officiating department will be the only person able to request a replay and render a judgment.