Replay coming to Big Sky Conference

The Big Sky Conference will implement replay in football and men’s basketball for each sport’s upcoming season. The change means that Cal Poly, who is a member of the conference for football only, will bring replay to home games at Alex G. Spanos stadium beginning in the Fall.

“Not only is replay becoming more prevalent in the rule book, but there is also an expectation that replay will be used when fans watch a game on TV or attend a game,’’ said Big Sky Conference commissioner, Doug Fullerton. “We put a very high-quality product of college athletics on the field, and having replay for our officials will only increase the experience for fans, coaches and student-athletes. I commend the presidents and administrators of our universities for understanding the importance of this technology, and investing the resources to make this a reality.’’

Replay officials will travel to be a part of the same officiating crew throughout the season, mostly for the sake of cohesion. The technology will be provided throughout the conference by DVSport.

The replay technology will be utilized for all home games at Alex G. Spanos Stadium, including the Mustangs’ lone home non-conference game this season against Northern Iowa. That game, on September 19th, is the Mustangs’ home opener.

I reached out to find out details about what the cost of the replay system is at each site. I’ll update the post if/when we get more information.