Extra Points WednesdayThe game of football still comes down to blocking and tackling, but getting there today is a road paved with quarks and gigabytes, MP3 players and laptop computers, pixels and binary numbers. Technology plays a major role today in scouting, game-planning, creating playbooks, teaching, recruiting, training and providing medical treatment. One of the trainers even carries a beeper connected to the National Weather Service in Wichita, Kan., which alerts him to thunderstorm activity within 10 miles of campus. (Tar Heel Blue) Posted Wednesday, November 16, 2005 in Football, |