5G-Connected Football Helmet

Watch the video about the 5G-Connected Football Helmet

Last Saturday, the Gallaudet University football quarterbacks first used this helmet while playing against Hilbert College in NCAA's Division III.

“The helmet will allow coaches on the sideline to select a play from a tablet that will send the play to a lens inside the helmet,” the AT&T release reads. “The quarterback wearing the helmet will receive the play in augmented reality on the digital display located within the visor. AT&T 5G provides the reliability and low latency for plays to be sent and received at a speed that keeps up with the pace of the game.”

Yeah, Gallaudet won the game 34 to 20, ending a four-game losing streak.

Back to 1963:

The 1963 Dayton [OH] Daily News article reads:

What about the problem of starting and stopping? “That is why we have him [Gorrell] at fullback, instead of halfback or guard,” Coach Ron Bradley explained.

“He can see the ball at fullback. If we have to give ‘automatics’ (verbal changes of plays, after the team comes to the line of scrimmage), then our quarterback can give Gorrell the play number by throwing down the right number of fingers, on his back.” [Note: I erased the word ‘mute’ off-!!!!!!]

Did it work? Yes, but a few times since my football team always had the losing seasons, although this newspaper tapped me as one of the “Honorable Mention backs.”

For example, I tell you a quick story about one football play. Toward beating the halftime break, the quarterback rushed, took his mouth guard off, and said, “69 lateral.” While we rushed to the line of scrimmage, I got help because I missed his lipreading - 68 or 69. If 68, I was supposed to run right to block opponents to make room for my left halfback. If 69, it was the opposite way.

The result was that I decided to take 68 and collapsed my right halfback, but he recovered and received the ball from the quarterback and ran toward the touchdown line, but he got knocked out. If I would take 69, the right halfback could have a touchdown. (Sorry, Charles Northcutt.)

Supposedly, if I wear the 5G-connected helmet, I could help Northcutt make another touchdown.

Sadly, the NCAA had only approved the helmet for use in one game as a trial. But we will see!