Texas Tech has requested the Huge 12 for a report from two current video games to make sure that a flaw in school soccer’s new helmet communications system didn’t comprise the outcomes, ESPN reviews. The college is asking the league to evaluation its 59-35 loss to Baylor on Oct. 19 and final Saturday’s 35-34 loss to TCU.  

The request comes as amid considerations that opponents might have been in a position to faucet into unencrypted frequencies to pay attention to coach-to-player communications.

“We have to have a recreation whose integrity shouldn’t be questionable in any manner on a Saturday afternoon,” Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt advised ESPN. “We owe it to the 120 younger males on our soccer workforce to make sure that occurs, that it is a recreation of truthful competitors and the identical algorithm are enforced.”

A problem within the know-how utilized by groups for pre-snap discussions was first found previous to a recreation between Texas A&M and Arkansas in September, in response to the Athletic. Because of this, Huge 12 faculties have been instructed to ship their helmet communication techniques in for a software program replace forward of this weekend’s video games, ESPN reviews.

The NCAA permitted the implementation of coach-to-player helmet communications in April, clearing the best way for pre-snap conversations that mirror what’s allowed within the NFL. Coaches are allowed to speak with one participant, who’s recognized by a inexperienced dot on the again of their helmet. That line of communication is turned off with 15 seconds left on the play clock or when the ball is snapped, whichever happens first.