LSU prepares for the big game by gaming

With the big college football championship coming up tomorrow, Jan. 7, Louisiana State University is trying some unorthodox methods to prepare. They are using a modified Xbox game to help train their players.

XOS Technologies, a company that specializes in gearing technology to the needs of coaches, worked with EA Sports to produce the PlayAction Simulator that LSU has used this season.

“What they’ve done is they put our plays into the video game and then they put in our opponents’ defenses,” said Crowton, the Tigers’ first-year offensive coordinator.

According to the story, the game/simulator sounds like a modified version of Madden. The level of customization allows each quarterback to have his own playbook.

I am torn as to where my allegiance lies. I’m all for videogames being used as real world training simulations. But on the other hand, I go to Ohio State University, and the Buckeye in me wont allow me to cheer against my team.

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