STANFORD --The Stanford football team will have a new playbook for the 2012 season ? a digital playbook.
Every player and coach has been given a specially-programmed iPad instead of the traditional, paper-filled spiral notebooks that are used to store the offensive and defensive plays.
The Cardinal purchased more than 100 iPads outfitted by PlayerLync, a Denver-based sports technology company that has several NFL clients.
Stanford is the first college team to make use of the digital playbook, according to the school.
The iPad playbooks are not only environmentally friendly ? teams use tens of thousands of pieces of paper each season ? but also cost-effective: The price of the iPads will, over time, be less than the cost of the paper, coach David Shaw said.
It's also a more efficient means of disseminating information.
"We can make changes and instantly update everybody's iPad,'' Shaw explained Sunday following Stanford's first practice of training camp.
And if one of the IPad playbooks is stolen, they can all be wiped clean remotely.
"It was tough getting used to,'' tight end Zach Ertz said. "But (now) we have a better feel for it.''
-- Stanford's jerseys numbers range from 2 to 99 this season, but there is no No. 12.
Former quarterback Andrew Luck's number has been placed on the Do Not Use list, at least for the short term.
"I can't say it's retired,'' Shaw said. "As
a staff, (we felt) the jersey's still warm right now. We're going to put it on ice.''-- Fullback Geoff Meinken is recovering from a knee injury suffered during spring practice and won't be ready until midway through the season, at the earliest.
For more on college sports, see Jon Wilner's College Hotline at blogs.mercurynews.com/collegesports. Contact him at jwilner@mercurynews.com or 408-920-5716.
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