Let me tell you a fun story about how the Big 10 was so scared of Ara Parseghian succeeding at Notre Dame that they pressured the NCAA to ban a modern coaching technique.
In 1964, Parseghian used his first spring game as Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach to field test a potential solution to an enduring problem.
“The worst seat — and the loudest seat — in a stadium is on the field,” the coach would say in a newspaper column years later. “The overhead view is much better for scouting and for determining formations or positioning on the field.