The college football season ended in style with Alabama’s thrilling win against Georgia in the College Football Playoff championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and there to capture it all were cameras that ESPN placed inside the first-down markers.
ESPN had its first-and-10 marker cams make their debut earlier in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Sugar Bowl that saw Alabama win to advance to the championship game, providing viewers a unique vantage point. The technology — with the battery, transmitter, antennas and cabling stuffed inside the markers — was previously tested last month at the Celebration Bowl.