FCS North Dakota State will use in-helmet comms vs. Colorado

College football's Week 1 kicks off Thursday night and one notable matchup is FCS North Dakota State visiting FBS Colorado.

The NCAA updated its rules this season to allow in-helmet communications during games for FBS schools. FCS schools will still be limited to verbal and sign-based communication, except in rare cases.

One of those instances will be Thursday night's game. FCS teams will be allowed to use in-helmet communications when playing FBS opponents.

Big Ten Network's Guy Haberman pointed out on X that North Dakota State decided to spend the cash to use the new communication system against Colorado.

North Dakota State's trip to Boulder will be the only time this season it can use the new system, but the investment was essentially funded by Colorado, which is reportedly paying the FCS school $700,000 to play them.

Bison offensive coordinator Jake Landry told reporters on Aug. 1 that the team has been practicing with the new system all of fall camp, saying "there's going to be a learning curve."

"I'm excited to use it," quarterback Cam Miller told Valley News Live . "I just think having another voice in my head telling me 'OK watch out for this'... another person who's helping me with the situational football aspect of it."

North Dakota State and Colorado kickoff at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.