COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference will experiment with instant replay next football season, joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in using a system based on one the Big Ten employed last year.

The conference board of directors voted in favor of replay at its Jan. 28 meeting. This week, athletic directors and coaches discussed the format and assigned a subcommittee to work on the replay system.

All but seven of the league's games were televised last season, leading conference officials to believe there will be enough video footage to use an effective replay system.

Under the Big Ten's system, a technical adviser watched the game from the press box and notified officials on the field if he saw something questionable. Play was halted while the adviser reviewed the call using video from the television feed.

The NCAA is in the process of establishing guidelines for replay. Any conference wishing to use instant replay must submit its system to the NCAA by June 1.