Few people were more excited to see what Colin Kaepernick did
against the Green Bay Packers than Chris Ault, the former coach
at the University of Nevada.  Ault, who stepped down following
the 2012 season, developed the "pistol'' offense in which
Kaepernick thrived at Nevada after not being heavily recruited
as a high school player out of Turlock. His system of football
will be carried on under new coach Brian Polian in 2013.  Ault,
66, shared his thoughts on Kaepernick, the pistol and the place
the option football has in the NFL in phone interview Monday
night:  Q: As the game was unfolding against the Packers, what
was it like to watch? Did it look like what Colin did in
college, only against the highest level of his profession?
Ault: I just enjoyed the heck out of watching the game and I
kept thinking to myself, 'They're in pistol a lot, hopefully
they'll run that read a few more times.' The things I was seeing
were the things we'd seen here and looked like it would be a
pretty good call. When they did it