WATCH: Stanford uses VR to show you how awesome Christian McCaffrey is

Given that Stanford is essentially the birthplace of virtual reality in college football -- and, you know, home to tons of smart people -- it should surprise you not even a little bit that the Cardinal would be the first program to use VR to push a Heisman Trophy campaign.

That's where we are, as Stanford is set to show off a new 360 virtual reality video on Saturday featuring Heisman candidate and all-around stud running back Christian McCaffrey.

The video will be shown on the broadcast of the Pac-12 title game, and Stanford will have Google Cardboard devices in the press box so media members can enjoy the full experience of the video.

Here's a first-look at the most innovative Heisman video we've seen yet (Stanford says the best viewing experience is on an Android phone using Google Cardboard, but it's still a pretty cool experience here as well).

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Teddy Mitrosilis works in social content development at FOX Sports Digital. Follow him on Twitter @TMitrosilis and email him at tmitrosilis@gmail.com.