Most everyone knows the root cause of protracted games and the networks and conferences are unwilling to change. It was awful when I saw Bama and the Gators play in a SEC Championship game. I can't imagine what a terrible experience it is now going to a game. TV has ruined the game experience - at least it has for those of us that were fortunate enough to watch a mostly contiguous game that isn't parsed up.
NCAA fixing non existent problems. Who cares if the game takes 30 min more, that was the best 30 min of the game!!!! It's going to have a massive change and will end up incentivising teams to just try to run the clock out in the last quarter and half of a game. Also, you better not ever take a timeout until the end of the game.
That's actually why I don't like it. The vast majority of these guys (NCAA wide, not just on the Gators) aren't NFL caliber players. I've always liked the nature of progressively harder rules from College to the Pros. It was also a big part of the late game comebacks everyone loves about CFB (until you're on the wrong side of them).
The real reason for speeding up the game clock is to build in time to allow the refs to huddle incessantly on a challenge and still call it wrong. The NFL really wants all games to be 3 hours or less and halftime to be 10 minutes long. I much prefer to watch college football but last nights game is giving me second thoughts.
It seems like every single possession they bring out tgat damn clock and stop the game for a few minutes. Ruins the flow of the game to me. It’s like all teams get a full timeouts between possessions
It was fine how it was. I’ve never thought games were too long. The only wate of time is the thirty minutes of commercials while we and the players stand around with our fingers in our butts.
Previously they only stopped the clock while the chains were being moved. Once the ball was set, the official would signal for the clock to start (unless the offensive player went out of bounds on his own).
Correct. But still slows the game down quite a bit. I like a faster tempo. Use the sidelines if needed, and manage your timeouts to keep the middle of the field open as options. That's me though.
I'm just pointing out that the first down rules change doesn't make much of a difference. What I don't understand is the going out of bounds. I was not aware that the rule changed in that regard.
The best part is we get less football and more time looking at replays that we already know what's going to be called.
