It’s talking about the NFL, but it’s probably pretty similar to NCAA football. Maybe a mod can embed this better than I did. SportsBall on Instagram: "How much football are you actually watching when you turn on a game? We created a tool to track each second of a sports game and categorize them to find out. This is what we found. Note: This is just one game’s worth of data and not entirely representative of the game as a whole. #nfl #broadcast #football #gametime #sportsball #datastorytelling #datavisualization"
I was more impressed with the work shown, including the hand written charts and graphs than the actual answer.
I think the actual answer was pretty interesting. During a game, you are only watching about 16 minutes of actual football, or only about 9% of the total time spent in front of the TV. That’s roughly what, 5 seconds out of every minute?
I watch RedZone pretty religiously, especially the early games. And it pretty much stays on at least one TV all day. For College, I'll watch UF and maybe glance at the score or a couple of minutes of other games. I doubt I've watched more than 10 straight minutes of any team not named Gators.
Yep, there's more action during a golf tournament than during a football game. Not as intense, but steadier.
