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The funny/sad thing is, they actually had this strategy against A&M. Just run the clock down, don't worry about actually scoring touchdowns and trying to win, just drain the clock so the score looks close at the end.

Watching games on TV, you tend to not notice it as much but when you're at the games, the two things that slow the game to a crawl are random commercial breaks (not after scores or between quarters but at miscellaneous points in the game) and replays that take 10 minutes when everyone in the...

Weird that he had all this success going fast at Oregon and then came to Miami and purposely tried to run the slowest offense possible. It's almost like time of possession means absolutely nothing in terms of success in modern football.

I would be perfectly OK if they just got rid of halftime shows and ran twenty minutes of straight commercials if it meant fewer TV timeouts during the actual game.

If you pay attention, they're not exactly waiting for the chains to be set to re-start the clock most of the game anyways. It's usually only in the last few minutes of each half that they really tighten down on starting and stopping the clock.

All the more reason to never huddle again.

Maybe 15 total plays between both teams.

Unless there's two minutes or less in the half.