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All the more reason to never go slow unless you've got a huge lead. Ball control Florida looked lost when they were down two scores with 5 minutes left. Taking 30-40 seconds to run a single play.

If they wanted to actually cut down the game time, there's plenty of other things they could have done that wouldn't have taken away one of the things that makes college football great. They could either cut halftime down to NFL length. Or instead of having random TV timeouts three times a quarter, they could just use halftime for advertisements. Maybe don't review every single play for 15 minutes? I really don't see how giving us less action makes the game any more entertaining.
 
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joshvalencia1996 said:
I do agree w people that cutting down on commercials would be better then losing football but the college game has always been too slow for my liking. Same w college BBall.
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Not to go after you, but you can always turn the tv off, switch to another game, or leave the stadium.

:)
 
The whole goal was to reduce injuries but do they not realize that some teams will just go at a blistering pace on offense instead which can then LEAD to even more injuries ?

There was no need to change this rule, they say it’s “player safety” and “less points of contact per game” but, and not to sound insensitive to the players, who cares? Did the players even give any input on this? If they wanna make games shorter they would eliminate some of the useless commercial breaks they have like whenever they have a commercial, kickoff, commercial.

Then you also expand the playoffs to have teams player 1-2 more games per year so now you’ve offset this rule change completely.

If they would want to perfect this rule change they would:

- include a 2 minute warning like in NFL
- first downs that go OB stop the clock altogether regardless of when it is in the game
- clock continues otherwise until final 2 minutes of each half
 
If you average the stopped clock time after 1st downs compared to the running clock, you’re looking at an under 5% reduction in actual game time. Week 0 showed the teams that play fast had an almost zero drop off in number of plays run. Yes that’s against mostly bad teams and only a few games, but it’s still a data point.

My point being, it doesn’t seem to have a dramatic change in totals and number of plays in that small sample size in average teams (not triple option). The only major difference is commercial times were up by 15-20 minutes. It’s nothing but a money grab.
 
k9cane said:
it will make a huge difference in how coaches manage games. If you're behind in the second half by more than two scores, you REALLY be mindful of tempo and getting that snap off quickly. Billy Napier was just awful tonight. He did a great job of milking that clock for Utah

Now, if you have a big offensive line, and playing from ahead, and you can run the ball, you can just shorten games and squeeze out other offenses.

I know of a certain team that just might have that....anyhoo.....
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I wonder how it will affect spreads
 
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gacaneaddict said:
Not to go after you, but you can always turn the tv off, switch to another game, or leave the stadium.

:)
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the dude your opinion GIF
 
StevoBevo said:
The whole goal was to reduce injuries but do they not realize that some teams will just go at a blistering pace on offense instead which can then LEAD to even more injuries ?

There was no need to change this rule, they say it’s “player safety” and “less points of contact per game” but, and not to sound insensitive to the players, who cares? Did the players even give any input on this? If they wanna make games shorter they would eliminate some of the useless commercial breaks they have like whenever they have a commercial, kickoff, commercial.

Then you also expand the playoffs to have teams player 1-2 more games per year so now you’ve offset this rule change completely.

If they would want to perfect this rule change they would:

- include a 2 minute warning like in NFL
- first downs that go OB stop the clock altogether regardless of when it is in the game
- clock continues otherwise until final 2 minutes of each half
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It’s got zero to do with safety and everything to do with keeping TV programming on schedule. The games kept running long and the networks would have to scramble and start later games on lesser networks where advertisers pay less for commercials. They don’t want to **** off advertisers because the start of the Ole Miss/ LSU game was on ESPN 8 for half the first quarter.
 
407cane said:
i get why the pitch clock came in baseball but nobody was asking for LESS college football

not a fan of it
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Pitch clock has been the first thing Manfred has gotten right.

Runs are up, stolen bases up, game time down about 30 ish min. It's been a flawless and successful transition so far.

Personally I wish college football kept the rules the same, those crazy comebacks were what made the product different than the NFL. More chaotic, more emotion, just overall crazier storylines and magical moments.
 
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