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the new running clock rule...

Somewhat unrelated… but are there any teams, whether CFB or NFL, who have dedicated strategy teams like a Formula 1 team would have? I vaguely remember Lane Kiffin having a guy at Ole Miss helping make decisions in certain situations (go/don’t go for 4th down, timeouts, etc.)… seems like strategy coaches could become table stakes soon.
 
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What was the total game time, start time to end time?

I suspected this was to add more commercials, but I haven't watched a game yet in it's entirety. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out as the season goes.

****, if I've recorded a game, most of the time I don't even finish them anymore. Another things I often do is end up watching at 2x speed or faster, slowing down for crucial plays.

Something needed to be done. I value my time and have less of it than ever. I'd say at best I'm 10 to 20 percent at best as much of a college football fan as I used to be. That's how much less I view things than I used to.
 
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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Welp.

Big Manny just called a time out just to be on the safe side.

#UseThemEarlyUseThemOften
 
AbsoluteUnit said:
Somewhat unrelated… but are there any teams, whether CFB or NFL, who have dedicated strategy teams like a Formula 1 team would have? I vaguely remember Lane Kiffin having a guy at Ole Miss helping make decisions in certain situations (go/don’t go for 4th down, timeouts, etc.)… seems like strategy coaches could become table stakes soon.
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There’s a book/math model that most coaches use that detail all the points you made. It’s based on yard line, score, time of game etc. I’m sure they all have somebody in the booth or sideline with a printout of the scenarios.
 
skyman said:
Our coach has a history before he even handpicked gattis..
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That's cause he ain't got any control cause it's never his offense.

This what I hate about head coaches who don't call their own plays. Their clock management is always at the mercy of the OC and their ability or lack/thereof to get us a favorable playcall in a reasonable time.
 
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SayWhat said:
What was the total game time, start time to end time?

I suspected this was to add more commercials, but I haven't watched a game yet in it's entirety. It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out as the season goes.

****, if I've recorded a game, most of the time I don't even finish them anymore. Another things I often do is end up watching at 2x speed or faster, slowing down for crucial plays.

Something needed to be done. I value my time and have less of it than ever. I'd say at best I'm 10 to 20 percent at best as much of a college football fan as I used to be. That's how much less I view things than I used to.
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Game last night was a shade over 3.5 hours. They still got their 74 mins commericals in. 8 more mins than last year's game.
 
Now that week one is almost over what do people think of the new rule? I read a lot of complaints online, but it would be interesting to compare week one last season to this season. Did fewer total plays result in a substantial reduction in scoring? Seems like the rule didn’t prevent a lot of teams from scoring in the mid 30s to even mid-50s. Admittedly, many these teams opened the season against inferior opponents like any season.

Did the rule help Colorado, Texas State, and Wyoming pull off big upsets?

I think the biggest problem some coaches had is no different than other problems teams have in their first game of the season. Coaches will have to adjust and be more organized when getting off the next play.
 
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TemplarCane said:
Now that week one is almost over what do people think of the new rule? I read a lot of complaints online, but it would be interesting to compare week one last season to this season. Did fewer total plays result in a substantial reduction in scoring? Seems like the rule didn’t prevent a lot of teams from scoring in the mid 30s to even mid-50s. Admittedly, many these teams opened the season against inferior opponents like any season.

I think the biggest problem some coaches had no different than any other problem teams have in their first game of the season. Coaches will have to adjust and be more organized when getting off the next play.
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Personally, I like it. It's worked quite well in the NFL and will here too. For those of you who like 4 - 4.5 hour games, sorry, but TV isn't worried about you guys. You'll watch no matter what (btw, I fall into this group). They're worried about the more casual fan who will watch up to 3 hours, but don't have the interest in an extra hour. I'm far from a huge baseball fan, but the time rules change this year has made it much more palatable to watch.
 
Gotta be a lil quicker when they are allowed to stop it. We lost 2-4 seconds on one drive. This will truly get reviewed in a big game. Those seconds are precious now.
 
Good thing there was a running clock in the Colorado/TCU game, they might have scored into the 60's.
 
I like it no more 4 hr games but most went between 3 and 3:15 min long games and still plenty of high scoring games
 
I notice that getting rid of the commercial timeouts wasn't an option.
 
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Odysseus said:
I like it no more 4 hr games but most went between 3 and 3:15 min long games and still plenty of high scoring games
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I hate this new rule.There was nothing wrong with length of most games.Were fans really complaining?.It did seem like there were more commercials during our game.
 
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