College Football “Execs” Want Shorter Games

i'm actually in favor of shortening the game - avg of 3:21 is too long. no more stopping the clock for first downs, no more stopping the clock for running out of bounds. games no longer than 3 hours and do what is necessary to get them to that.
 
79tech said:
i'm actually in favor of shortening the game - avg of 3:21 is too long. no more stopping the clock for first downs, no more stopping the clock for running out of bounds. games no longer than 3 hours and do what is necessary to get them to that.
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Have a 3 hour clock. At three hours, regardless of anything else, go "that's it. Game over"
 
00Burdell said:
I’ve complained about baseball games taking too long but I don’t think I have even thought once that a football game took too long.
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If anything needs to be shortened, it's college baseball games. Those run almost as long as a NASCAR race. College baseball should be 7 innings. Probably add more excitement to the games too.
 
Supersize that order mutt said:
Isn't spiking the ball considered an incomplete pass? Although that is generally only done towards the end of a game, that could definitely have a negative impact on games.
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This rule would only apply if there is more than two minutes left in the game. I'm sure it has happened before, but I think it's pretty rare to see a spike outside of two minutes to go.

00Burdell said:
Great so if I'm ahead and on my own 20, I'll just launch 80 yard bombs that take the referee ten minutes to run down, pick it up and bring it back and spot it. Something, something, unintended consequences, yada, yada....
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The clock would only start once the ball is set and the official signals ready for play, so that seems like it would be a poor strategy.
 
1. Stop the relentless pursuit of targeting calls and reviews of potential targeting calls. It’s embarrassing.
2. Eliminate the extended commercial breaks.

This will keep the game inside 3 hours sans OT. Instead, they’ll come up with more crap that waters down our beloved game while providing more advertising time.
 
How about stopping the fake injuries first and then will talk? SMH at this garbage.
 
Every decision these execs make tends to make me care less and less. They must actually sit around asking how can we screw this up anymore. It will reduce number of plays. Period. Football lovers want more plays not less. Unintended consequences incoming. Five years ago I averaged 10 games a year supporting two programs. Last year I attended 3 games total. I doubt I will make three next year. Road trip to Ole Miss and call it a year.
 
Stopping the clock after incompletions badly skews stats, so I'd be glad to see that go. Currently, more passing means less time off the clock, more possessions, and more points in the game. It creates an illusion that pass-heavy offenses are more effective than run-heavy offenses because they put up more points and yards per game. Having a passing play take the same amount of time as a running play would restore balance.
 
justafan said:
Stopping the clock after incompletions badly skews stats, so I'd be glad to see that go. Currently, more passing means less time off the clock, more possessions, and more points in the game. It creates an illusion that pass-heavy offenses are more effective than run-heavy offenses because they put up more points and yards per game. Having a passing play take the same amount of time as a running play would restore balance.
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I’m just not so sure. I’m hopeful that if it happens it might mean more upsets.
 
Could you shorten games by making every incomplete pass move the offense back 1 yard? It would encourage more run plays I think.
 
They were talking about this on the Solid Verbal podcast today. Great podcast, by the way. I follow a lot of them (Staples, Cover 3, McElroy, etc) but there's is the most fun I think.

If you want to shorten the games, don't review every god damn play. That's what's taking so long. Use some kind of challenge system like they do in the NFL (or tennis, even). When MLB games are a good half-hour shorter than a college football game, you know you've got some problems. Is there no way in 2023 to somehow automate the review process? In tennis they have the machine that calls the ball in or out, can't we do something like that? Another obvious way would be to reduce the ridiculous TV timeouts every 3 seconds - can't they just have the announcers (or even players) read some kind of ad during a stoppage mid-series? You're still getting your ad revenue and you're not breaking away from the action - I feel like that would be a win-win. I get that with all of this crazy money on these TV deals these networks have to recoup that cash, but having a guy on the field whose job it is to call random TV timeouts seems a bit frivolous.
 
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