New NCAA rules for 2008 -- 25-second clock gone

naw Clair, I am against the pass interference rule you mention, because it is so subjective. When you are inside the opponents 50 yard line, it could be a nightmare for a bad call.

 

If speeding up the game is a priority, why do they potentially give the coaches an extra challenge?

And why do we need to speed up the game? We only watch 13-15 games a year with the teams we love, then there is the freakin' off-season--which goes on seemingly into infinity. I don't want the football season ONE SECOND SHORTER!

Oh, and I hate the face-mask thing. Every little flick of the facemask is going to be 15 yards.

 

if you want to speed up the game, don't stop the clock after every 1st down.

 

WHY do they feel the need to keep jacking w/ the freakin' rules of the game?? Leave well enough alone!

 

My understanding of it is that it has been eliminated (i.e. no longer a penalty if it's incedental)

 

so mastermind was wrong...

don't surprise me. :hihi:

 

I can't find the article, but I recall reading an article that said that the average college game is a lot longer than the average NFL game (in terms of number of plays - the article did not mention the amount of actual time). Apparently playing 12 college games is about equal to 15 NFL games.

 

i would guess nationally televised college games last almost an hour longer than the average nfl game. But im quite fine with that.

 

I think that what this means is incidental face masks won't be called - not that it will be a 15 yard penalty. I have no problem with that.

What kind of affect could the 40 second clock really have versus the current system? Can the differences between conferences really be more than 3-4 seconds?

I like the replay rule change, but that certainly doesn't make the game any shorter.

I don't really care one way or another on the other stuff.

 

Me too, but the article focused on the number of plays, because it was making the point that there could be a playoff system that could include up to 15-16 games without necessarily greatly expanding the risk of injuries to the players. The NCAA would just need to either adopt most/all of the NFL clock rules, or their own rules that produced the same number of plays as NFL games, and then a team could play 12 games in the regular season, plus up to 3-4 games in a playoff system, while not really having that many more plays from scrimmage as teams do today.