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NCAA FB games too long?

No. Some argument to shortening half time to the NFL'S 12 minutes, but I disagree as the halftime shows are a key component of the pageantry of CFB. And I can buy beer at Folsom during half time.
 
Now way on the clock stoppage after the first down. It makes the games much more exciting when all you need is a first down to stop the clock at the end of games/half.
 
And it is a problem. College games are too long. I'd like them to be closer to 3 rather than 3.5 hours.

I watched some games that took nearly 4 hours to complete and that's just stupid.
 
More football is better for me. However, it does get to a point where you have to have a stoppage for everything that people start losing interest in the sport.
 
patebuff said:
More football is better for me. However, it does get to a point where you have to have a stoppage for everything that people start losing interest in the sport.
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Is it really more football when the games are simply longer? They're still 60 minutes.
 
Jens1893 said:
Is it really more football when the games are simply longer? They're still 60 minutes.
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No. To me its being at the game a little longer or being able to watch the game just a little bit longer. However, it comes a point where it just detracts from the sport in general, IMO.
 
hokiehead said:
I'm not sure. We'd have to see the numbers, but there's rarely more than one "down it to stop the clock" during an NFL game
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Incomplete passes stop the clock. It's no coincidence that spread teams like Baylor or Texas Tech average the longest game times.
 
I'm for moving towards the NFL clock rules where the clock doesn't stop on first downs and the two minute warning. I like the idea of games being up to three hours long not more. That's why I started to drift towards basketball the last few years.
 
I wouldn't be opposed to some tweaks here and there. The Rose Bowl was great but damn, it seemed to last a year.
 
The game times definitely should come down. The NFL actually needs to end their games before 3.5 hours because of tv contracts, but even their average game time had been rapidly climbing. No game should ever take more than that, yet we see 4+ hour games multiple times a year at the college level. In terms of long term viability for the sport, this is an issue.
 
Texas Tech and Washington Stank should only get 3 downs from here on out. They can appeal via mail.
 
nolabuff said:
The game times definitely should come down. The NFL actually needs to end their games before 3.5 hours because of tv contracts, but even their average game time had been rapidly climbing. No game should ever take more than that, yet we see 4+ hour games multiple times a year at the college level. In terms of long term viability for the sport, this is an issue.
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Agreed about the time being a long term issue. I hardly watched other teams play this recent year because I don't have the time to watch others play. Next season, it's going to be the Buffs only in football. That's why basketball games are becoming attractive and I might be getting back into hockey since they are about 2 1/2 hours each.

And baseball games are three hours long.
 
If we're talking about live games, I have no issue with extending the experience and letting it draw out.

For games on TV, DVR technology is the solution. It takes me about 2 hours to watch a game.
 
For the Rose Bowl, I watched the first 3:15 at a bar Downtown. Drove home to South Denver and still caught almost the entire 4th quarter. That's a bit excessive.

I don't understand the review rules anymore. Without knowing better, it just seems like the refs are checking themselves on every 50/50 play at this point. Start there.
 
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