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College Football 2022: “Here’s a twenty, bury two.”

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dxmnkd316 said:
Ruin the game because of money.
same story, different day
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Normally, I would agree with this, but college football games were taking a very long time to complete lately.

Now, having said that, I'm going to contridict myself and probably back your point -- I occasionaly attend local D3 games. They are typically over in under three hours. Thanks to no TV time outs, no video reviews, no drawn out halftime shows, and more running/less passing compared to D1 games.
 
The pace of play and overall length of game are one of the big hurdles that new "Power 5" officials need to learn to manage when they make the jump from D-II/III or FCS. It's definitely a talking point when they are learning the gig. It's an area where things are "The Same, But Different" when compared to lower level ball.
 
RaceBoarder said:
The pace of play and overall length of game are one of the big hurdles that new "Power 5" officials need to learn to manage when they make the jump from D-II/III or FCS. It's definitely a talking point when they are learning the gig. It's an area where things are "The Same, But Different" when compared to lower level ball.
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The interesting thing is D3 delayed the clock implantation until next year. Initially they didn’t like it because they aren’t adding games like D1 and don’t normally have media timeouts like D1 or some D2, so they felt all it was doing was taking more time away from players for no real reason. With that mindset, it seemed expected that there would be a permanent split with the clock rule, but instead it’s now a random one year transition. Not sure what changed that made them vote it in next year.


For this weekend’s games, while a very small sample size, there was a 7% decrease in plays run, but game time only decreased 1% compared to last year’s average. With only 4-5 games that could be a couple reviews taking longer so this week will give a better look at the change. The big reason for the rule change was to decrease total plays, especially with the playoff expansion on the horizon, but for the spectator it’s not deal. Less football for the same time spent, which is the opposite of baseball’s changes.
 
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