Clocks will no longer stop after 1st downs except during final 2 minutes of a half

#51
#51
sjt18 said:
No they aren't. That's ridiculous too. If you don't like football then don't like football. Those of us who love the game do NOT want less of it. If anything, there is already too much opportunity for teams to run the clock out.

If you want to shorten the game then shorten the commercial timeouts. There are about 40 1st downs in an average game. If the clock is stopped for an average of even 10 seconds that reduces the length of the run time by less than 7 minutes. That's pretty big in actual play time... but pretty much nothing to the length of the game including clock stoppages. Worst case, actual play including 1st down stoppages consumes around 70 minutes. Add 20 minutes for half time and a minute each for a timeout... and you're at around an hour and a half. It isn't the "game" that's too long.
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Don't pull the "you don't love football if you don't want to watch a 4 hour game." Nonsense. Maybe I want the games to be a reasonable time so that I can watch more games. A 4 hour game isn't good for anyone. Not the players health and damn sure not my blood pressure.
 
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Volintheswamp said:
I see this helping offenses more, not allowing defenses to catch their breath, which will still favor our style of offense. I’m sure Saban will be pissing blood because of this.
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My first reaction is the same.
Our offense will take more advantage of this than most.

Has it ruined the NFL? no.
I'll withhold my anger to see how it looks in real games.
 
#54
#54
Commercials will be fitted in, regardless of the clock stoppages, or not.
The only significant result will be in the two-minute offensive profile …which I think is a good thing. Stopping the clock to reset the chains is - with today’s technology - unnecessary. Stopping the clock to aid a team that has, until the waning seconds, lost …unless the clock-keeper gets involved, is unfair to the leading team, be that our team, or the opponent. so, the last-minute assistance for the trailing team is now gone. And (I think) that’s good.
 
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#58
This rule doesn't really affect us. It will limit our number of plays, but it works both ways. We can score in a heartbeat, most teams can't We might score fiddy instead of siddy. :rolleyes:
 
#59
#59
The inordinate amount of time that is taken to review plays/replays adds a lot of extra time to the game experience, hence, a bazillion more commercials as it is now. We all want the refs to get the call right but most of the calls are made correctly from the announcer's booth--most, not all. Officials watching the game can't make the same judgement?
 
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Shorter games
Shorter season

I could see this being ok in the cupcake games but the first time one of the silver spoons think they got screwed the shat will blow all over the yard.
 
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chuck0303 said:
The inordinate amount of time that is taken to review plays/replays adds a lot of extra time to the game experience, hence, a bazillion more commercials as it is now. We all want the refs to get the call right but most of the calls are made correctly from the announcer's booth--most, not all. Officials watching the game can't make the same judgement?
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No because they’re ultimately in someone’s pocket
 
#63
#63
When it come to commercials and game length, CBS has been the worst! I hope the new deal is better!

Taking away time stoppage isn’t going to change number of commercials. They will just incorporate ingame commercials covering a quarter or half the screen.
 
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Remember that those commercials are bringing the SEC $300 million a year. That funds a lot of the SEC dominance and attracts a lot of recruits to UT. Our facilities and coaching hires are better than other schools because of the commercials. They also give me time to pee without missing plays.
 
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#65
#65
For most 1st downs (unless it is a really long play downfield) the clock stops less than 5 seconds. I don't think this will be as big of a deal as most think.

Up until 2008 or so, when a player ran OB the clock stopped until the next snap....you want to talk about long games!
 
#66
#66
What the big deal NFL rule and their games run 3 hours who cares if it knocks 30 minutes off tv time.But on a different topic I really like the consecutive time outs rule who the hell wants to see a team call 3 timeouts in a row trying to freeze a field goal kicker at end of half or game works maybe 1 out of 50 times
 
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sjt18 said:
Ridiculous. Just absolutely stupid.
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Might be interesting. I could see where it could be a good advantage for our fast play offense. It could keep the pressure on opposing defensive teams not allowing them to catch their breaths or make "orderly subs". Will place a premium on defensive depth which we are building a good pace. Also having defensive guys able to play several positions with good intelligence could really help when not getting this "free" sub rule as has been there in the past.
 
#70
#70
With Tenn’s style of play it may be tactically beneficial, bc they don’t substitute, will strain D to get set.
But yes it’s a money thing, more woke commercial idiocy. Miss the days when ESPN was actually a sport’s channel.
 
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tim said:
Comeback, last second wins just became a thing of the past
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Clock will still stop within 2 minutes of each half, so I don’t think this will greatly affect last-second wins. It will affect comebacks if a team is down multiple scores in the 4th, though.
 
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#74
Just fake an injury after every first down.
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