Who's crying about new game time rule changes?Not UT.

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#6
Honestly, I don't like the new time rules either.
 
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utfantilidie said:
I'm not sure any of the coaches like it.I just don't hear any of them crying about it OWB.
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Oh :)

Perhaps they should cut down on T.V. timeouts and return their old time keeping habits on the field.
 
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#9
The jury is still out for me. My initial feeling is that I do not care for the new rule. My reasoning is that is cuts down the number of plays in the game. It could have been just as easy for them to shorten the length of TV timeouts or elimante a couple of timeouts.

I understand that big advertising money is at staek but the networks could charge more for the commercials if they were reduced in length or number.
 
#10
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Have you noticed that the announcers won't talk about a reduction in advertisemnt? Guess they know who signs the old pay check!!
 
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Dr Jerry Punch talked about it but he ran the company line saying that the actual football games were too long and that from ESPN research fans wanted shorter actual games.

IMO the research must be bogus. I understnd that televised games were lasting too long. But non televiswed games were much shorter. Its all about TV. and advertising
 
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#12
I loved the new time rules in the first game.

When the Vols are winning, keep that clock rolling down anyway you can. :)
 
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I don't like the new rules at all. If they have to speed the game, I'd rather see them stop stopping the clock on first downs. As much as I like that aspect of the college game, I'd rather see that go because it just makes more sense. Such a rule change to me just seems more "real" than running the clock after a change of possession. I may sound very ambiguous with this reasoning :p , but to me running the clock after a change of possession isn't "real." That is, in my humble yet loud opinion, absolutely the dumbest rule change ever. What idiot thought that up? It also makes it a lot harder for teams to come back, because teams trying to run out the clock basically have an extra play to run time. As for running the clock during kickoffs, maybe it's because I'm not used to it (I think the NFL used to do that though). I realize that not stopping the clock on a first down would make it harder on offenses trying to come back late, but, it just seems a lot more "real."
 
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Just to clarify, I'm not suggesting that a supporter of the new rules is an idiot. I just wanted to point out how much I hate the new rules. I didn't read about them until the week of the Cal game, and I immediately groaned.
 
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ukvols said:
I don't like the new rules at all. If they have to speed the game, I'd rather see them stop stopping the clock on first downs. As much as I like that aspect of the college game, I'd rather see that go because it just makes more sense.
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they do that but don't have a 2 minute warning, basically giving each team an additiaonl time out....not that it's a complete wash, but if they did away with clock stoppage after 1st downs, i would definitely advocate a 2 minute warning...
 
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OWB said:
Honestly, I don't like the new time rules either.
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Me either... and I haven't seen where it shortens the game. It just allows time for more commercials... which come to think of it is probably the purpose of the rules change anyway....
 
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#17
I've honestly never really liked the 2-minute warning, but I'll take that in a heartbeat over what we have now.
 
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I didn't like the idea of it either, but I didn't watch a single game on Saturday that it really affected the tempo of the game or anything. Most coaches seem to have been smart enough to know, when posession changes to have their O ready to go.
 
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ukvols said:
I've honestly never really liked the 2-minute warning, but I'll take that in a heartbeat over what we have now.
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not me...time stoppage on 1st down is part of what makes collge football, well, college football.

there's already a league with all those rules, and they paly on sundays....
 
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OWB said:
Oh :)

Perhaps they should cut down on T.V. timeouts and return their old time keeping habits on the field.
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I remember watching the games in person Peyton's senior year.I don't see how any team can stay in rhythm with all the commercial timeouts.
 
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patrick said:
Dr Jerry Punch talked about it but he ran the company line saying that the actual football games were too long and that from ESPN research fans wanted shorter actual games.
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What fan of college football would want the games to be shorter?
 
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Again...how exactly was he "crying" about it? An interviewer asked him about it and he answered the question...I'm sure Fulmer and co. would have said the same thing had they been asked... :glare:
 
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