I think these rule changes to speed up the game are only a drop in the bucket. They won't speed it up much. A lot of the pundits feel that the clock should not stop on a 1st down. That would indeed speed up the game, but others feel that change would prevent some great comeback victories. Of course I can do without comeback victories like Clemson made against us in the championship 2 years ago.
I agree. My D3 games use the exact same clock rules. There are similar types of offenses, same number of scores, incomplete passes and first downs. Our average game time is 2:45. D1 average is like 3:25.
There are 2 main differences:
TV timeouts
Replay
These rule changes may shorten the game 5-10 minutes. The game clock only stops for about 5 seconds during most of the game on first down. Watch closely and the referee will wind the clock pretty quickly on first downs and out of bounds until time becomes a factor at the end of a half.
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