[Husker] Rule Changes

[Ken Oliver]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Dick Karre <dkarre at comcast.net>

>Subject: [Husker] Rule Changes
>
>According to the Denver Post, the NCAA rules committee has proposed 
>undoing a couple of unpopular rules changes. They recommend going back 
>to starting the clock at the snap after a change of possession and upon 
>receipt of the ball on a kickoff. To shorten the length of games they 
>further propose to have a 15 second play clock (rather than 25) after a 
>time out, move kickoffs to the 30 (to reduce the number of touchbacks), 
>and reduce timeouts to 30 seconds (from 65). That last might not be too 
>popular with the networks.
>-- 
>Dick Karre
>dkarre at comcast.net

The source I read quoted the last change as going from 85 sec to 55 sec.

Ken