[Husker] Rule Changes

[Matt]

Who exactly was complaining that the games were too long?  I never really
got that.  Was it the networks?  Athletes?  Fans?

IMHO, last year's rule changes were a disaster.  Glad they're addressing
those.  But a shorter play clock will probably lead to more delay penalties
and wasted time outs.   They'll also be less "Peyton-ing" by the QB at the
line of scrimmage, which may lead to more sacks and ints.  Good stuff!

GBR,
~m

On 2/15/07, Ken Oliver <ksterling at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> -----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
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