NCAA Recognizes Timing Mistake

[GeauxColonels]

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned yet (I didn't see anything that mentioned it), but the NCAA reverted back to the old timing rules that were in effect prior to the 2006 season where the clock will start on kickoffs once the receiving team touches the ball (instead of when the ball is kicked) and the clock will not start on possession changes until the ball is snapped as opposed to the "ready" whistle.

My question to you is what do you think of the change back?

[Go...gate]

Good idea.

[UNHWildCats]

if anyone votes they hate going back to the old rule, i suggest we tar and feather them next december at halftime in Chattanooga

[Seawolf97]

Much better the old way !

[GeauxColonels]

if anyone votes they hate going back to the old rule, i suggest we tar and feather them next december at halftime in Chattanooga
xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

Nah, you need to give the bands their fair share of time on the field. What about in between the 1st and 2nd quarters?


Honestly though, I don't know WHAT the rules committee was thinking last year when they actually thought it would be a good idea. The rule eliminated one of the most exciting parts of college football: the 2-minute drill. I think that many teams - FBS, FCS or otherwise - would have had different outcomes to their seasons had the rule not been changed. xtwocentsx

[Tod]

Excellent! xnodx xnodx xnodx

[UNHWildCats]

http://www.gosimpsons.com/ProdImages/BurnsExcellentSticker.jpg

There spruced it up for ya :D

[bisonguy]

College football games should be a 3 hour event.

I felt short-changed at a few games last year. xbawlingx

[UNHWildCats]

College football games should be a 3 hour event.

I felt short-changed at a few games last year. xbawlingx

I agree xnodx xnodx

With the old rules UNH may have had enough time to smack UMass at the end of both them games xsmiley_wix

[GOKATS]

Hell yea I voted yes. I knew it was being discussed, but didn't know the final outcome. Do you have a quick link to the NCAA decision?

Thanks.

[appsfan]

I'm glad to hear that the old rules are back. As it has been said, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

[GeauxColonels]

Hell yea I voted yes. I knew it was being discussed, but didn't know the final outcome. Do you have a quick link to the NCAA decision?

Thanks.
HERE (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2835266)is the ESPN article that I read it in.

[appfan2008]

wow i have truly never seen a unanimous poll on ags

[bisonguy]

wow i have truly never seen a unanimous poll on ags


Should have made the votes public, just in case someone votes 'no'. xsmiley_wix

[UNHWildCats]

They are

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[GOKATS]

HERE (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2835266)is the ESPN article that I read it in.

Thanks! Great News!

[ngineer]

College football games should be a 3 hour event.

I felt short-changed at a few games last year. xbawlingx

I'll say. the Lehigh-Georgetown game was played in about 2 1/2 hours. Love going back to the prior rules.

[Golden Eagle]

Well this was silly. I guess they just couldn't find a compromise between the two extremes and just scrapped the whole thing. So now we're back to loooong games. Psh.

[UNHWildCats]

Well this was silly. I guess they just couldn't find a compromise between the two extremes and just scrapped the whole thing. So now we're back to loooong games. Psh.

Is there such a thing as a looooong game to a real football fan? i hate when the weekends are over :(

[UNHWildCats]

PS we gotta tar and feather you now :p

[Golden Eagle]

Is there such a thing as a looooong game to a real football fan? i hate when the weekends are over :(

The shorter the games, the more you can watch in one day.

And also I guess they just seem longer when you hardly ever win.

[GannonFan]

Great to see the NCAA realized the error of their ways - of course, it would've been easier had they just realized that the same time everyone else did, which was about a few seconds right after they made the new rules last year. Seriously, this was a no-brainer that the rules were bad. How they got all the way through the process without that being noticed is a bit distrubing. But hey, at least it's fixed now! :)

[spelunker64]

Good article from Kolpack on how the Bison feel about it:

http://www.in-forum.com/Sports/articles/162550

I remember this well:

"NDSU took advantage of the old kickoff rule last year at California Davis. After scoring a touchdown with 4 seconds left to take a 28-24 lead, Bison players intentionally went offsides on the ensuing kickoff by at least 10 yards.

It was a 5-yard penalty, but it also ate up the remaining time. NDSU then squibbed a harmless grounder that Davis had no chance of returning.

The Bison coaches got the idea earlier that day when they watched the University of Wisconsin do the same thing on television."

[appfan2008]

there is nothing wrong with that as long as it is in the rules!... but at the same time i am glad to see that rule gone so that kind of thing is gone

[blackfordpu]

I like that they are going back to the old rules.

[Pard4Life]

Thank you! This rule was stupid...

..however, I understand the logic of starting the clock when the ball is kicked, and somewhat agree with it.... if the ball is kicked, there is action occuring on the field... therefore clock it..

The change of possesion thing and play-clock rule was just horrible...

[MarkCCU]

yes...good ting to revert. that timing this was screwy

[appfan2008]

I love to see games get drawn out ... except for long commercials :(... but definately when you are on top you want them to last all day :)

[Fresno St. Alum]

last year sucked. That was the dumbest rule. Why make the game shorter, its the best game in america.

[PhantomCAT]

last year sucked. That was the dumbest rule. Why make the game shorter, its the best game in america.

Best game in the WORLD

xanim_chaix

[Fresno St. Alum]

yes, the world except we americans are the only ones that know it. they(rest of the world) like futbol, woo a 0-0 tie

[GeauxColonels]

yes, the world except we americans are the only ones that know it. they(rest of the world) like futbol, woo a 0-0 tie
Where's the excitement in THAT!!! Plus, you have all these idiots taking dives on the field when it's OBVIOUS they didn't get hurt. Especially when they jump right back on the field 5 minutes later and are running at full-speed! xmadx

[Kill'em]

The rule change was really stupid. It didn't seem like there was much thought put into how this could impact close games. At least they admitted they made a mistake and reversed it. I do like the new rule about reducing the play clock on TV timeouts from 25 to 15 seconds. The TV timeouts are long enough. I think coaches can get their plays called in that amount of time, except our offense, last year. xoopsx xnonono2x xmadx