Watching the Super Bowl made think of this situation. The bowl game is our 13th game of the year, which means we need 325 points to get to 25 ppg. We have 323 for the year and are up by a couple with 1:30 left. Our RB runs through a huge hole for 5 yards and a 1st down but takes a knee at the 1 so we can run the clock out like KC did. Would KF call a sneak?
When you say "325 points" that sounds SOOOO much more impossible for Iowa football than 25 ppg. I know they're the exact same thing, but that sounds like 5 years worth of points for Brian.
I actually love that idea.
I was curious why shortening games was deemed necessary. Honest answer. Haven't seen the data reflecting that viewership as a whole is overwhelming in favor of shortening games. My home is in Texas and the only game I would be interested in attending would be the Hawkeyes but the distance is too great. So, I DVR all televised games. Then fast forward through commercials, on-field play reviews, and halftime,. Not because the game is too long but rather to maintain continuity of play. BTW, wonder if anyone has asked the players? My sense is they might well keep,or tweak, the game procedures and do away with commercial breaks, and extended referee reviews. This to maintain intensity. If the game must be shortened further, then reduce the half to 15 minutes. If that is still not enough then reduce the length of quarters. But then what do I know? I am not 90 so 3 hours is not 7 minutes. I am, however 80, time still crawls, and let's say I have a different perspective.
Saw him pitch once in Houston at the Astrodome when I was 5. I don't remember much about the trip at all other then just the Astrodome itself and the amusement park across the way from it. My grandparents were living in Tyler TX back then and so on a visit we took, down there we went. My Gpa was a huge baseball fan and loved everything about Ryan so by proxy the older I got so did I. Not sure if you saw my previous post mentioning the Netflix doc out on him but I highly recommend it. One of his kids helped produce it. For years he resisted doing anything of the sort but his family finally twisted his arm hard enough to do it.
In my opinion it should be under 3 hours, 2 1/2 would be awesome. If you just took 15 seconds off the play clock you'd be a huge chunk of the way there.
The best and most sensible way to shorten games would be to reduce media time-outs, but that will never happen.
I think a play clock adjustment would be huge. How many times does it get under 5 seconds for seemingly no good reason? Make the play clock 25 seconds or even 30 would help.
Soccer isn't popular enough to warrant commercials. That's the whole premise...as the popularity of a sport increases, so does advertising demand.
I am in really good shape for a 90 year old.
That’s a TV thing and it’s not as long as halftime (it’s not in the rules like football and b-ball. I was at the dual Sunday and it was over in two hours, I’m ok with a 10 minute break to stretch and hit the latrine if you need to. Wrestling meets fly by because there’s no dead time in the action like football and baseball.
