Game-shortening methods are being considered by college football rulemakers

All sorts of ways to shorten the length of a college football game are being evaluated by the powers that be. Stay tuned.

Will this be explosive and disruptive, or just a minor cosmetic change? Everyone in college football took notice a few days ago when some proposals for shortening games were reportedly under consideration.

College Wire has more on four main proposals which have received varying degrees of attention.

Here’s a look at one of those four proposed changes from College Wire’s Patrick Conn:

“The third rule would make a larger difference to the speed of a game. No longer stopping the clock after a first down is achieved with the exception of inside two minutes at the end of each half. For teams that move the ball quickly up and down the field, this could save a lot of time and remove some of these four-hour contests. Yes, I am looking at you Big 12.”

Some of these changes would be especially disruptive and transformative, others minimally so. It will be worth keeping tabs on this particular story as the offseason moves along.

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