The new college football clock rules for 2023 are drawing a lot of attention. The biggest rule change for the new season is that the clock does not stop on a first down except in the final two minutes of each half. This is reducing the overall number of plays in a game, but not by dozens, only a handful of plays (at least through one week).
Nevertheless, some coaches do not like what they’re seeing. They want more plays from their offense so that they can control the ball more and dictate the tempo of a game to their liking. UCLA coach Chip Kelly definitely rates as a coach who wants his offense to log more plays so that it can wear down the opposition. The new clock rules work against that.
Kelly spoke forcefully against the new clock rules during halftime of UCLA’s 2023 season opener against Coastal Carolina on Saturday. The game was on ESPN, so Kelly knew he was talking to a central beneficiary of the rule change.
See what Kelly said. Then see how fans reacted: