New NCAA Football Rules

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Can confirm Nick Saban & Bret Bielema were in the room (but not voters) for the rules committee discussion that produced 10-second proposal.</p>— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="

https://twitter.com/CFBMatrix/statuses/434033309140525056">February 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Davharjac]

Y'all do realize the substitution rule will potentially help Texas against schools like Baylor, OSU, and TT? And from what I've seen, I don't expect Texas will be running a hurry-up type of offense. So why complain about the rule?

Because when I think about rule changes I think about their effect on college football as a game, not just how it effects Texas. Teams' schemes change as coaches change, so those schools may or may not run the hurry up style until the end of time, and also who knows what kind of offense Texas will use. I think it's a bad rule for college football as a whole on each level.

 

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Baylor's Art Briles on the 10-second proposal: "I was hoping they'd go to a 35-second [play] clock instead of 40. … I'm opposed to it."</p>— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) <a href="

https://twitter.com/slmandel/statuses/433744741587382272">February 12, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>The 10-second rule is like asking basketball to take away the shot clock - Boring!. It’s like asking a blitzing linebacker to raise his hand</p>— Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) <a href="

https://twitter.com/CoachGundy/statuses/434098785635946496">February 13, 2014</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[texasdalton]

I find it funny saban lobbying for extra seconds, maybe he forgot the last time he asked for that it didnt turn out well lol.

 

[Juan]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>New rule slowing down college football at its height of popularity isn't about player safety, it's about a who runs college football.</p>— Sonny Dykes (@CALCoachDykes) <a href="https://twitter.com/CALCoachDykes/statuses/434171953012678656">February 14, 2014</a></blockquote>

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[doc longhorn]

Ha, ha! Rule 2 has nothing to with Saban - although he benefits from it. Rule 2 has to do with the networks. The hurry up offense does not give ESPN or Fox time for THEM.

 

[BevoBlake]

Ha, ha! Rule 2 has nothing to with Saban - although he benefits from it. Rule 2 has to do with the networks. The hurry up offense does not give ESPN or Fox time for THEM.

I'd argue that the excitement football fans find in watching an up-tempo offense would lead to an increase in viewership which is a good thing for the networks, not a bad thing. I think the NCAA might just be a little afraid that the powers that be could start falling as a victim to the style of play.

 

[Juan]

73% against ....

ESPN.com's Brett McMurphy took a poll of 128 FBS coaches, and of the 128 he asked, 93 said they were against the idea. Of the other 34 coaches, 25 are for the rule while nine others remain undecided. Of the 25 coaches who are in favor of the rule, McMurphy reports only 11 of them come from one of the five power conferences.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/eye-on-college-football/24457852/vast-majority-of-coaches-against-proposed-rule