But the Pac-12 has taken the first step: It will experiment in non-conference games with a 15-minute halftime break and reduce the number of commercial breaks.Ĭonferences also are not modifying instant replay rules, especially as they pertain to whether a targeting foul has taken place. Generally, there are no plans to change rules, cut TV commercial duration or inventory or shorten the 20-minute halftime (it’s 12 minutes in the NFL). According to NCAA statistics, the average FBS game last season was 3 hours and 24 minutes, the longest in the sport’s history and several minutes longer than the average college baseball game.Īnd Power Five conferences are going to do something about that for the 2017 season: Ask game officials and stadium operations staff to, pretty please, pick up the pace. College football games are long and getting longer, outlasting any other professional or top-level college team sports experience.Įven college baseball, the sport pilloried the most by critics for its languid pace of play, doesn’t take as long, on the average, as a Football Bowl Subdivision game.
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