1. Change the hashmarks to the NFL game. The early spread teams took advantage of the wider hashmarks to level the game. Now that the top tier teams are all spread teams it makes them almost impossible to stop. Teams are deliberately running plays hashmark to hashmark to set up the advantage. When teams go 3x1 to the wide side the defense doesn't have a lot of options. The MLB has to commit to helping pass or helping run. Their blitzing options are very limited. Bama put on a clinic last night with a one read offense. Offense shouldn't be that easy, but when you put 1st rounders all over the field and take advantage of the wider field of play, that is what happens. We have seen two unstoppable offenses the last two years. It is only going to get worse. The counter to my argument is that the narrower hashmarks help the defense and it will only make Bama stronger on defense. Maybe so, but last night it was stated that Bama had scored TD's on 30 out of their last 39 first half possessions. Something has to change.
2. Shorten the broadcast. Last nights game took two hours to play the first half. The game is fine, but the long commercials and never ending reviews have to stop. NFL averages 50 minutes of commercial time, not including half time. I can't find the numbers on college, but there are more TV timeouts in college and they are longer. It is probably somewhere around an hour and fifteen minutes, maybe more.
3. Change the review process. They get it wrong too often anyway so either get rid of it or go to the NFL model of challenges. It slows the game to a crawl when we get constant reviews. Also, why does the ref have to go off the field to view a camera? Haven't we evolved with technology that we can do this more efficiently?
4. Targeting. I understand the thinking but it is too arbitrary and punishes too many players unfairly. Maybe change it to a Major/Minor targeting penalty. A major would eject a player but a minor would just be a penalty. If you get three minors you miss a game, if you get two majors you miss 3 games. Something along those lines?
I've been a huge college football fan my whole life but I'm finding myself getting bored with it, except Arkansas games. The NFL has been drawing me in more and more each year. What changes do you think needs to be made to improve college football?
2. Shorten the broadcast. Last nights game took two hours to play the first half. The game is fine, but the long commercials and never ending reviews have to stop. NFL averages 50 minutes of commercial time, not including half time. I can't find the numbers on college, but there are more TV timeouts in college and they are longer. It is probably somewhere around an hour and fifteen minutes, maybe more.
3. Change the review process. They get it wrong too often anyway so either get rid of it or go to the NFL model of challenges. It slows the game to a crawl when we get constant reviews. Also, why does the ref have to go off the field to view a camera? Haven't we evolved with technology that we can do this more efficiently?
4. Targeting. I understand the thinking but it is too arbitrary and punishes too many players unfairly. Maybe change it to a Major/Minor targeting penalty. A major would eject a player but a minor would just be a penalty. If you get three minors you miss a game, if you get two majors you miss 3 games. Something along those lines?
I've been a huge college football fan my whole life but I'm finding myself getting bored with it, except Arkansas games. The NFL has been drawing me in more and more each year. What changes do you think needs to be made to improve college football?
