CLOCK RULES INVOLVE MATH. BOO.

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NCAA Rules Committee Might Not Hate America... Much
Published 2/18/2008 by Brian Cook at FanHouse
... I'm not sure I agree with your policework there, Norm. The generalized "arrrgh" directed at the 40-second playclock is misplaced, as EDSBS readers who emailed the head of the rules committee have been told. That claim and an evaluation of its validity after the jump. Here's the claim from the NCAA rules committee: NFL studies showed that adding the 25-40 clock will actually add 4 to 5 plays per game based on consistent pace of play. BCS Football and officials themselves were for this change. With the ready for play, live ball out ...

Mass Mailing Is Fun! Productive, Too.
Published 2/18/2008 by Paterno Lives! at The Big Eleventh
... I was all set to write a post about the reply* NCAA Rules Committee chairman Michael Clark sent me last week but EDSBS beat me to it. Below is the email Orson discusses: ...

Maybe 'Hate' Is Too Strong a Word
Published 2/19/2008 by SMQ <info@sundaymorningqb.com> at Sunday Morning Quarterback: Front Page Posts
... at EDSBS, but today delivered not only a hedge based on an NCAA spokesman's insistence that the new rules will result in more plays, but later an outright ...

Georgia 197.125, Auburn 195.475
Published 2/19/2008 by T Kyle King <info@dawgsports.com> at Dawg Sports: Front Page Posts
... fall and a pair of out-of-bounds passes by Cassidy McComb and Courtney McCool earned the Gym Dogs a 49.025 score in the floor exercise. Auburn proved only barely able to capitalize upon this show of weakness, as Puckett's 9.9 on the balance beam guided the Tigers to a 49.075 tally. Contrary to popular belief, Courtney McCool is not a cartoon character created to encourage youngsters to smoke in "Thank You For Smoking." (Yes, I know that Orson used the exact same photograph earlier today, but I assure you that this was purely ...

Texas Tech Tuesday Morning Notes - Guess The New Assistant Coaches Edition
Published 2/19/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
Double-T Nation News: In no particular order, DTN's Top Five: More from SMQ and EDSBS (and here) on rule 3-2-5-e than I ever could. The Wiz explains why games are longer . . . television. The Longhorns absolutely dominate the Ags last night. TAMU is beginning to look bad at exactly the wrong time and UT is starting to look good at exactly the right time. Non-sports related note: Adam Shepard took the clothes on his back and $25 and by ...

The Discussion Continues
Published 2/19/2008 by CFR at CollegeFootballResource.com
... when the game ends they go right into 90 minutes of infomercials or other dead weight Saturday programming.  If I'm a network, I'd be trying to figure out ways to prolong games and the more serious ad revenue they bring in rather than cut them short to rush into worthless programming. Onward ... Another towering giant of the college football blog community MGoBlog's Brian Cook says at FanHouse that maybe we need to hold our fire. Here's the claim from the NCAA rules committee: NFL studies showed that adding the 25-40 ...