2006 Clock Rules (Rule 3-2-5e) Has Been Scrapped

RJ Esq

RJ Esq

Prick Since 1974
Cheers for college football fans everywhere. Unexpectedly, the NCAA has decided to scrap the 2006 clock rules which hamstringed offenses and eliminated a number of drives for each team during a game.

From edsbs.com:

3-2-5-e 86′d !!!11!!!11!!!

GIMME A FUCKIN’ SIREN WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

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It’s America after all: Rule 3-2-5e has been scrapped by the NCAA rules committee.

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The Berlin Wall, Iron Felix, rule 3-2-5-e…they all fall eventually, brother.
Quoth Rules Committee chair Michael Clark:

“The changes we made last year, overall, did not have a positive effect on college football at all levels…Our charge is to protect the game and do what is best for college football. Last year’s game lost too many plays, but it accomplished the need to shorten the overall time it takes to play a game.”

Modifications will be made, and some of them contain sense. Cut and pasted straight from the AJC:

• Limit the play clock to 15 seconds following a television timeout.
• Kickoffs moved from 35-yard line to 30-yard line.
• Reduced charged team timeouts by 30 seconds.
• Penalties for all kicking team fouls that occur during the kick can be enforced at the end of the run.
• Encourage coaches, officials, game management personnel, media partners to manage the game in a more efficient manner.
• Play clock is started when the ball is handed to the kicker by the umpire on all free kicks.
• Limit instant replay reviews to two minutes to decide to overturn or confirm the ruling on the field.

There’s probably something wrong here, but we’re too overjoyed at having more football in the coming year to examine them too closely. (”Hey, this Munich Agreement looks great. Tell Ms. Chamberlain we’ll be home in time for tea, Jeeves!”) Credit where credit is due: the Wiz of Odds and CFB Stats did more than anyone to keep track of just how much the new rules were hacking away at the game, and have to be given credit for raising awareness. Que! Que! to you and yours for your fine internets advocacy.
For now, sing with us over the gloriously dead corpse of this tyrant rule:

My country ’tis of thee
Today!
Sweet land of liberty
Today!
Of thee I sing
Today!
Of thee I sing
Today!
 
does clcok stop for every first down and not when the fucking qb sets up at LOS?
 
never mind, I read it that it is after the hike...fucking awesome, what a great valentines day.

kickoffs moved back to the 30 too...STeams will be more vital than ever before.
 
The rules changes include:
• Kickoffs will be from the 30-yard line instead of the 35. The clock won't start until the receiver touches the ball; last season it started as soon as the ball was kicked. Tuberville estimates 90 percent of kickoffs will now be returned.
"You'll find that kicking it out of the end zone will be rare, and it will add excitement to the game," Oregon coach Mike Bellotti said. "There will be more pressure on the kick-coverage team and more pressure on the defense because the offense is going to get better field position."
• Coming out of a television timeout, the play clock for the first play of a possession will be 15 seconds instead of the normal 25.
"The teams have been standing out there for almost three minutes during a TV timeout," Tuberville said. "They don't need 25 more seconds to get to the line and run a play."
• Charged team timeouts — not TV timeouts — will be cut by 30 seconds. This will be football's version of basketball's 30-second timeout. It will allow a coach to stop the clock but without a long delay. The timeout will last 30 seconds plus the 25 seconds on the play clock.
• On kickoffs, the play clock will start once the kicker is handed the ball by the official. In the past, the kicker could take as much time as he wanted before kicking the ball. Now, he is on the clock and a violation will result in a 5-yard penalty.
"That idea actually came from the coaches," said Rogers Redding, the SEC's supervisor of officials. "They thought a lot of time was being wasted getting the guys in position to kick the ball. This will speed up that process."
• The time allowed for instant
replay reviews will be capped at two minutes. This will save some time but not a lot. The average replay review last season was 1:49, according to the NCAA.
The rules committee also announced that starting in 2008, college football will go to a 40-second play clock like that now used in the NFL. The 40-second clock will start at the end of every play. College football currently uses a 25-second clock that doesn't start until the ball is put in position and declared ready for play.
All of the proposals still need to be rubber-stamped by the NCAA's playing rules oversight panel on March 12.

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Is that dumb change of possession rule changed...

When the clock fuckin starts as soon as the team gets on the ball. That fucked SO MANY teams late in games. You'd see teams take timeouts before a 1st down and shit. Shit was so stupid!
 
I think Hunt got all the clock rule changes, but here is another summary from thewizardofodds.blogspot.com:

Turn Back the Clock!


The recommendations put forth by Football Rules Committee to overturn the controversial clock rules are cause for celebration. And all that remains is rubber-stamp approval by the NCAA Rules Oversight Panel on March 12. So let's get right to it and highlight the changes:

—Rule 3-2-5-e is no more. This called for the play clock to start once the ball was spotted by officials after a change of possession. If you've been a regular visitor to the Wiz, you know of our strong opposition to this rule from Day 1.

—Rule 3-2-5 is no more. This called for the clock to start once the ball was free-kicked and it created a loophole that was exploited by Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema during the Badgers' game against Penn State.

Several rules have been added to speed the game:

—Charged team timeouts are reduced from 90 to 60 seconds. In addition, the play clock will be set to 15 seconds after a timeout instead of 25 seconds. Two good moves here. After a timeout, you should be ready to go, shouldn't you?

—Kickoffs are moved from the 35-yard line to the 30. For the past two seasons, the rate of kickoffs per game has been just under 11. Marty from cfbstats.com sends along this data: In 2005, kickoffs from the 35 resulted in touchbacks 30.36% of the time. From the 30, this number dropped to 8.54%. In 2006, the numbers are 28.46% and 8.43%. With fewer touchbacks, the clock moves and the potential for big plays — something every fan cherishes — are increased. This is going to put a premium on special teams play. In addition, kicking-team fouls can be enforced at the end of the run, meaning kick units don't have to shuffle back on the field. Brilliant stuff here.

—The play clock will start when the ball is handed to the kicker. Chris Dufrense of the L.A. Times nailed this one: "The kicker has 25 seconds to put foot to ball instead of an unlimited span in which to spin the ball on his finger, check wind speed, or wave to friends in the stands."

—Instant replay reviews will be limited to two minutes. The average replay last season averaged 1:49, so this is unlikely to have much of an impact.

In 2008, the 40/25 rule will be adopted. This means that once a play is over, the next play has to be run within 40 seconds, and this includes the 25-second game clock. This will create a uniform rule across college football that makes officials spot the ball more quickly in order to get the next play off.

On a personal note, many of you know of our crusade to get the clock rules overturned. The rules clearly cut into the heart of the game by reducing the number of plays. But this crusade would have never left the tarmac without the help from Marty of cfbstats.com, who has a database of every play run by a Division I-A team the past two years. More recently, Matt from College Sports Schedules and Gary from Steroid Nation helped with an enormous project that exposed an increase in commercialization and decline in the number of plays during telecasts. What gifted and talented people.

And to the Football Rules Committee, thanks for listening and doing the right thing.
 
—Rule 3-2-5-e is no more. This called for the play clock to start once the ball was spotted by officials after a change of possession. If you've been a regular visitor to the Wiz, you know of our strong opposition to this rule from Day 1.

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