If the powers that be care at all about in person attendance, they need to fix the interminable breaks in the "action" that occur with great regularity. I know the NFL and other TV leagues can get away with it because that is where they make the most of their $, but I don't know how much longer I can continue to attend when it is so dang boring. The crap product on the field obviously makes it more difficult, but I'm not sure I would have enjoyed a 2014 game with this level of stoppage. Brutal.
In person NCAA experience has to change...
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Bonner4Prez
KMA
Fox is the worst offender. ESPN games are not as bad.
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JugbandFrog
Full Member
Fox has to run all those political ads.
Punter1
Full Member
Bingo. Watching Fox games at home are a beating...in person has to be a nightmare.
Obviously very thankful our games are always on TV now but you're right, the delays are ridiculous.
Punter1
Full Member
That's when I usually go take a boat...right Jug??
Quite a few times I've taken friends to games who weren't all that into college football, and I could tell they were completely put out with the stoppages, and really just not enjoying themselves much because of them. To be honest, unless you are really into the game or the weather is absolutely perfect, it can be a beating.
More Frogs the Better
Full Member
It’s difficult to achieve a consensus on much right now but I don’t know anyone who is going to the games that doesn’t think they have become too long. The NFL can get their games done in about 3 hours and 20 minutes and there is no reason why the college games can’t be made to fit into a similar window.
The difference is apparently only about 15 minutes between NFL and college games, but it feels like so much more. Not sure I even believe it because some NFL games seem to fly by to me.
Shorten halftime from 20 to 18 minutes and shave 30 seconds off the in-quarter commercial breaks. Just little things could trim 8-10 minutes of sitting around staring at the grass grow, and it'd be a noticeable difference.
tcumaniac
Full Member
In game experience was pretty unenjoyable on Saturday.
Product on the field aside, the 2:30 minute TV timeouts between seemingly every stoppage in play, review, change in possession, timeout, etc. was downright unbearable.
Multiple groups around me grumbling about it. If I'm not an irrational diehard fan, I don't come back to a game in person unless it's a rare big time matchup after that experience.
Product on the field aside, the 2:30 minute TV timeouts between seemingly every stoppage in play, review, change in possession, timeout, etc. was downright unbearable.
Multiple groups around me grumbling about it. If I'm not an irrational diehard fan, I don't come back to a game in person unless it's a rare big time matchup after that experience.
There is a reason why half the seats are empty, even for some of the better games.
BrewingFrog
Was I supposed to type something here?
You all like that delicious TV money? Well, this is how we get our slice: Annoying advertising. Want more money next season? Then those 3 minute commercial breaks will now be 5 minute commercial breaks.
Enjoy the game!
Enjoy the game!
DeuceBoogieNights
Active Member
Halftime is waaayyy too long.
It is, but at least at halftime you can kind of plan ahead and kill that time by doing whatever. The non-stop 2:30 breaks during the game are WAY more brutal to sit through IMO.
I don’t even mind that as much as I mind the play stoppages that turn into 3 minutes of just sitting there. We had one where there was an injury or review or something and they waited that whole time and then went to a commercial break. What a slog for the attendees. Not sure I’m going back the rest of the year.
Endless Purple
Full Member
Nope.
I want the top 20 or so money oriented teams (and fan bases) to break away and form their own little NFL lite. then the rest of us can get back to college football, where I hope TCU stays.
edit: I do recognize the sarcasm in the original post.
