Radically simple idea to add games without added player risk

[feltdizz]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Great idea... the game is too long and the half time is too short.

I have no problem with a few more TV breaks and a longer halftime.

I think scoring would increase due to teams going for it on 4th down when on the other teams 35 or 40 yard line.

[papillon]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Great idea... the game is too long and the half time is too short.

I have no problem with a few more TV breaks and a longer halftime.

I think scoring would increase due to teams going for it on 4th down when on the other teams 35 or 40 yard line.

My biggest fear is that it will emphasize the passing game in an even more pronounced fashion. Since, teams won't have as much time to make comebacks, the running game will be abandoned even earlier in the game. A two touchdown lead will almost certainly see the trailing team begin to pass more, immediately and abandon any semblance of running.

The passing game has become too big a part of the game for my liking right now. I'm not sure I'd like to see more passing.

Pappy

[feltdizz]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Great idea... the game is too long and the half time is too short.

I have no problem with a few more TV breaks and a longer halftime.

I think scoring would increase due to teams going for it on 4th down when on the other teams 35 or 40 yard line.

My biggest fear is that it will emphasize the passing game in an even more pronounced fashion. Since, teams won't have as much time to make comebacks, the running game will be abandoned even earlier in the game. A two touchdown lead will almost certainly see the trailing team begin to pass more, immediately and abandon any semblance of running.

The passing game has become too big a part of the game for my liking right now. I'm not sure I'd like to see more passing.

Pappy

teams always pass more when they are down 2 TD's...

[Crash]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Yeah lets keep the game 60 minutes just so we can run the ball 50 times a game.

Yoi!

[papillon]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Yeah lets keep the game 60 minutes just so we can run the ball 50 times a game.

Yoi!

Just watch the CFL then, if you don't want to see any running; 3 downs, rarely a run, three guys in motion at once, have at it, you'll love it.

Pappy

[papillon]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Great idea... the game is too long and the half time is too short.

I have no problem with a few more TV breaks and a longer halftime.

I think scoring would increase due to teams going for it on 4th down when on the other teams 35 or 40 yard line.

My biggest fear is that it will emphasize the passing game in an even more pronounced fashion. Since, teams won't have as much time to make comebacks, the running game will be abandoned even earlier in the game. A two touchdown lead will almost certainly see the trailing team begin to pass more, immediately and abandon any semblance of running.

The passing game has become too big a part of the game for my liking right now. I'm not sure I'd like to see more passing.

Pappy

teams always pass more when they are down 2 TD's...

Only when it gets very late in the game. A two TD deficit in the first half or even early in the 3rd quarter still allows for a balanced attack, if you choose to run one. A two TD deficit with 12 minute quarters gets a team off of its game plan a earlier, if their game plan had any running involved, otherwise, it doesn't affect anything. Of course, in today's game, I'm not sure I'd try to run the ball at all, teams have proven you can completely ignore thew run and win consistently and that's what you like.

Pappy

[Crash]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Yeah lets keep the game 60 minutes just so we can run the ball 50 times a game.

Yoi!

Just watch the CFL then, if you don't want to see any running; 3 downs, rarely a run, three guys in motion at once, have at it, you'll love it.

Pappy

I don't care about the running game. I care about winning. I'm not one of those Steelers fans who's content with just running the ball.

1983-2003 gave you tons of running and tons of Stiller defense.

But they didn't win rings.

[Eich]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Can't say I'd be thrilled with more TV breaks as said above.

The game could be shortened without changing the 15 min quarters though. Make it more difficult to stop the clock. For example, don't stop it for an incomplete pass. Not sure I like it but it's another option.

[feltdizz]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

Can't say I'd be thrilled with more TV breaks as said above.

The game could be shortened without changing the 15 min quarters though. Make it more difficult to stop the clock. For example, don't stop it for an incomplete pass. Not sure I like it but it's another option.

I don't like the passing idea but letting the clock run when the ball carrier goes out of bounds until the last 2 minutes would save time.

[SteelTorch]

Re: Radically simple idea to add games without added player

if yinz really want more football, you could try resurrecting the XFL...