The Losses Continue to Pile Up

Bottom line: We've lost over 16 plays and trimmed approximately 14 minutes from the average game in 2006 compared to 2005. Scoring is also down over five points a game. This is the impact of rule 3-2-5-e. Thanks once again to Marty of the great cfbstats for providing this information, along with the shortest and longest games of Week 9. And a reminder to sign the resolution protesting 3-2-5-e at We Hate the New Clock Rules. Over 17,500 fans have already signed the resolution.

Overall...G........Plays......Plays/G....Min.......Min/G......Time/G
2005......488.....82324.....168.70.....97698*....200.61.....3:20:37
2006......531.....80996.....152.53.....99069.....186.57.....3:06.34
* missing game duration of Toledo-Ball State 10/15/2005

Year......G........Points.....Pts/G
2005......488.....25494.....52.24
2006......531.....25069.....47.21

Year.......G.....1H Pts....1H Pts/G...2H Pts....2H Pts/G...OT
2005......488...12842.....26.32......12315.....25.23.......337
2006......531...12985.....24.45......11755.....22.14.......329

Here are the shortest games from Week 9:
Buffalo-Boston College: 2:25
Arkansas State-Florida Atlantic: 2:26
Wyoming-Texas Christian: 2:39
Minnesota-Ohio State: 2:50
Auburn-Mississippi: 2:50

Here are the longest games from Week 9:
Ohio-Kent State: 3:41
Texas-Texas Tech: 3:35
Washington State-UCLA: 3:34
Florida-Georgia: 3:33
Michigan State-Indiana: 3:32