New TV timeouts?
Are there now "under 12" timeouts, like basketball?
And FTR, this, Dave Brandon, is why attending games is not as fun or desirable as in the past.
August 30th, 2014 at 1:13 PM ^
I don't think Brandon is responsible for the number of TV timeouts, that's a sport wide thing (though I'm sure Brandon is one of the ones fine with further commercialization of the sport).
But yeah, it is getting harder and harder for me to enjoy football (pro or college) with all the commercial breaks. And I have yet to have an enjoyable experience attending a game due to all the stoppages. Hockey and soccer are by far the better spectator sports IMO.
August 30th, 2014 at 1:35 PM ^
I don't necessarily blame him personally for it, but more the athletic directors as a collective entity.
August 30th, 2014 at 1:39 PM ^
It does feel like there have been more timeouts than usual.
August 30th, 2014 at 1:47 PM ^
Not a big deal at home, allows me to check in on other games. I imagine at the games it must be frustrating.
August 30th, 2014 at 1:54 PM ^
Ya, that sucks. Almost sucks as bad as watching from home because you couldn't get the day off. Then finding out that you don't have to because of rain. Enjoy the game, Id rather be there.
August 30th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
You mean when there was a penalty on the punt? That's one I noticed where they never seemed to have a commercial break before
August 30th, 2014 at 1:58 PM ^
I was really confused there when they came back from break and we didn't have the ball.Could have sworn that was 4th down.
August 30th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
I want to go back and see that again.
August 30th, 2014 at 2:20 PM ^
There have definitely been a few awkward instances of "and we're going to take a timeout here..." like even the TV crew was confused.
August 30th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
Its getting really old and annoying with all of the unnecessary bitching about blaming everything on Dave Brandon. Get the fuck over it everybody, you are more unbearable than armchair qb's.
August 30th, 2014 at 2:47 PM ^
on the TV timeout. Blame the TV executives for it.
August 30th, 2014 at 3:24 PM ^
This is why people record games and watch the in one hour.
August 30th, 2014 at 3:47 PM ^
This is KILLING the sport. The game is feeling too choppy compared to all my memories.
We used to call it, 'the big mo...". Momentum has taken a back seat to commericalism.
College football is a classic case of where money does not pay.
But, scoreboard also elicited memories, which is good...
August 30th, 2014 at 4:06 PM ^
Tv time outs took FOREVER today. I'm shocked the game was finished in under 3.5 hours.
August 30th, 2014 at 4:12 PM ^
Is a tv timeout in the stadium more painful than watching at home? I guess it makes the game longer- if that is what you're getting at. But I don't by it as a substantial argument
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August 30th, 2014 at 5:15 PM ^
it's the feeling that there is absolutely no flow when at games anymore. You just feel like you never get to see more than about 3-4 plays before there's another stoppage. Very frustrating to be so excited for M football, see a possession growing and then have to stop again.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:19 PM ^
this!
August 30th, 2014 at 5:18 PM ^
it's the feeling that there is absolutely no flow when at games anymore. You just feel like you never get to see more than about 3-4 plays before there's another stoppage. Very frustrating to be so excited for M football, see a possession growing and then have to stop again.
EDIT: Sorry, I don't know how to delete the copies!
August 30th, 2014 at 5:28 PM ^
Eight TV timeouts a half, as far as I could tell, just like the last 10 years or so. You are right, though, I think the TV crew absolutely blew it on one of them, calling a timeout thinking there was a change of possession.
TV crews are only allowed to call TV timeouts on changes of possession (including between a score and the kickoff, of course), on-field timeouts, injury timeouts and replay reviews. Sometimes, every once in a while, they think there is a permitted timeout when there isn't one and if the TV goes to commercial before anybody can stop them, they go ahead and take the timeout unless it gives a huge disadvantage to one team or the other.
I think some of the problem is that the ref's microphone was turned way too low (and Michigan was always playing music over it) so you couldn't hear a single thing he said all game. That might have been a permitted TV timeout--I don't know because I couldn't hear.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:34 PM ^
A neccessary evil this is where the real payday comes from for these teams.
August 30th, 2014 at 5:55 PM ^
In the stadium, I got the impression there were more commercial breaks and that they lasted longer than they used to. Damn the man in the red hat!
August 30th, 2014 at 8:26 PM ^
I think the TV timeouts were about the same and they just suck like they always sucked. The games were better to go to when they weren't on TV but I do like being able to watch on TV when I can't be there so I just think that is the price of being to watch on TV. The increased use of prerecorded music and the endless "the team, the team, the team" commercials make it seem worse - I'd rather have more band or scores from other games.