Rule Changes - 2023 Season

[RahRahRabbits]

Haven't seen much chatter on the matter here, but a few rule changes were approved several months ago, ready to take effect this season. According to NCAA.org, the three main changes are:

• Running clock on 1st downs, except during final 2 minutes of both halves. No longer stopping for every move of the chains.
• Teams are no longer allowed to call back-to-back team time outs.
• Any defensive penalty at the end of 1st/3rd quarters will now be carried over into the next, instead of being played as immediate untimed downs.

All of these are being framed as increasing the pace of play, reducing the total number of snaps, and keeping the student-athletes physically safer. I had seen some other articles that various team analytic departments have calculated 4-5 fewer offensive snaps for each team (of course, this is if teams aren't adapting to the rule changes with their own increased pace of play).

Unfortunately, no new limitations on media timeouts, nor the ever-increasing phantom replay review calls from "the booth" that can suck the soul out of any atmosphere. I'm all for getting calls right, but games like UND last year are an absolute debacle where even obvious touchdowns have play stopped for reviews.

T-minus: 24 days, 2 hours, 20 minutes until Jackrabbit football. Get Jacked!