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05-15-2006, 06:32 AM
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Shorter Halftime?
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OHIO STATE FOOTBALL Band whistles down proposal Sunday, May 14, 2006 Doug Lesmerises Plain Dealer Reporter Imagine The Ohio State University Marching Band running out of time and settling for a script Ohi. Sorry O, we have to the move the game along. With that possibility looming, the rumbling heard beneath the college football scene the last few months was that of clarinets honking in protest. When the NCAA Football Rules Committee suggested giving teams the option of reducing halftime from 20 minutes to 15 minutes next season, no one on the committee anticipated the backlash that followed from band directors and alumni. The message came through in Buckeye country. "The one thing you don't mess with at Ohio State is the team," said Jon Waters, assistant director of OSU's marching and athletic bands, "and I guess you don't mess with the band, either." "That's kind of what I heard," Big Ten Conference Commissioner Jim Delaney said. "I didn't quite hear the bands playing in the background, but the message was there." The proposal is still to be voted on by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on May 30 after the idea was tabled during a previous meeting. Still, the plan is all but dead, beaten down by angry sousaphones and piccolos. "All signs point to it going back to 20 minutes," said Ty Halpin, the associate director of the oversight panel. That's because band lovers mobilized, in crisp, rhythmic fashion. Mark Spede, chairman of the Marching Band Task Force for the College Band Directors National Association, sent out an e-mail of warning to the membership last week. And band directors said they had the backing of their athletic departments - which, incidentally, were likely concerned about losing sponsored contests and events if halftime is shortened. The NCAA is trying to reduce game times that averaged 3 hours, 21 minutes last season. But besides monetary marketing motives, there are legitimate musical reasons to keep the NCAA from emulating the NFL's 15-minute halftime. "This is part of what makes college football uniquely different from professional football," said CBDNA secretary Richard Floyd of the University of Texas. "The tumblers and the bands and the pageantry - for the alumni, I think that plays an important role." To be fair, Script Ohio, like most traditional band numbers, are performed before the game. But that's why band members value halftime, where they can work in new, themed performances each week. And Waters said Ohio State sometimes does make the script part of those new halftimes shows. Regardless, shaving five minutes off halftime would cut the legs out from The Best Damn Band In The Land. "The effect on us would have been pretty significant," Waters said. "It would have diminished our role in the game and diminished our effectiveness. In a sense, we would have become a pep band that plays in the stands rather than a marching band."          
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Why the hell does it seem that no matter what the sport, everyone wants to shorten the game time? There are only 12 games a year for most teams, and for the fans that either go to the games or watch them on TV I doubt have any problem with the length. It just astounds me, they tried to speed up baseball a few years back, and I seem to remember similar rumblings from the NFL but don't remember the action taken off the top of my head.
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05-15-2006, 08:23 AM
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I know how they can speed up the game: 1. Don't stop the clock for first downs. 2. Don't stop the clock when the ball goes out of bounds. 3. Don't stop the clock for timeouts. 4. Don't stop the clock. 5. During commercial breaks, take 4-6 minutes off the clock (which, of course, is still running). 6. Instead of 4 15-minute quarters, switch to 3 10-minute periods. 7. Halftime can be a 2-1/2 minute commercial break. 8. Instant replay rule is too young to kill, but maybe they can have the replay official looking at the replay while the next play is going on. If the call is reversed, the officials can just "guess" what that next play was going to be and award one team a touchdown based on whether that team is Michigan or not. 9. This is stupid. 10. Stop screwing with sports. They're good the way they are.
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I like your ideas, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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But it is not as bad as basketball which has been completely changed by the introduction of the 'tv' timeout. Not only does tv interrupt runs and change the flow of the game, but coaches no longer need to use one of their time outs to 'ice' a free throw shooter - tv does it for them.
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I think that the only time that TV timeouts bother me is when one team scores, they go to commercial break. Ok - no big deal. Then they kick off, and then they go to commercial break. C'mon, you flippin' rat-bastards! You just got back from a commercial break.
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 you're right, i probably dont.
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