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The consistency is simply amazing. - Nice job by 2/3 of every police department in Southeast Ohio to forget light sticks for traffic management after dark. The police presence deemed appropriate for an Ohio football game is theatre of the absurd. - Nice job by TV to make a 3:30 start stretch past sunset before summer's even over. Game length has become unsustainable. I may have reached a point where I reconsider my ticket commitment. Back to Top bobcatsquared General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 5,303 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/4/2016 12:08:32 PM  Over 4 hours - before the overtime periods. Kudos to those fans that stayed for the entire game. Back to Top ohiocatfan1 General User Member Since: 9/6/2016 Post Count: 347 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 11:02:50 AM  I completely agree. Over 4 hours before the overtimes. The media timeouts seemed even more intrusive than usual. Couple that with the non-existent sound system & unreadable programs there will be a lot of people rethinking there season ticket commitment next season. Back to Top boydhallbobcat General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 279 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 1:20:33 PM  Do all stations take that many media timeouts? Seems like the National games don't take as many. I thought maybe the smaller CBS sports (I know CBS isn't small, but their little sports channels aren't on basic cable) have to take more commercial breaks bc they can't get people to pay a lot for a time slot during an Ohio/Tx State type game. It was torturous. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,066 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 1:29:25 PM  boydhallbobcat wrote: Do all stations take that many media timeouts? Seems like the National games don't take as many. I thought maybe the smaller CBS sports (I know CBS isn't small, but their little sports channels aren't on basic cable) have to take more commercial breaks bc they can't get people to pay a lot for a time slot during an Ohio/Tx State type game. It was torturous. Average game has 3 TV timeouts per quarter at 3:00 to 3:30 per timeout. So that alone is almost 40 minutes added to each game. Then factor in any injury timeouts, and 1 min for every score that is NOT a TV break, and 3 min after the first two OT's, and you've got an easy hour added onto the actual playing time. Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,351 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 1:44:35 PM  BillyTheCat wrote: boydhallbobcat wrote: Do all stations take that many media timeouts? Seems like the National games don't take as many. I thought maybe the smaller CBS sports (I know CBS isn't small, but their little sports channels aren't on basic cable) have to take more commercial breaks bc they can't get people to pay a lot for a time slot during an Ohio/Tx State type game. It was torturous. Average game has 3 TV timeouts per quarter at 3:00 to 3:30 per timeout. So that alone is almost 40 minutes added to each game. Then factor in any injury timeouts, and 1 min for every score that is NOT a TV break, and 3 min after the first two OT's, and you've got an easy hour added onto the actual playing time. Let's not forget the need to review EVERY play that was for a first down, big gain, or score for 2-3 minutes each. I agree, they've gotten to be entirely too long. My estimate was around 2:10 before the 110 stepped on the field for the halftime performance. Entirely too long, and something I hope that everyone running the D1 version of college football pays attention to. If anyone thinks younger people won't watch baseball because it's too long, slow, and "boring", they should also put college football, when televised, into the same category. I'm very curious to see the amount of time upcoming games take by comparison. I certainly recall watching games that last 2:45 or so, and it wasn't that many years ago. Back to Top Ted Thompson Administrator Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: MAC Play Post Count: 7,659 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 3:12:11 PM  The second half kicked off at 5:45. Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database. Back to Top ohiocatfan1 General User Member Since: 9/6/2016 Post Count: 347 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 3:28:18 PM  At least during the TV timeouts while watching at home you can go the bathroom, fridge, talk to your buddies, channel surf, etc. However while at the game it is torture. No wonder half the place empties before the 3rd quarter (and this was on opening day with beautiful weather). I don't claim to have the answers but something needs to change. Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,467 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 3:34:01 PM  Almost everyone on here just loves the broadcasting of our games and then bitches when the games last so long. You can't have it both ways. Back to Top ohiocatfan1 General User Member Since: 9/6/2016 Post Count: 347 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 3:37:00 PM  Very true. But it can't be overlooked as a possible cause for a mass exodus from the stadium after the 3 hour mark. Back to Top BobcatPride General User Member Since: 3/14/2005 Post Count: 137 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 3:43:45 PM  I can think of no sport in America with more commercial advertising draw than the NFL. Generally, an NFL game lasts for 3 hours. In my opinion, college football games are dragging on way too long across the board. One change which would help would be allowing the clock to run after first downs, like in the NFL. I never have understood why gaining the required yardage for a new set of downs should make the game clock stop. A second would be rethinking the reviews of all plays and have coaches challenge plays. Back to Top ohiocatfan1 General User Member Since: 9/6/2016 Post Count: 347 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 4:20:30 PM  The NFL has it down to a science. I'm sure they have spent millions on research on how to keep TV viewers and live bodies in the stadiums. They obviously have come to the conclusion that 3 hours is the limit on holding a fans attention because aside from an overtime game they almost never deviate from the 3 hour game. If a game starts getting behind are they in the referees earpiece telling them to pick up the pace? Back to Top Monroe Slavin General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Oxnard, CA Post Count: 9,121 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 4:29:24 PM  Our game was not great football. But it became a mild classic for its drama--despite the length. Where's the band?! WHERE"S THE BAND?! DesignspiritUSA.com The Pets On The Go Collection of pet gear travel bags The Holiday Tote Bigg Bagg Collection--over-sized, reversible, extra pockets; now love carrying packages as much as you love shopping! Back to Top Ohio69 General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 3,039 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 4:37:31 PM  Monroe Slavin wrote: Our game was not great football. But it became a mild classic for its drama--despite the length. Totally agree. There was a lot going on that second half and overtime. It was exciting. Too bad all the students missed it (or decided to watch it at home). Unfortunately, I had to leave early due to "family stuff" so I missed a lot of it as well. Last Edited: 9/6/2016 4:38:06 PM by Ohio69 Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?..... Back to Top OU_Country General User Member Since: 12/6/2005 Location: On the road between Athens and Madison County Post Count: 8,351 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 5:13:42 PM  ohiocatfan1 wrote: The NFL has it down to a science. I'm sure they have spent millions on research on how to keep TV viewers and live bodies in the stadiums. They obviously have come to the conclusion that 3 hours is the limit on holding a fans attention because aside from an overtime game they almost never deviate from the 3 hour game. If a game starts getting behind are they in the referees earpiece telling them to pick up the pace? Without conducting a lot of research, my feeling is that NFL games now reach closer to 3:15 or a little more. Back to Top bobcatsquared General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 5,303 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 6:15:00 PM  BobcatPride wrote: I can think of no sport in America with more commercial advertising draw than the NFL. Generally, an NFL game lasts for 3 hours. In my opinion, college football games are dragging on way too long across the board. Not 100% sure, but aren't NFL halftimes shorter than college football's? Marching 110 fans will disagree, but I wouldn't mind a shorter halftime. Back to Top Pete Chouteau General User Member Since: 11/17/2004 Location: You Can't See Me Post Count: 1,639 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 7:34:31 PM  Cutting any fraction of halftime will not, I repeat, NOT, make the game 90 minutes shorter. Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,066 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 8:13:52 PM  BobcatPride wrote: I can think of no sport in America with more commercial advertising draw than the NFL. Generally, an NFL game lasts for 3 hours. In my opinion, college football games are dragging on way too long across the board. One change which would help would be allowing the clock to run after first downs, like in the NFL. I never have understood why gaining the required yardage for a new set of downs should make the game clock stop. A second would be rethinking the reviews of all plays and have coaches challenge plays. You realize that the clock only stops for a first down until the ball is back inside the hashes. At best it's a 2-3 second stoppage of the clock. And coaches can challenge in college football. Back to Top bobcatsquared General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 5,303 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 9:25:05 PM  Pete Chouteau wrote: Cutting any fraction of halftime will not, I repeat, NOT, make the game 90 minutes shorter. Obviously, it will not, I repeat NOT, make a game 90 minutes shorter. Every little bit helps, however, and I wouldn't mind shorter half-times when I'm at a college football game. Back to Top RSBobcat General User Member Since: 8/22/2010 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,426 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 9:40:24 PM  4+ hour games with several of those on weeknights will get me to reconsider any future FBall season tic purchases. I'll just watch those TV games from Cbus. And continue to buy BBall season tics and make the drive down and back home on weekday night games getting back home at reasonable hour. What I save from not buying FBall tics will just add to Bobcat Club - re-enforcing my belief by action that this is a "basketball school". All due to decisions of the Athletics Dept, FBall program, marketing/media, and the NCAA - They are all just making that decision too hard for me not to make. Last Edited: 9/6/2016 9:41:40 PM by RSBobcat RS Bobcat Back to Top bobcat695 General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Parkersburg, WV Post Count: 1,345 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 10:19:34 PM  The whole thing is wearing thin for me, and I am maybe the most loyal fan in the entire stadium, having seen nearly every minute of football played in Peden for the past 26 seasons. Everything Pete said is true. Ohio football blew a chance to make a great first impression on a bunch of people Saturday night. The product on the field is by far the most annoying thing to me, but there is a lot of stuff that has not changed for decades. I know a video board is unaffordable, but is it really that expensive to get speakers loud enough for the crowd to hear? And, who is in charge of turning up the volume on the referee's microphone? There were certainly enough breaks in the action for someone on the production team to let him know nobody could hear him. I am all for getting our product on tv and don't know how to speed up that aspect, but if Ohio could've taken care of a team they were favored to beat by 20 in their home opener, we would have been out of town before dark. Our boring, passive, undisciplined play allowed the bonus time to happen in the first place. By the time the game ended, we were all in midseason form. The team snatched defeat from the claws of victory, the students were awol, the tower side stands were thin and there was a mixture of folks that were utterly surprised by the collapse and those that fully expected it. Pete can call it general chaos, I'll call it Bobcat football. "You can't un-fist a fist pump." - Saul Phillips 1/24/15 Back to Top Bcat2 General User Member Since: 7/6/2010 Post Count: 4,295 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 11:07:00 PM  bobcat695 wrote: The whole thing is wearing thin for me, and I am maybe the most loyal fan in the entire stadium, having seen nearly every minute of football played in Peden for the past 26 seasons. Everything Pete said is true. Ohio football blew a chance to make a great first impression on a bunch of people Saturday night. The product on the field is by far the most annoying thing to me, but there is a lot of stuff that has not changed for decades. I know a video board is unaffordable, but is it really that expensive to get speakers loud enough for the crowd to hear? And, who is in charge of turning up the volume on the referee's microphone? There were certainly enough breaks in the action for someone on the production team to let him know nobody could hear him. I am all for getting our product on tv and don't know how to speed up that aspect, but if Ohio could've taken care of a team they were favored to beat by 20 in their home opener, we would have been out of town before dark. Our boring, passive, undisciplined play allowed the bonus time to happen in the first place. By the time the game ended, we were all in midseason form. The team snatched defeat from the claws of victory, the students were awol, the tower side stands were thin and there was a mixture of folks that were utterly surprised by the collapse and those that fully expected it. Pete can call it general chaos, I'll call it Bobcat football. Soo sorry all those Bobcats let you down. Surely with all you have invested you deserve better. Certainly you have more skin in this than even Wood, Gibbons, Lowery or Mangen and now Ouellette having serious injuries. Yes, you deserve better. Another disappointed entitled couch coach heard from. "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK Back to Top RSBobcat General User Member Since: 8/22/2010 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,426 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 11:17:57 PM  Bcat2 wrote: bobcat695 wrote: The whole thing is wearing thin for me, and I am maybe the most loyal fan in the entire stadium, having seen nearly every minute of football played in Peden for the past 26 seasons. Everything Pete said is true. Ohio football blew a chance to make a great first impression on a bunch of people Saturday night. The product on the field is by far the most annoying thing to me, but there is a lot of stuff that has not changed for decades. I know a video board is unaffordable, but is it really that expensive to get speakers loud enough for the crowd to hear? And, who is in charge of turning up the volume on the referee's microphone? There were certainly enough breaks in the action for someone on the production team to let him know nobody could hear him. I am all for getting our product on tv and don't know how to speed up that aspect, but if Ohio could've taken care of a team they were favored to beat by 20 in their home opener, we would have been out of town before dark. Our boring, passive, undisciplined play allowed the bonus time to happen in the first place. By the time the game ended, we were all in midseason form. The team snatched defeat from the claws of victory, the students were awol, the tower side stands were thin and there was a mixture of folks that were utterly surprised by the collapse and those that fully expected it. Pete can call it general chaos, I'll call it Bobcat football. Soo sorry all those Bobcats let you down. Surely with all you have invested you deserve better. Certainly you have more skin in this than even Wood, Gibbons, Lowery or Mangen and now Ouellette having serious injuries. Yes, you deserve better. Another disappointed entitled couch coach heard from. The skin is $ as well as "loyalty". Can donate/support OHIO multiple ways - academics, athletics, etc. Success generally leads to more success - Any type of fundraising, Bobcat Club donations, tic sales, general operating funds, personnal time travelling to support, etc. "Deserved" is what pot the $'s go into from "Earned" over the long run..... RS Bobcat Back to Top Bcat2 General User Member Since: 7/6/2010 Post Count: 4,295 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 11:21:34 PM  RSBobcat wrote: Bcat2 wrote: bobcat695 wrote: The whole thing is wearing thin for me, and I am maybe the most loyal fan in the entire stadium, having seen nearly every minute of football played in Peden for the past 26 seasons. Everything Pete said is true. Ohio football blew a chance to make a great first impression on a bunch of people Saturday night. The product on the field is by far the most annoying thing to me, but there is a lot of stuff that has not changed for decades. I know a video board is unaffordable, but is it really that expensive to get speakers loud enough for the crowd to hear? And, who is in charge of turning up the volume on the referee's microphone? There were certainly enough breaks in the action for someone on the production team to let him know nobody could hear him. I am all for getting our product on tv and don't know how to speed up that aspect, but if Ohio could've taken care of a team they were favored to beat by 20 in their home opener, we would have been out of town before dark. Our boring, passive, undisciplined play allowed the bonus time to happen in the first place. By the time the game ended, we were all in midseason form. The team snatched defeat from the claws of victory, the students were awol, the tower side stands were thin and there was a mixture of folks that were utterly surprised by the collapse and those that fully expected it. Pete can call it general chaos, I'll call it Bobcat football. Soo sorry all those Bobcats let you down. Surely with all you have invested you deserve better. Certainly you have more skin in this than even Wood, Gibbons, Lowery or Mangen and now Ouellette having serious injuries. Yes, you deserve better. Another disappointed entitled couch coach heard from. The skin is $ as well as "loyalty". Can donate/support OHIO multiple ways - academics, athletics, etc. Success generally leads to more success - Any type of fundraising, Bobcat Club donations, tic sales, general operating funds, personnal time travelling to support, etc. "Deserved" is what pot the $'s go into from "Earned" over the long run..... Like I said, " Another disappointed entitled couch coach heard from." "Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK Back to Top RSBobcat General User Member Since: 8/22/2010 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,426 Status: Offline     RE: General Chaos    Posted: 9/6/2016 11:24:19 PM  Bcat2 wrote: RSBobcat wrote: Bcat2 wrote: bobcat695 wrote: The whole thing is wearing thin for me, and I am maybe the most loyal fan in the entire stadium, having seen nearly every minute of football played in Peden for the past 26 seasons. Everything Pete said is true. Ohio football blew a chance to make a great first impression on a bunch of people Saturday night. The product on the field is by far the most annoying thing to me, but there is a lot of stuff that has not changed for decades. I know a video board is unaffordable, but is it really that expensive to get speakers loud enough for the crowd to hear? And, who is in charge of turning up the volume on the referee's microphone? There were certainly enough breaks in the action for someone on the production team to let him know nobody could hear him. I am all for getting our product on tv and don't know how to speed up that aspect, but if Ohio could've taken care of a team they were favored to beat by 20 in their home opener, we would have been out of town before dark. Our boring, passive, undisciplined play allowed the bonus time to happen in the first place. By the time the game ended, we were all in midseason form. The team snatched defeat from the claws of victory, the students were awol, the tower side stands were thin and there was a mixture of folks that were utterly surprised by the collapse and those that fully expected it. Pete can call it general chaos, I'll call it Bobcat football. Soo sorry all those Bobcats let you down. Surely with all you have invested you deserve better. Certainly you have more skin in this than even Wood, Gibbons, Lowery or Mangen and now Ouellette having serious injuries. Yes, you deserve better. Another disappointed entitled couch coach heard from. The skin is $ as well as "loyalty". Can donate/support OHIO multiple ways - academics, athletics, etc. Success generally leads to more success - Any type of fundraising, Bobcat Club donations, tic sales, general operating funds, personnal time travelling to support, etc. "Deserved" is what pot the $'s go into from "Earned" over the long run..... Like I said, " Another disappointed entitled couch coach heard from." Uh - The "entitled" is the receiver of the $'s......as long as they get it. You only mention 4 examples and they of course are not the issue here....... Edit - Revisit the thread from the beginning - it's more than just "Bobcat's" that are the issue/s here Last Edited: 9/6/2016 11:35:21 PM by RSBobcat RS Bobcat Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 25  of 152 Posts Jump to Page:   1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7    Next > View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 227 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 226 Guests 1 Registered User:   Bobcatfan89 There are no other users looking at this page.

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