Per this article in the Washington Times, average game length was up five minutes compared to the same period last year, but that doesn't include this weekend's games.
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/20/nfls-replacement-officials-called-for-delay-of-gam/ While I have no idea if the OT situation has been influenced by the refs (or the new rules that make OT not necessarily sudden death), there haven't been three OT games in one weekend in a couple of years. >________________________________ > From: "Karla S. Robinson, Ph.D." <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:08 PM >Subject: RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: TAR 21 Cast > > >I feel like the ref situation is causing a ton of games to run long…are there >any stats out there on the subject? > >From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >Of David Lynch > > >On 24 September 2012 10:06, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >And this was a non-doubleheader weekend for CBS, which made it doubly >confusing. > >"CBS: Our Demo Is So Old, They Won't Care What Time We Start Our Shows." > >It was a doubleheader in my market (I assume you may have had a local game >opposite it on Fox, so CBS could only air one of the games). The early games >ran really long, too. Chiefs-Saints had numerous reviews and a fairly lengthy >overtime, so it didn't wrap up until after 5 Eastern, and then CBS went to the >Dolphins-Jets game, which was having an even longer overtime. We got to the >Texans-Broncos just in time for the start of the 2nd quarter. > >-- >David J. Lynch >[email protected] >-- > > -- >TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected] >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
