MexSoxFan#1 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Hey, that shot at Fox News belongs in the Filibuster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 NFL Games Contain 11 Minutes of Action Football fans everywhere are preparing to settle in for the NFL's biggest and most electric weekend of the season—a four-game playoff marathon that will swallow up at least 12 hours of broadcast time over two days. But here's something even dedicated students of the game may not fully appreciate: There's very little actual football in a football game. According to a Wall Street Journal study of four recent broadcasts, and similar estimates by researchers, the average amount of time the ball is in play on the field during an NFL game is about 11 minutes. In other words, if you tally up everything that happens between the time the ball is snapped and the play is whistled dead by the officials, there's barely enough time to prepare a hard-boiled egg. In fact, the average telecast devotes 56% more time to showing replays. So what do the networks do with the other 174 minutes in a typical broadcast? Not surprisingly, commercials take up about an hour. As many as 75 minutes, or about 60% of the total air time, excluding commercials, is spent on shots of players huddling, standing at the line of scrimmage or just generally milling about between snaps. In the four broadcasts The Journal studied, injured players got six more seconds of camera time than celebrating players. While the network announcers showed up on screen for just 30 seconds, shots of the head coaches and referees took up about 7% of the average show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Jan 15, 2010 -> 02:24 PM) NFL Games Contain 11 Minutes of Action Same with baseball. That's the best feature of the MLB At Bat App (and maybe even mlb.com has the same) - the ability to watch an entire game in 12 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Are sexy boat parties part of the package that will come with Mike Tice? Supposedly he's our new O-Line Coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Tice is a great hire as our oline coach. Real proven track-record in that department and a significant upgrade over Harry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 15, 2010 -> 05:38 PM) Tice is a great hire as our oline coach. Real proven track-record in that department and a significant upgrade over Harry. Yep, definitely a great hire. As I said a few posts ago when we were interviewing him, I'd be very happy with him as our o-line coach. Glad it wasn't as OC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Chappas Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 This is a great hire. Guys that have HC experience are always big in my book. This guy actually had success as a head coach as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Should we bring in Mike Sherman so we can have former head coaches of every NFC North team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jan 15, 2010 -> 10:21 PM) Should we bring in Mike Sherman so we can have former head coaches of every NFC North team? He's busy slowly trying to bring Texas A&M back to relevance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jan 15, 2010 -> 09:21 PM) Should we bring in Mike Sherman so we can have former head coaches of every NFC North team? If we are going to do that, could we get Mike Holmgren instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 16, 2010 -> 08:18 AM) If we are going to do that, could we get Mike Holmgren instead? Not anymore, no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Predictions today: Indy and Arizona Advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knackattack Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jan 14, 2010 -> 09:02 AM) Fellow Seahawks fan here. Oh nice. Some one to share the pain with, heh. Just kidding, of course, I'm pretty optimistic about the upcoming system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilJester99 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Didn't see this here....I thought it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ Jan 16, 2010 -> 11:39 AM) Didn't see this here....I thought it was great. Try this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Patriots first play defense, meet the Saints first play defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexSoxFan#1 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 This game's final score might resemble a college basketball score, defenses wake the f*ck up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Arizona defense, hi again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 I don't know if I've ever seen not only that many personal fouls on a single play...but the crowd react as strongly to all 3 of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Glad I bet the over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Well, this game is brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Now if the Colts take care of business, can we please stop hearing about how awful it was for these teams to slow down at the end? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockRaines Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Great to see a really good guy continue to succeed.(and also a fraternity brother of mine) I hope Brees takes them all the way to the Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Playoffs thus far have been pretty poor games. Blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 cards-packers was boring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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