More is less- or the same

I heard Auburn's Tommy Tuberville on the radio state that his staff has calculated that the new clock rules have shorted games by 6-7 plays per team per game. On the surface, that isn't much, since most teams run around 70 plays per game on average.

But stretch that number by 11 games and you get, in effect, the plays required for the twelfth game that has been added to the season. If there were 770 offensive snaps each 11 game season, there will be around 770 snaps in the new 12 game season.

Same wear and tear on the players, but one more game completed. Very clever, if that was the goal.

But when some loudmouth on the radio credits a stat record to an additional game, you can set him straight.

Peterclone