Memo from a fan (a couple days late)

To: NCAA football rules committee
From: Ian
Re: Timing changes

It's taken me half of the season, but I finally understand this year's changes to the game and play clock. What I fail to grasp is what, exactly, you were smoking when you created the rule.

I support the play clock change. It keeps the game moving. Fantastic.

But the out-of-bounds change is simply bizarre. Call me crazy, call me traditional, but shouldn't out of bounds mean out of bounds and an actual stop of the clock? (In case you failed to read the rules before you approved them, the game clock restarts when the ball is set, making an out-of-bounds play equivalent to a first down clockwise. Except in the final two minutes of each half, when the clock restarts when the ball is snapped.)

Yes, you want to shorten games. I understand. But the way the clock runs just confuses people, including timekeepers. So change it.