NCAA Clock Procedure for High School?

[SWFLguy]

When the high schools went to starting the clock on
the snap after kicks and changes of possesion, it prolonged
all too many games; sometimes adding up to 15 minutes
to a game. I hope they change it back.
I worked some D-3 years ago and those games were
way too long !!

[Theisey]

I would have no problem reverting back to the NF 1995 timing rule.
It's my personal opinion that high school games are taking longer now because of the passing game. Many of the old school traditional run oriented teams have added more pass plays to their playbooks. That means more clock stoppages due to incompletions. In my game last night, the combined pass stats were 11 of 38 for both teams for 272 yards. Both teams have been grind it out teams in the past years.

I wonder how that national average time was obtained. I know of no one in my area of the state who provides game length information nor was asked too up the line. We're not asked to keep that information as officials.

[ljudge]

Theisey, I believe I read 2:22 in referee magazine. I, nor anyone I know, has been asked either. For a statistic to be considered a "national average" I was told in a stat class in my undergrad program that you need a survey of 1,500 (which surprises me...I thought it would be way more). The margin of error is +/- 4%. All of my games are right around 2 1/2 hours. My longest was 3 hours but that was with over 80 points scored, a lot of passing, and a fair amount of penalties.