Clock Question After Timeout and Penalty on Subsequent Play

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by SE Minnestoa Re

Some of my high school games this year hit 2:30 and I think I keep them moving pretty good.

All depends on the style of play... spread offense + lots of pass attempts + unskilled quarterbacks and/or receivers = lots of incomplete passes = long games.

On the other hand, I had a high school playoff game this year where the first quarter took 18 minutes of real time. One pass attempt (incomplete, on 4th down), one touchdown. Other than that, the only time the clocked stopped was to move the chains for first down. Every run ended in bounds. Pace slowed a bit after that, but the game was still over in just over 2 hours, including a 20 minute halftime.