Heads up to totals bettors

[skilled27]

Sorry if this was posted already or you already know about it.

In college football this year they have changed the play clock. Instead of starting the clock at 25 seconds when the official spots the ball, there will be a 40 second clock as started as soon as the play ends, like the NFL does it. The only time the 25 second clock will be used is on change of possession or other stoppages and timeouts, when the official spots the ball it starts. This change is expected to add 4 or 5 plays per game and keep the every game's pace consistent no matter how fast or slow the officials are at spotting the ball.

What may offset this a little though is that when guys run out of bounds the game clock will now be started once the ball is spotted. Except inside 2 minutes of the half and game. Before when the guys ran out of bounds the game clock stopped until another play was run.

Not sure if this will change much but just a heads up You may want to wait and see how this will affect the games before you start betting totals this year.

Clock running on college football - Los Angeles Times

[Total Square]

hard enough to be ncaaf unders. this sure wont help

[ricebird]

What about incomplete pass? Next play as before or at spot?

[sylf]

There are going to be fewer plays per game w/ all the new rules involved. There have been numerous articles out on this for sometime. Good for more unders

[jefff]

not much value out there any more. totals have been beaten down 3 to 5 to 7 points already pretty much ATB

[Lothaar]

Any idea why the clock is starting on incomplete passes? Watching the Rutgers game I notice this, wondering if it's a human error...

[Lothaar]

Looks like human error, they stopped it on the next possession.