Is this good or bad for high school football in Kentucky?

I don't like 36. 45 seemed to work. 45 was not an easy number to reach. Tennessee uses 35. Ohio and Indiana have no "mercy" rule in football. Thanks for the thread.

 

Here's what I found on Tennessee: Note the National Federation says running clock only begins in second half and if a team cuts the deficit to less than 35, regular timing resumes!

 

 

NFHS Football Rule 3-1-2 (Mercy Rule); Beginning in the second half, if the point differential is 35 points or more, a continuous clock will be used. The clock will only stop for charged time-outs, injuries, and scores. The try will always be an un-timed down. The clock shall start when the ball is kicked on the kickoff. If the point differential goes below 35 points, go back to regular timing rules.

Thats fine as long as the JV games are actually played. When the JV schedule isnot completed due to cancellations, field conditions etc. then I always tend to feel bad for those players who busted their butts all summer and all year long but hardly see the field.

 

Then you should be up in arms about this because it will drastically shorten the amount of time the reserves will actually get to be on the field. Say a coach doesn't start subbing out until the 4th quarter of a regular timed game. The reserves will still get more time and more snaps in that situation then if a game hits 36 at halftime. This is absolutely the worst thing that could have happened if you want the reserves to get more time on the field.

Sorry double post

For some of the clock operators I've seen, the probability of successfully executing that sliding scale would be the equivalent of Ram winning the Scripps National spelling bee.

Hahahaha, ok I just sharted myself. Good one

I agree with several posters who have proposed 40 points. I think that's a good number, especially since a touchdown clears 40 (assuming extra points are made), which means you won't have to make the decision of keeping going or clearing the running clock hurdle.

 

Now that the number has dropped, however, I would like to see it not take effect until the second half, like the original rule did.

 

Finally, someone said "just stop the game," in derision to the rule. In fact six-man football in Texas uses a rule that once the score reaches a 40-point deficit the game is stopped immediately. Of course those are teams with very few players and an injury is much more likely than a comeback, but I mention it to point out the precedent is there for ending games before the horn sounds.

Then you should be up in arms about this because it will drastically shorten the amount of time the reserves will actually get to be on the field. Say a coach doesn't start subbing out until the 4th quarter of a regular timed game. The reserves will still get more time and more snaps in that situation then if a game hits 36 at halftime. This is absolutely the worst thing that could have happened if you want the reserves to get more time on the field.

Actually it would be shorter than the old way.

I don't like 36. 45 seemed to work. 45 was not an easy number to reach. Tennessee uses 35. Ohio and Indiana have no "mercy" rule in football. Thanks for the thread.

 

Here's what I found on Tennessee: Note the National Federation says running clock only begins in second half and if a team cuts the deficit to less than 35, regular timing resumes!

 

NFHS Football Rule 3-1-2 (Mercy Rule); Beginning in the second half, if the point differential is 35 points or more, a continuous clock will be used. The clock will only stop for charged time-outs, injuries, and scores. The try will always be an un-timed down. The clock shall start when the ball is kicked on the kickoff. If the point differential goes below 35 points, go back to regular timing rules.

 

This I could stomach better. As it currently stands in KY the clock stops on a score and is "SUPPOSED" the start again as soon as the ref blows the ball ready for the ensuing kickoff. That aspect is butchered almost universally.

So is the KHSAA using the cited NFHS rule or are they going with an experimental version of the rule?

Actually it would be shorter than the old way.

 

How do you figure that? Just on conjecture I would bet that there are more snaps in the 4th quarter of a regularly timed game (even a blow out) then there would be in the second half of a running clock game. Does anyone know what the average number of snaps is in a regular quarter vs. a running clock quarter?

i am wondering:

Will most coaches - if they score that 5th touchdown and are up 34-0 - go for the 2-pt conversion and get the clock running, or will they settle on 35-0 and keep playing a regular game? Will it be insulting to an opponent to go for 2? FWIW I think the magic point total should have been 40. As it stands the change went from 7 TDs to 5 TDs; too big of a reduction for me.

 

I think most coaches would not go for 2 in this situation. They will want to get the first team as many reps as possible.

I think 36 is too low. Some games will have a running clock in the 2nd quarter. 40 would have been a better number in my opinion.

It will shorten, what is already a bad game for one team, but it will cause more imbarrassment for the teams that aren't very good in the long run. There will be too many running clocks. Some games will only last about 30 minutes. I don't like it. Why can't they just leave things alone?

 

Agree 100%, we getting close to the "everybody gets a trophy" stage. :ohbrother:

I can speak from a statistician perspective. I do not like the running clock. It makes measuring time of possession impossible after it starts. I tried doing a Google search on alternatives to a running clock. Other than simply not having one, the only thing I saw, for example, is what they used to do in some states. If the margin in the score exceeded 50 points, the head coach of the leading team was suspended for one game.

I can speak from a statistician perspective. I do not like the running clock. It makes measuring time of possession impossible after it starts. I tried doing a Google search on alternatives to a running clock. Other than simply not having one, the only thing I saw, for example, is what they used to do in some states. If the margin in the score exceeded 50 points, the head coach of the leading team was suspended for one game.

 

 

That. Is. Crazy.

Agree 100%, we getting close to the "everybody gets a trophy" stage. :ohbrother:

Why does it always have to sink to the "everyone gets a trophy" statements? How in the world does this even come close to everyone gets a trophy mentality?

 

I have no problem if there weren't a running clock, but I understand why they have it. It speeds up the game so a 3 hour game doesn't turn into a 5 hour game and scores of 150-6. How that equates to what you said confuses the heck out of me.