Boston College Vs. N.C. State Shortest ACC Game Of Year, By A Longshot
by Brian Favat on Jan 20, 2012 8:00 AM EST
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PrintHD posted an interesting stat as part of her ACC officials recap for 2011.
Did you know the average football game last year in the ACC was 3 hours, 11 minutes (and 3 hours, 15 minutes across all games involving ACC programs)?
Hey, and remember that other game against N.C. State this past season? The one where Spaz and the Eagles offense turtled to the tune of three yards of total offense and one first down in the entire second half? Turns out that one team sits on a 14-3 halftime lead and does nothing offensively in the second half, the end result is the shortest college football game in the ACC this past season.
Boston College-N.C. State lasted just 2 hours, 29 minutes, a whole 42 minutes below the ACC average.
The next shortest game was a whole 11 minutes longer -- Georgia Tech's victory at Middle Tennessee State which took 2 hours, 40 minutes.
The longest game of the season was Florida State-Wake Forest, which took 3 hours, 49 minutes. Demon Deacon fans got their money's worth as they got to watch Wake knock off Florida State 35-30.
BC's longest contest of the season lasted 3 hours, 25 minutes -- both home games against Northwestern and Wake Forest.
Also very interesting to look at the per-game averages, where (no surprise!) Georgia Tech edged out Boston College for the shortest average time of game this season. The Yellow Jackets average football game lasted 3 hours, 7 minutes, while the average Eagles game lasted two minutes longer.
Wake Forest and Florida State had the longest average game length this season, averaging 3 hours, 20 minutes.
After the jump, a look at the average game length in the ACC this season (all games, including bowls). Thanks to cfbstats.com.
| Program | G | Average | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 13 | 3 hours, 7 minutes | 3 hours, 23 minutes | 2 hours, 40 minutes |
| Boston College Eagles | 12 | 3 hours, 9 minutes | 3 hours, 25 minutes | 2 hours, 29 minutes |
| N.C. State Wolfpack | 13 | 3 hours, 12 minutes | 3 hours, 34 minutes | 2 hours, 29 minutes |
| Miami Hurricanes | 12 | 3 hours, 13 minutes | 3 hours, 33 minutes | 3 hours, 0 minutes |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | 14 | 3 hours, 14 minutes | 3 hours, 26 minutes | 3 hours, 4 minutes |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 13 | 3 hours, 16 minutes | 3 hours, 34 minutes | 2 hours, 58 minutes |
| Maryland Terrapins | 12 | 3 hours, 17 minutes | 3 hours, 34 minutes | 3 hours, 0 minutes |
| Virginia Cavaliers | 13 | 3 hours, 18 minutes | 3 hours, 33 minutes | 2 hours, 53 minutes |
| Clemson Tigers | 14 | 3 hours, 18 minutes | 3 hours, 48 minutes | 2 hours, 51 minutes |
| Duke Blue Devils | 12 | 3 hours, 18 minutes | 3 hours, 31 minutes | 2 hours, 59 minutes |
| Wake Forest Demon Deacons | 13 | 3 hours, 20 minutes | 3 hours, 49 minutes | 2 hours 59 minutes |
| Florida St. Seminoles | 13 | 3 hours, 20 minutes | 3 hours, 49 minutes | 3 hours, 0 minutes |
| Grand Total | 154 | 3 hours, 15 minutes | 3 hours, 49 minutes | 2 hours, 29 minutes |
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Jane had the best line
In the battle of who could try not to lose faster or win slower, (Board Pick’em), we won this gigantic Coaching struggle of two lengendary giants!!
Even the squirrel headed out early.
Even the squirrel was held out of the endzone on that day.
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by Brian Favat on Jan 20, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Brian C as in Cruel Favat
Last night I posted on the hoops thread while watching my BC kids play hoops, (ugh), the Swamp People next door in Cajun Country.
Squirrel Dumplings like Daddy used to make.
History Channel.
It’s a keeper kids.
consistency
i find it quite interesting that every team in the ACC is within 8 minutes of the avergage time.
and 8/12 teams are within 3 minutes of the average.
I wonder why total game time is so close for teams with very different styles of play.
My guess? TV.
Pretty sure non-ESPN televised games were completed much faster than televised ones.
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by Brian Favat on Jan 20, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
There’s still a good bit of variation across program that can be explained by different styles of play.
Georgia Tech having the quickest games is a no-brainer with the triple-option.
Same for BC’s run-run-pass-punt offensive sets.
At the other end of the spectrum, Duke has virtually no running game and relies heavily on the passing game. Hence, second longest average game time.
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by Brian Favat on Jan 20, 2012 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
right, but
Duke with its pass offense is going to be stopping the clock a lot with incomplete passes.
Yet, their average game time 198 minutes, 3 minutes over the ACC average of 195 minutes. GT with run-alot offense is at 187 minutes (-8 minutes from average)
It must be the hand of TV pushing the games to be done in under 4 hours with commericals etc.
by eagleosprey on Jan 20, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
I just don’t think you’re going to see a large variance given that TV will always try to keep games under 4 hours and non-OT games always have the same number of minutes in a game, unlike, say, baseball.
I think Georgia Tech (-8) and Duke (+3) are probably significant variances here.
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ESPN now HS QB Special
Special by our Tim H. about where all the best HS QB’s are being developed and hail from.
Nice to have a wife who will one day make $10-15M a year.
The reason we don’t have 5 star kids flocking to BC is AJ, BF and Salzie.
There I said it and it’s recorded for posteriority.
What did I do now?
I’ve heard some pretty good excuses over my time following BC sports, but blaming a BC sports blog for the worst recruiting class in recorded history is where I draw the line …
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LMAO Brian --
If that was the case, I would be floating face down in the Trinity River a long, long, long ago!!
Kids are a whole lot way, way smarter than people think and are very well connected in this social media frenzy.
I heard back in September, word was out that BC was not even close to a possible destination for high school stars and their parents know too!!!
Look at the states, class, rankings, quantity and talent??? DISASTER!
This is all the incompetence of GDF and Spazoo - and no sports blogs, no poster, no student writer, no letter from some race card playing former jock, will make such an impact that some 17 year old kid will base his decision to attend a University and play football based upon years of scorching BC’s AD and boob head Coach.
A 4 year scholarship at BC with expense stipend - pre-tax is worth at the max rate, over $100K+ per year or $400K and if BC has scholarships left and some low rated kid gets an offer that is better than a Colonial conference school where his talent belongs, that kid will choose BC no matter what anyone posts!
Now, most of these kids want to play for a winner, and may even sacrifice playing time!
Everyone is different, but word is out… BC is clownshoes and I am guilty of posting that on more blogs and sites than anyone and for longer, but guess what?
If the truth hurts BC…. well then it’s supposed to?
This will be the watershed season. This is last stand for the Spazoo and crew.
I think the die was set 3 years ago and all the dominos will fall and this BC Football Program is running on a model that just don’t hunt.
I hope I am sooooo wrong, since I despise losing, but the outlook for any reasonable fan, is very bleak at the Heights.
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