That the question is even out there about rule 3-2-5-e is refreshing to me. If you follow the link, it will take you to the 2007 questionnaire sent out by the NCAA to all it’s 1-A coaches asking for their feedback. And that is a step in the right direction. However, I just have to ask you the reader, do you put the most important topics at the top or the bottom of your agenda? Yeah, me too. But apparently, the NCAA likes to give you a little fore play before they go stampeding towards the… (editors note, I promised to tone down the use of some of the language that I had used previously at my old site. But if you were thinking Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, you’re where you need to be.) Yeah, they like to warm the coaches up by asking if they wish to change rule 1-4-3-a so that visiting teams would not be required to wear their white uniforms. Heady stuff! Followed by rule 3-1-1, asking if the coin toss should not begin before the team captains leave the nine yard marks and end when the captains cross the nine yard mark. And exactly what that achieves, I don’t know.

But one thing I do know is coaches. They do small things differently, but they all have a very short fuse. And after they read question two and ask, “what the hell is going on around here,” their mind drifts to chalk boards filled with x’s and o’s. So they choose “no opinion” the rest of the way down the list. Problem solved. A conspiracy by the NCAA to get the coaches to play along? You decide.

One thing I know is that rule 3-2-5-e is suktasitc. And yes, I cheer for a team that likes to run the ball a lot. So 3-2-5-e is not my friend. But what should be more important to us the fans of college football is that they took time away from the game and tried to make it more like the NFL. We already have a NFL. We don’t need another. We like being in the stands, really! We like the fact that we have closer to four hours to tell our significant other, “I’ll do it when the game is over, ” and totally get away with it without any questions asked. In short, it’s a beautiful thing. We pay way too much for tickets and parking and concessions and all that stuff. All we ask is that you throw us a bone every once in a while. N’kay?