So I've played a half using the passing charts that dogwood30 and I developed and the FG chart that Hoop developed.
In the first half of Syracuse-Clemson, there were 38 snaps. But this was playing only 40-minute quarters as opposed to 60 as before, where there would normally be 45 snaps or so in the opening half. So the timing is fine by me. Passing plays are definitely a lot shorter. Haven't had the rare play chart come up yet, in fact there were no penalties or turnovers at all in the opening half.
I did make one change with regard to the passing chart. My hypotehsis that most of the passes would be in the 0-20 yard range wasn't correct. The majority of pass plays were in that middle range. So I'm using the team's standard completion roll for the mid-range passes, adding 20 for the short passes, and subtracting 20 for the long passes, as well as adding 2 to the interception number for those passes. It's made for some interesting decisions when there have been multiple receivers open on a play and I have to decide if I want to take the short or medium route with a higher completion percentage, or go for the downs knowing there is a 20% worse chance of completing the pass, with a greater risk of it being intercepted.
Syracuse leads Clemson, 10-7, at the break, and will be getting the ball to start the second half.
Ed
