Open Run 20 minute running clocks

[mantaraydre]

coaches,

The prelims at the open run featured 20 minute running clocks per half. No kickoffs just start at the 20. This was a great scenario to play a game. The games went fast and were smooth. it was a nice lenght of time to play an entire game. IN LEAGUE PLAY i think many should take a look at this. You can play 5 games in 1 day whick can tranlate into a 15 to 16 game season. There was a 5 minute break during half time. You did not feel drained after several games. The clock stops when the half reaches 1 minute. This would be nice for regular season games. yes, it is a full game. save the long marasthon games for the playoffs and superbowl. If you have road warriors in your league coming to town, that weekend should transition into the 20 minute running clock due to there needing to get in games.

The west coast had a laptop clock with an announcer letting you know how much time was left in a half. 9 MINUTES LEFT is what you heard at the time.
All games started the exact same time so they all ended the exact same time. Must find out what that laptop clock connectionn was. This is much better than 4 plays from the 25 yard line like an overtime set up to get in a game. no one seemed drained after several games. You just have to work your majic during that 40 minutes. its plenty of time to do some things.
I dont see why we must have 2 1/2 hour marathons all the time.
Alot was learned just going out west. They have a nice way of doing things.
That is the most fun i ever had a tourney. next year will be crazy, more coaches are coming.
**Also loved their punt system, just shake the box for the distance and play begins at that distance, NO RETURNS. You can get either a booming kick or a shank. Take it where you take it. They really make reg's style fun out there.
they are passionate out their. my qb ran 60 plus for a touchdown on nebraska and you should have seen how upset celo's godson was at his defense. he won the game but was upset like a parcels at his team for missing a tackle. HE IS GOING TO BE GREAT !!! His nebraska team looks nice.Big huge balanced players. he has larry walker customs. Walker makes some incredible custom poses. You must see them.

west coast class all the way. Thank you again for the open run jackets. sweet !


mantaraydre

[the french guy]

Hi Dre,

So if I understand correctly, no kickoffs are played or FG ?


edit : I readed again and I believe I understand now. No kickoff, dice punts, but for FG and extra points ?

[mantaraydre]

hey french,

Yes you can attempt fields goals likw normal. Extra point are up to both coaches whether to do automatic exp"s or kick them them like normal.

The punts are treated like fiar catches after the distance via the dice are displayed. 55 on the dice is a booming kick, 21 is a shank. JUST EXMAPLES.
Ball is taken at that 55 or 21 marked off yardage.


mantaraydre

[the french guy]

Ok, thanks !

It's more or less the way we play here too ! the only difference is that we stop time in out of bound or score. And we play full time quarters. the games are as long as a NFL game...Perhaps it's a reason I don't find players here ?

[Shabby J]

The 20 minute clock was used in the round robin where everyone played their initial games to establish the seedings for the elimination rounds. We played 5 round robin games each, all those games were two 20 minute halves and each game was running off one central clock. This assured all games start and finish on time. We had the option to shake the dice for punts, but in effort to save time most coaches opted to just take it at the 20 and start their drive from there.

The elimination rounds were two 30 minute halves, all on the central clock except for the final one and two minute warnings, then the game was timed by a ref at the table.

The final four coaches all played full games, four 15 minute quarters as well as the championship.

The 20 minute halves go fast and require a totally different strategy, score quick and then kill the clock to protect the lead.

[the french guy]

thanks for the explanations. Here, we do the same for punts, except sometimes we allows returns. The kicking team indicates where the ball was kicked on the 20yards, and then the returning team put his return figure and legal return formation. The kicking team do the same, and we play the return.


But I like that idea of speed playing. Especially for the audience here, not confortable with real football timing.