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To: the_devils_advocate_666
So you can watch a 3 hour game in what, about a half hour?

More like 90 minutes. It depends on how much interest I have in what the announcers are saying and what's going on before the snap. If I really care about which two receivers are wide to the right, or I want to see the eleventh angle on a replay to determine if a ball was caught or trapped, I'll watch the broadcast and just zip through the commercials. If I just want to see the plays themselves, it could probably be done in 30-45 minutes.

Each team runs an average of 75 plays per game. That's 150 plays at, what? maybe ten seconds per play. That's 1500 seconds of actual football action, or 1500/60 = 25 minutes. Of course, you'd need to have hands like a surgeon on the remote control, and it does take some physical time to fast-forward from play to play, and through the commercials. 45 minutes is a realistic minimum.

14 posted on 01/07/2011 9:05:17 AM PST by TruthShallSetYouFree (Obama joined the Tea Party. His favorite brand: Constant Commie.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

My DVR has a “skip forward” button that moves 30 seconds ahead. That is about the time it takes from a tackle till the next snap, unless a team is running hurry-up.

About 90 minutes to watch a game. Zapping through all of the commercials and official reviews is priceless.


16 posted on 01/07/2011 10:10:14 AM PST by SoothingDave
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