The season is only three weeks old, and there have already been two games that went 75 minutes on the game clock (probably four hours in real time), but nevertheless ended in tie scores.
If an NFL game ends in a tie, then it’s almost certainly going to be a long game. That’s because the entire overtime period has to be played. I do see that overtime is now ten minutes rather than fifteen.
Actually, I thought Caulfield was referencing golf.
@ catladymac – Re-reading the third panel, I almost thought you could be right, but in the first panel Caulfield says “team” and “ran“, which makes it pretty clear that he’s lampooning (American) football. Nobody runs when playing golf.
He says “team” and “ran” because he’s talking about cross-country running.
That said, I’m sure he’s referring to gridiron football. I think it’s just coincidental synchronicity here, though, not precipitated by any specific event. Caufield thinks it’s dumb that it takes three hours to play 60 minutes of football due to the game clock stopping after every other play. Arlo, on the other hand, hates how long it takes to review football plays using replay. Those are different complaints, and neither is specific to any particular game.
These days, nobody even walks whilst golfing.
I think that 3-week timeline simply coincides with the start of the football season.
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The season is only three weeks old, and there have already been two games that went 75 minutes on the game clock (probably four hours in real time), but nevertheless ended in tie scores.
If an NFL game ends in a tie, then it’s almost certainly going to be a long game. That’s because the entire overtime period has to be played. I do see that overtime is now ten minutes rather than fifteen.
Actually, I thought Caulfield was referencing golf.
@ catladymac – Re-reading the third panel, I almost thought you could be right, but in the first panel Caulfield says “team” and “ran“, which makes it pretty clear that he’s lampooning (American) football. Nobody runs when playing golf.
He says “team” and “ran” because he’s talking about cross-country running.
That said, I’m sure he’s referring to gridiron football. I think it’s just coincidental synchronicity here, though, not precipitated by any specific event. Caufield thinks it’s dumb that it takes three hours to play 60 minutes of football due to the game clock stopping after every other play. Arlo, on the other hand, hates how long it takes to review football plays using replay. Those are different complaints, and neither is specific to any particular game.
These days, nobody even walks whilst golfing.
I think that 3-week timeline simply coincides with the start of the football season.