I honestly believe part of the problem with college football has to do with all the "faux injuries" that we see in EVERY game. Faux injuries eat up a lot of time, and
kill the momentum of a game. For instance, against FAU the game was stopped at least 10 to 15 times for Faux (and sometimes outright fake) injuries. What makes 'em "Faux Injuries" you ask? Too many players are laying on the ground for between 1 to 5 minutes, and then walking off the field like they are going to a high school dance. And then you see them return to the game on the very next possession.
This exact scenario happened to LA Tech's #33, Da'Von Washington Saturday afternoon. He laid on the field pretending to be hurt for at least 5 min --acting like he was dying-- only to return to the game very soon afterwards. Others did it too, on both teams. Meanwhile, every time one of these guys lays there like a pig in mud, game play gets stopped and us fans have to sit thru at least 2-3 minutes of TV commercials.
If you are going to lay on the field for 5 minutes and require people to escort you off, then you need to have a broken leg or be damn near dead. I know these kids
are millennials, but some of this attention seeking is absurd.
The NCAA needs to make a new rule that says,
"If you have to be helped off the football field for a supposed injury, then you can't return to the game for the rest of the current quarter nor the following quarter". Let's call it an "health evaluation period."
We want to make sure that you are
properly evaluated before you are allowed to return to the game.
So for example, if you have to be escorted from the field in the 2nd quarter, you won't be allowed to play again until the 4th quarter
at the earliest.
A rule like that would stop some of this time killing fake injuries. It wold also stop people from using fake injuries in an attempt to slow a fast paced offense.