There are some new college football rule proposals that are being floated around this week that many think would hurt the Tennessee Vols' high-scoring offense.

The proposals, which were made with the goal of shortening college football games, are being considered by college football commissioners and could be implemented this fall.

Here are the four proposals.

CFB Leaders are proposing four rule changes:

1) Prohibiting consecutive timeouts
2) No untimed down at end of 1Q/3Q
3) Clock runs after 1st downs except inside of 2 mins in a half
4) Clocks runs on incompletions once ball is spotted

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These rules would shorten the game by decreasing the number of plays in a game.

And for a team like Tennessee that runs more plays than a traditional offense that huddles, it could mean a less effective offensive attack.

But I don't think that should be a big concern for Vols fans.

Tennessee utilizes tempo, but it's not necessarily to run more plays. It's mostly to put pressure on the defense so the Vols can dictate the flow of the game. Tennessee wants the defense to react to what they're doing instead of the Vols adjusting to the defense.

The Vols like to use tempo, but that's not all they do. They'll slow down and bleed some clock when necessary. We even saw them go under center and use a fullback several times last season.

Tennessee, in fact, ran fewer plays per game in 2022 than they did in 2021 (73.9 plays per game in 2021 compared to 76.3 plays per game in 2022). The Vols were No. 34 in the nation in plays per game in 2022. Mississippi State, LSU, Arkansas, and Ole Miss all ran more plays per game than Tennessee (The Rebels were No. 4 in the nation in plays per game).

The Vols, however, had the No. 1 scoring offense in the nation, so clearly plays per game isn't the secret to their success.

I wouldn't be surprised if these rules are passed before the 2023 season. There's been a big push to shorten college football games. And while I don't love these proposals (the clock running on incompletions after the ball is set is one I really don't like), I think they'll probably end up being implemented because of the growing complaints about the length of games.

The good news for the Vols, though, is that if they do pass, it shouldn't have a major impact on Tennessee's offense.

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