Vols HC Josh Heupel comments on new college football rules proposals
New rules could be coming to college football in 2023
There are some new rules that could be coming to college football in 2023.
The new proposed rules, if passed, would shorten college football games, which often approach four hours.
According to the NCAA, the rules will be voted on in late April.
Here are three new rules that have been proposed:
- Teams would be prohibited from calling consecutive team timeouts.
- Penalties at the end of the first and third quarters would carry over and be enforced on the first play of the next quarter.
- The game clock will continue to run when a first down is gained. Currently, the game clock stops when a first down is gained, and the clock restarts when the offense is awarded a first down. The game clock will continue to be stopped when a first down is gained during the last two minutes of either half
Tennessee Vols head coach Josh Heupel was asked recently by 247Sports' Emily Proud about the rule proposals.
Let's just say he doesn't seem concerned.
"Yeah, depending on which ones actually get passed, they may have some effect and some of them may not have any effect on how we actually coach during the course of the game," said Heupel. "You know the clock, no matter what they decide, is going to be the same for both sides, both teams during the course of play. And so there may be some subtle tweaks to what we do but all in all, you know, if there's more consistency in the length of the game I think that's probably a positive for college football."
It sounds like the new rules, if passed, won't be cause any issues at all for the Volunteers.
