The 2:00 game, Seattle vs. DC, was actually a pretty decent game. It was entertaining, which is all you can ask.
I like some things, like the new 1, 2 or 3 point conversions after the touchdown. For the uninitiated, there is no one point kick through the uprights. After a touchdown you have the choice of trying:
- a one point conversion from the two yard line
- a two point conversion from the five yard line or
- a three point conversion from the ten yard line.
Interesting idea there.
Ironically though (as my wife pointed out to me), the 25 second play clock did
nada to speed up the game. The game started at 2:00 and hit half-time at 3:30. Uh, that's at least a three hour game, just like the NFL.
I didn't like the sideline reporters chasing down players and coaches throughout the
entire game to ask them their thoughts about this or that or the other thing. Truthfully, these guys usually have little to offer but clichés. Besides, they're trying to play a game here. Leave them the **** alone.
In the same vein, we don't need players and coaches mic'ed up all the time. It's really bizarre for
us to be hearing the coaches call particular plays. And there was already at least one case of an obscenity getting on the air.
I did catch a little of the 5:00 game on Fox and the graphic artist in me cringed at the score box, which had the LA Wildcats logo so crammed in and cropped that they managed to make "LA" look like an "H". I was wondering what the "H" stood for.