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With the average length of college football games at an all-time high of 3 hours and 24 minutes this past season, there is a consensus among conference commi sioners and coaches that the length of games should be shortened, according to an .The challenge arises in how to go about accomplishing that goal.MORE: Over the last four seasons Jason Hammel Jersey , the average length of games has increased seven minutes, from 3:17 in 2013 to 3:24 this season.However, the Raul Mondesi Jersey average numberof plays have remained flat (in 2016, there were 142.6 plays per game, compared to 143 in 2013).Big 12 teams this past season played games averaging 3:36, the longest in the nation, and conference commi sioner Bob Bowlsby said, Staying under 3:25 is an appropriate aspiration."Among the suggestions for ways to shorten games: keep the clock running on first downs (until the final two or five minutes of each half); shorten halftime; limit replays; reduce the number of timeouts; shorten the play clock; tweak substitution rules; and limit ad breaks.MAC commi sioner Jon Steinbrecher Wily Peralta Jersey said that coaches need to be front and center in any discu sion on changes to the sport that would shorten the length of games.We need a good look at this from 360 degrees," he said. Brad Boxberger Jersey "I would like to see all po sible ways of shortening games before I give an opinion on how," Ole Mi s coach Hugh Freeze said. "But I firmly believe we have to shorten games for the good of the game."Washington State coach Mike Leachs di senting opinion is that the length of games is not a problem. Kelvin Herrera Jersey "If they me s with that, they are idiots," Leach said. "They should have fewer commercial breaks. If they don't want to cut the number of commercials, then fit them into le s (game) breaks."The NCAA's Football Oversight Committee will addre s the length of games, as well as other i sues, when it meets later this month.