Original estimates on the total number of plays lost per game due to rule 3-2-5e ran in the "oh, you know, just 10-14 plays" range. The actual total thus far after one weekend of play? 18.32 plays a game, a sum closer to the high end of what most rule-watchers predicted.

The rule is bad taco meat that's getting worse. Your non-democratically elected and likely unresponsive contact for the rule is:

Ty Halpin, NCAA Football Rules Committee Liaison
NCAA
P.O Box 6222
Indianapolis,Indiana 46206-6222

FAX: (317) 917-6800
E-mail: thalpin@ncaa.org

Give 'em hell.

"Just get up off the ground, that's all I ask. Get up there with that lady that's up on top of this Capitol dome, that lady that stands for liberty."