QB Talk—A New Way To Talk Football Episode # 12

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How Women Can Learn to "Talk" Football

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Time outs—2 minute warning—40 seconds per play for center to snap the ball • AN NFL football game takes 60 minutes of actual playing time…But with all the TV time outs for commercials and time outs …from start to finish a football game takes about 3 hours. • There are 4-15 minute quarters in a football game. 2 minute breaks at the end of the first and third quarters as teams change ends of the field. At the end of the first half each teams goes back to their locker room and takes a scheduled 12 minute break. • Watch the QB’s arm motions and when you see him signaling to the referee he generally is asking to take a time out. The QB has 3 allotted time outs during each half of the game…and can call a time out any time he wants for a variety of reasons. Each time out generally lasts 1 minute and 50 seconds. The QB can call a total of 6 time outs during a game. • When a player is injured the referee calls a time out which is NOT charged against the team unless it occurs during the last 2 minutes of the game. • QB’s watch the clock because the QB and his offense have only 40 seconds from the end of one play for the center to snap the ball for the next play. If the ball is not snapped within 40 seconds the QB’s team is charged with a penalty.