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Inside College Football: Hate long games? Blame fast-paced offenses

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Week 11 games to watch for the College Football Playoff

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Watching a bank of televisions last Saturday at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York, one college football production assistant barked out, "This game is sailing along."

He was right. Army and Air Force were on their way to playing a nationally televised game in a brisk 3 hours, 8 minutes. It was a definite rarity. Watching college football has never required such a time commitment.

Week 11 debuts with the average game being played in a record length of 3 hours, 24 minutes.