The Pac-12 kicked off Pac-12 Media Day in Hollywood on Wednesday with the usual trickle of news nuggets relating to the conference.
Unfortunately for USC football fans with DirecTV and other service providers who don’t carry the Pac-12 Network, there was no update on that front, but the conference did have some other announcements worth noting.
Last year, the Pac-12 launched a pilot program to experiment with lessening game lengths. Half times were shortened from 20 minutes to 15, kickoff times were shifted and commercial formats were restructured in 15 games broadcast on the Pac-12 Network. As a result, game time on average was cut by five minutes and broadcast time went down by eight minutes.