NBC has announced that they have met with Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly about the new quick strike offense he is bringing with him to the Irish this season. Kelly's Bearcats last year averaged 2:19 for a scoring drive. He has met with NBC to breakdown how the games are going to be played on the field so they can customize their broadcast to match. For this season's Notre Dame game telecasts, NBC will switch to the NFL TV model of five shorter commercial breaks per quarter rather than four longer commercial breaks. The total commercial time per game will still equal the same as previous years. NBC is not the first to look into changing commercial schemes to match a game. ESPN sets its broadcast details per each conferences requests on ad time break downs. NBC will air the 8 Irish home games this season, with ESPN possibly broadcasting some road games.
It is amazing to me the changes even this year that television has made to College Football. We have seen conferences expand and teams on the move all driven by the money generated from big television deals with mostly ESPN. I am all for expanded exposure for the game but hope that it doesn't start to resemble its pro counterpart at any point. The reason I love College Football is because it is not the NFL.
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