nothing wrong with that, but i think that's the direction this stuff is going.

average possessions are way down in college football due to the new clock rules. teams have decided to play at a very slow pace on top of that to maximize their possessions. They want to get into the right play because they might get 10 possessions in the game instead of 15.

Army played a game this year where each team had 6(!) possessions. they are an obvious outlier in how they like to play, but i think the P4 school with the slowest pace of play was Ohio State.

more than anything the parity people talk about in college football is due to the pace of play and not the transfer portal or NIL. with 10 possessions in a game it is hard for a really talented team to outpace and blow out a lesser team in the second half.