Shane Beamer had programmed his DVR.
South Carolina’s second-year head coach knew he would have all of the Gamecocks’ in-stadium video angles available for his review of last Saturday’s win against Charlotte, but Beamer had intended to watch a replay of the ESPNU TV broadcast.
Beamer felt he had allotted plenty of memory to contain the broadcast of his team’s eventual 56-20 win.
He was wrong.
“I’m all for speeding up games,” Beamer said on Wednesday’s SEC coaches’ teleconference. “Even last week (against Charlotte), that was … I recorded the game on my television and gave myself enough room for three-and-a-half hours of game and I ran out of time.
“I didn’t get to see the end of the game of the TV copy because I ran out of time. That’s too long.”
Beamer had broached length of games during the SEC call when he was asked about a media report that indicated NCAA officials had determined that incomplete passes – more so than TV timeouts, replay reviews and other elements – contributed more than any other factor to the overall length of games.
Beamer’s Gamecocks saw their 7:30 p.m. kickoff against Charlotte end at 11:08 p.m.
“That’s too long,” Beamer said. “So I’m all for ways to speed up the game.”