NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel to Approve Three Rule Changes That Will Shorten Football Games

College football games are likely going to be shorter next fall.

The Playing Rules Oversight Panel is set to approve three new rule changes proposed by the NCAA Football Rules Committee on Friday that are expected to speed up college football games, per CBSSports' Dennis Dodd.

New rules that will go into effect starting this season include:

The clock will now run after a first down with the exception of the final two minutes of either half.

Teams may no longer call consecutive team timeouts.

Any penalty that occurs at the end of the first or third quarter will carry over into the next quarter instead of ending the quarter on an untimed down. Either half cannot end on a defensive penalty unless…