How much football is played in a football game?

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Turns out to be 11 minutes or so. In other words, very little. This is one of my biggest problems with american football (and baseball) - there is not a lot of game going on.

full article here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406.html?mod=loomia&loomia_si=t0:a16:g4:r3:c0:b0

To me, the next step is simple: someone needs to record the broadcast, edit it down to the actual game, and put it up on bittorrent. How amazing would that be? An entire and completely badass football game that takes only 11 minutes. I could watch it in the morning, while I brushed my teeth and ate my honey nut cheerios. It would be the best thing for football since they decided to make the ball pointy.

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