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There's also the average number of plays per game to consider:

The average number of offensive plays per game this season was 69.8, an increase of 1.4 over last season, and the typical game lasted 3:14, two seconds longer than in 2010. Texas Tech led the nation at 82.8 plays per game, while Florida State averaged the fewest at 58.6.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ne...ats_012212

In the NFL, it looks like the average is about 61 plays per game (doing the math from an article by Stephen Dubner on pass-run ratios)

http://www.nfl.com/features/freakonomics/episode-5

With fewer plays, it would likely be harder for an NFL team (through certainly not impossible) to simply wear teams out with a fast-paced offense.

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There's also the average number of plays per game to consider:

The average number of offensive plays per game this season was 69.8, an increase of 1.4 over last season, and the typical game lasted 3:14, two seconds longer than in 2010. Texas Tech led the nation at 82.8 plays per game, while Florida State averaged the fewest at 58.6.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ne...ats_012212

In the NFL, it looks like the average is about 61 plays per game (doing the math from an article by Stephen Dubner on pass-run ratios)

http://www.nfl.com/features/freakonomics/episode-5

With fewer plays, it would likely be harder for an NFL team (through certainly not impossible) to simply wear teams out with a fast-paced offense.