Is it the two-minute timeout or the two-minute warning? The name of college football's stoppage at the two-minute mark of the second and fourth quarters has become such a pointed issue that even the TV announcers have poked fun at the timeout term, compared to the warning the NFL has used for decades.
There is a new two-minute timeout. We've been asked not to call it a warning, ESPN's Rece Davis said during the broadcast of the USC-LSU game in Week 1. This distinction has become a light-hearted debate among sports commentators.
As we get to the two-minute warning, we can call it the two-minute warning in the NFL, not the two-minute timeout like they do in college, Tirico said with a laugh, highlighting the contrasting terminologies used in both leagues.
The original two-minute warning dates back to 1942, when NFL stadiums only had analog clocks. The NCAA finally introduced their version this season, but the naming controversy has drawn attention.
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