I agree. The penalties are a killer and just feed the announcers with time to go on an on. I can solve the announcer problem with the mute button but the rest...
I also miss the days of watching them play in the mud and snow. Heck thats what we did as kids.
I played high school football and the best game ever was in a snow storm in late November. By the time our game was over the 50 yard line had at least six inches of mud mixed with snow and we couldn't tell who was on which team. We were all covered in mud. By the way, we won.