4 minutes per quarter on sim is right on.
Look at last weeks monday night football stats. Total rush plays and tatal pass plays and compare to what you get when you sim on 4 minute quarters - it's right on target.
A lot of people say you count punts and kickoffs and field goals to get the average number of plays per nfl games which is around 120 give or take some. That's not true look for yuorself on link below.
http://www.buccaneers.com/team/games...ate=09/08/2003
Regards,
Geo