which is shorter on average?

[pico]

i know time really depends on certain game, but from your experience, please rank the following from shortest to longest

*nhl 1st period
*ncaa bb 1st half
*nba 1st half
*nfl first quarter
*soccer 1st half (this is usually 50 minutes)
*ncaa fb 1st quarter

[dwaechte]

NHL First period
NFL First Quarter
NCAA FB 1st Quarter
Soccer 1st Half
NCAA BB 1st Half
NBA First half

Interested to see if others come up with the same list.

[louisvillekid]

either 1st half of a college B-Ball or 1st Q of college football, especially if they're not televised. i've been to some games in the past that have really went fast, hardly any timeouts or fouls or penalties.

[pico]

NHL First period
NFL First Quarter
NCAA FB 1st Quarter
Soccer 1st Half
NCAA BB 1st Half
NBA First half

Interested to see if others come up with the same list.

my experience:

NFL First Quarter
NCAA FB 1st Quarter
NHL First period
Soccer 1st Half
NCAA BB 1st Half
NBA First half

from my experience nhl 1st period usually go for 40 minutes

[Illusion]

NHL 1st period
NFL 1st quarter
NCAA fb 1st quarter
NBA 1st half
NCAA bb 1st half (way too many tv timeouts...seems way worse during March Madness)
Soccer 1st half