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The game is fair for 60 minutes. You can't win in 60 minutes, that's your fault. The college football rules are a joke.
I wonder how many times the team winning the toss in college wins the game? You don't think it's a pretty huge advantage to take the ball 2nd in college knowing what you need to win?
I'm thinking why don't we just not allow FGs in overtime? Make the teams at least have to drive it all the way down and score a TD.
but why take away or change the game? keep playing football, add 10 minutes to the clock and play ball...personally I like this rule...it becomes another 4th quarter, strategy and time management become important...I like it...
I like this.
Much more fair, and some potential extra drama -- the second team with possession, if down 7, could go for a TD + two-point conversion for the win.
Jeff Pasquino has called for this in the past, too, and I agree with him and Ted Lange as your Bartender - change the rule to first to six and then teams will have to drive the length of the field to win the game, or put together two field goal tries and a defensive stop in between. Much fairer requiring six points to win in OT, IMO. Then the coin flip (while still important) isn't so overwhelmingly crucial. My 
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Not only that but favorites up to 5 & a half points will still be able to cover the spread.Jeff Pasquino has called for this in the past, too, and I agree with him and Ted Lange as your Bartender - change the rule to first to six and then teams will have to drive the length of the field to win the game, or put together two field goal tries and a defensive stop in between. Much fairer requiring six points to win in OT, IMO. Then the coin flip (while still important) isn't so overwhelmingly crucial. My
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This. Game is then registered as a tie. In the playoffs, quarters are added. The winner is the first team to score. This rule change would encourage teams to continue to execute their normal game plan at the end of teh game rather than paly conservatively to run out the clock.
The players will have to give up something in this new deal, this might be what the can let happen!
No, I wouldn't classify that as huge. I think it may be an advantage, but a fair one since you won the toss. Winning the toss in the NFL overtime isn't just an advantage, that is where you can insert the word HUGE and it appropriately fits.
So the NFL should be fair for 60 minutes and then since you have two even teams play a game, those teams then deserve an unfair ending to decide their game? Really, you really think that way?
OK, it's tied after just 10 minutes of play and we're in the playoffs, then what......Personally, I like both teams getting the ball at say the 50 yard line. I don't like teams getting the ball in field goal range already. Each team gets the ball at the 50 and see what you can do. After 3 TD's by both sides, you're forced to go for the 2 point conversion.I don't like to see one team get the ball on offense and the other possibly not due to a coin flip.
That's what I was thinking with my idea I posted earlier. It wouldn't make the OT any longer but would get rid of the luck factor involved in the coin flip. If anything, it would make the OTs shorter...
This isn't something the NFL is going to be changing annnnny time soon, but I agree that it ought to get changed.
The league and networks don't want games going 45 minutes longer either. Before the kickoffs were moved back, the team that won the coin-flip only won the game 51-52% of the time. So it wasn't exactly fair, but it was close enough. I don't understand why they don't just move the kickoffs up in OT.
Yes, I think that way. I think OT is stupid. If the game is tied after regulation, the game should be a tie. If there must be a winner(ie playoffs) sudden death is fine. I've never once heard a player say OT is unfair.
I like sudden death the way it is but think, if anything, this change is very subtle and works well. If a team starts on the 20 - they need to drive almost 50 yards to get in FG range.If that doesn't work... go straight to penalty kicks.
I believe the coin toss winner for OT in the NFL is at 60%. I'll bet college is somewhere close to that.
yea cause ties are awesome...
Take place kickers out of OT all together, except for kickoff.And keep it the first to score.
In football, on pretty much every snap of the ball either team could potentially score a TD. There are plenty of ways for the defense to get a turnover. Keep the rules the same and stop crying about it.
Sorry David, I think you are generally great but are all wet on this one. The problem I see with this is that it will make the end of regulation FAR less interesting. After all, how exciting do you find the final two minutes of the third quarter?David Yudkin said:
That would be the biggest drawback, but I think it would be worth it to fix the OT. If the teams were tied for a while in the 4th quarter already, then it would be less interesting. But if one team is behind and needs to score to send it into OT, then it'd still be exciting.
Teams already play timid under the safety blanket of going to overtime. Teams already won't do anything risky and are happy to settle for a long FG attempt and go to OT if they miss. Teams with possession late and pinned at their own goal line are happy to run out the clock and be "saved" by going to OT.No matter how you slice it, there is no "good" way to do it without making things unfair for one team -OR- changing how the game is played. For 4 quarters, teams don't have to start at a fixed spot (like college OT would have it), nor are they playing to score a certain amount of points (like the first to score 6 points in OT proposal).As for the current OT system, I realize many times the team that wins the toss can move the ball and get a FG to win . . . but the other team still can do well on special teams or on defense. THey are allowed to actually STOP the other team from moving into FG range.
Not always...Underdog kicks FG... Favorite scores TD.Not only that but favorites up to 5 & a half points will still be able to cover the spread.
I've been saying this for years.
