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did you watch that game? very little of what happened on the field would be classified as 'football'. it was best that everybody was just put out of the misery.
for the Iggles, a tie vs. the Bengals is as bad as a loss.
really NFL? you couldn't even implement just ONE more overtime? a TIE? really?
-Mars
did you watch that game? very little of what happened on the field would be classified as 'football'. it was best that everybody was just put out of the misery.
for the Iggles, a tie vs. the Bengals is as bad as a loss.
not for the Cowboys. a loss by the eagles would have been much better.
-Mars
I would like to see the NFL do what they do in College. I think you would have to tweak it a bit but the premise of both teams having the ball at least once would be the same.
no i like the way it stands now. sometimes college games drag on. maybe if you did limit it to one chance each, but def must kickoff before each possesion. but still i like it better now with sudden death.
lol x infinity at mcnabb. i can kinda understand a little bit, tiny tiny bit about not knowing the rule for overtime. but for him to htink that a playoff or superbowl could end in a tie is just downright hilarious. he must have done bad on his wonderlick score too!
really funny also when someone pointed out they beat the falcons who had a 9-6-1 record a few years ago in the playoffs and that he didnt notice that.
It's simple to fix.
If a team A scores on the first possession of OT, then they kickoff to team B. If team B fails to score, then game over. If either team scores on any possession after the their first one in OT, then game over.
And BTW, they need to correct the officiating first and foremost. It's always been a tad inconsistent, but I can't remember a year where the officiating has been this brutal every single week.
And if nobody scores on any possession during OT, then it's a tie.
Maybe I'm not understanding how your description qualifies as a "fix".
Ties suck. No matter how bad two teams are, they should play until someone wins. That's why it's a sport. The only reason we have ties is because of politics. Owners want to protect their investments and networks don't want to preempt shows.
As for OT, I hate sudden death and I hate college "everybody gets a turn." The best suggestion I've ever heard is "First to Four" where the first team to get 4+ points wins. It prevents the team that wins the toss just getting into field goal range on a couple lucky passes after a grudge match. If you can't put it in the endzone, then you've got to score twice.
I wasn't trying to fix the outcome, just the format.
Nothing wrong with a tie, IMO.
Yeah, I agree. A team that's not good enough to score in 15 minutes on a tired defense doesn't deserve a win. Since both teams get an offensive opportunity in 3/4 of the games I don't have a problem with sudden death either.
I love the college format, the NFL should really just adopt it.
Neither team deserved to win.
Therefore, a tie happened.
You'll love it until your team has a great punter and a great returner and they get to watch overtime from the bench.
For those of you that hate the coin toss so much, maybe the XFL scramble would be a good way to start overtime.
i've hated the college format ever since the first year when i saw a game that was 17-17 at the end of regulation finish up with a final score of 46-45.
college should make the following changes:
1) start at the 40. you should not get to lose 5 yards in 3 plays and still be in FG range.
2) the stats in OT do NOT count.
3) the final score remains the same that it was in regulation. for example, if OU & TX tie at 21, then OU wins in OT - the score should be reported that OU beat Texas, 21-21 (then put the overtime score in parenthesis).
So score it like a hockey shootout haha
They should play 1 full quarter and whoever is leading after wins, if they are still tied you keep playing full quarters- this way it doesn't come down to whoever wins the coin toss or just one play
Football games are decided by just one play all the time. There are few things in the NFL that will give odds as good as a coin toss, which is why coaches will almost always play for overtime. That's also why college overtime eventually requires you to stop kicking extra points, because otherwise teams will play it safe and wait for someone to make a mistake.
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