It's always easy to spot an idiot a mile away. They're usually saying something completely moronic like, oh I don't know, you should leave the country if you have a different opinion on a sporting event. I thought this was the country that was supposed to be based in free speech......but wait, that's only when it agrees with what badtodabone thinks. My mistake, didn't see that fine print in the Bill of Rights.
I'd rather have a tie
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Not a sore loser....been hating this OT system for several years. Never said it was a gimme field goal, just saying you start in field goal "range". Put Ohio State in OT. Thats a pretty automatic "3".
All I can do is repeat what I've said for years. I watched "football" for 60 minutes. A great game. Then I watched some sort of weird scrimmage until someone won on a penalty kick.
Why not play "rock, paper, scissors". Joe Public loves colllege OT b/c they think its fair and exciting and just overlook the fact that its not the same game.
By the way, I took Southern English.
Finally, I do respect most opinions on this thread. I will end by saying, how can anyone care about a game ending in a tie when SEVERAL times in history....very recent history.....a whole season has ended in a tie? We've had OT in college football for 10 years now. Yet we still have more than one national champion in the same year, and we still have undefeated teams that can't play for a nat'l championship. No ties?
We both won the season that year, but we can't have a tie in a single game.
Moronic.
All I can do is repeat what I've said for years. I watched "football" for 60 minutes. A great game. Then I watched some sort of weird scrimmage until someone won on a penalty kick.
Why not play "rock, paper, scissors". Joe Public loves colllege OT b/c they think its fair and exciting and just overlook the fact that its not the same game.
By the way, I took Southern English.
Finally, I do respect most opinions on this thread. I will end by saying, how can anyone care about a game ending in a tie when SEVERAL times in history....very recent history.....a whole season has ended in a tie? We've had OT in college football for 10 years now. Yet we still have more than one national champion in the same year, and we still have undefeated teams that can't play for a nat'l championship. No ties?
We both won the season that year, but we can't have a tie in a single game.
Moronic.
If the offense doesn't gain one yard in OT, it is not a 45 yard FG but a 42 yard FG.....more than makeable for any decent major college kicker. Why should the offense automatically be given starting position in scoring range? why aren't the defenses given an opportunity to keep the offense out of scoring range? This is where the college OT is flawed.....football is a game of offense and defense......by allowing each team starting position in FG range, you more or less in my eyes take away the defensive part of the game......at least make a team go 15-20 yards to get into FG range.....there is no premium on having to move the ball to score in college OT. I like the college OT a lot more than the NFL, I just think it could be much better system and a more realistic reflection on the whole game of football if they moved the ball back.
I've pretty much said my peace. And then some.
Just wanted to make a few other comments.
One, I used to not mind NFL OT. But, over the last decade or so, I don't like it. I'd like to see ties in reg. season, but I know you need a winner in playoffs. The kickers are too good these days to just let the team get the ball first and get down to about the 30-35. Also, the kickoff is from the 30, so you get way better field position.
I'd propose the "have to score 6 to win" thing, or maybe just have no kickoff in OT. Whoever wins the toss gets to choose offense or defense and the ball is placed on the 20 yard line. Maybe even the 15???
Back to college OT. The team that goes on defense first gets one hell of an advantage. They see what they need to do and can play accordingly.
Also, it amazes me that we can't have a playoff b/c we don't need college athletes playing so many games. If they care about the athletes' health so much, imagine what can result in games that go several OT's. Its possible to go 20 OT's, 30....whatever. Is a coach going to take a guy out in the 19th OT?
I know thats a stretch, but its there.
I hate it, and I respect people that disagree, but I would like people to address how they think its ok to play a completely different game to decide potentially huge games.
Just wanted to make a few other comments.
One, I used to not mind NFL OT. But, over the last decade or so, I don't like it. I'd like to see ties in reg. season, but I know you need a winner in playoffs. The kickers are too good these days to just let the team get the ball first and get down to about the 30-35. Also, the kickoff is from the 30, so you get way better field position.
I'd propose the "have to score 6 to win" thing, or maybe just have no kickoff in OT. Whoever wins the toss gets to choose offense or defense and the ball is placed on the 20 yard line. Maybe even the 15???
Back to college OT. The team that goes on defense first gets one hell of an advantage. They see what they need to do and can play accordingly.
Also, it amazes me that we can't have a playoff b/c we don't need college athletes playing so many games. If they care about the athletes' health so much, imagine what can result in games that go several OT's. Its possible to go 20 OT's, 30....whatever. Is a coach going to take a guy out in the 19th OT?
I know thats a stretch, but its there.
I hate it, and I respect people that disagree, but I would like people to address how they think its ok to play a completely different game to decide potentially huge games.
