College OT Sucks

[TouchdownJesus]

Yet another reason I hate college OT. Its not fair b/c its not the same game they just played for 3 hours.

Carolina gives up 3 points in a defensive battle and Virginia is able to get a very good drive in last 2 minutes to tie the score 10-10. Basically a defensive, field position game, and then all of a sudden each team gets the ball 25 yards away.

Everyone says its fair, but its not. Its not the same game, and just like the NFL...whoever wins the coin toss has a huge advantage by playing on defense first. At least they play the game of football in the NFL OT.

If there is no playoff system, why do we need overtime anyway? I'm all in favor of some form of OT if we go to a playoff...I'd rather have OT limited to just playoff games and have it be that you play "sudden death" but you must score 6 pts to win.

A tie would have kept UNC alive for ACC title, but instead they lost the glorified post-game scrimmage. And its not like VA couldn't have gone for 2.

Just a rant, but how do so few see that college OT is even worse than NFL OT?

 

[SixFive]

it makes the game exciting (the game u speak of could have used a little excitement :yawn , but I totally agree it's like playing a different game.

 

[yyz]

Sounds like a bunch of crying, to me. I could understand if you had the under, and they scored 50 points in OT......Then I could see the bitch.


Maybe Carolina should have prevented that "very good drive" at the end of regulation, and this conversation wouldn't be taking place?

:shrug:

 

[DerrickTulips]

All i needed to do was look at the location this post was coming from and I realized why he was complaining :142smilie

Look UNC had a great chance to take control of the conference and they blew it. I don't even understand your rant. Are you eliminating overtime for the regular season? Overtime in college is a lot better than the nfl. Fact is UNC gave up a late td and blew the game. At least the UNC fans who seemed to depart once Peppers and Mack Brown left have decided to show their 'loyalty' to the football program.

 

[LetsMakeMoney]

TD is NC would have won in OT this thread wouldn't exist,gl on the game game :toast:

 

[TouchdownJesus]

I agree, if UNC wins in OT, I wouldn't have posted. BUT....I would feel the same way. As much as I love UNC...was watching game with a friend and VA receiver ran a double-move. Got interfered and they called "uncatchable". I HATE "uncatchable" rule unless maybe its out of bounds.

HUGE break for Heels and I kept saying over and over how it was horse-chit. Which it was.

I've also posted a LOT about how ridiculous college OT is. Again, its ridiculous to play a different game in OT, and its completely unnecessary to have OT if you don't have a playoff.

You can say it makes the game exciting, but a tie would make the conf. division race exciting.

And really, did OT make that boring turd exciting? I enjoyed the game b/c I am a UNC fan and appreciate field position games, but yes, it was boring.

A 2-pt conversion...or at least the option of going for 2, would have made it exciting, and it brings strategy into the game. I think both teams would have played for a tie as far as the conference is concerned.

Then again, 1983....Osborne made the moronic call to go for 2 and forego a national title...