Agreed, the college overtime rule is much more equitable. In the NFL, the winner of the coin toss usually wins the overtime, it seems.
Not true. It's pretty much 50-50. The reason is that if the team that gets the opening KO doesn't get a first down, odds are the other team will get the ball in good field position, and only would need a FG to win.
It was never above about 55%. The “problem” is they had a series of overtime playoff games where famous well regarded QBs never got on the field in OT so they decided they needed a “fairer” system that guaranteed each high priced QB would get on the field at least once. Always a stupid deal, either team can score on any play in football, sure the defensive team is less likely to score, but it’s not like baseball. And heck the Bears won 2 OT games in a row on turnovers run back for TDs.
Sudden deal or not at all. The college system stinks. It’s basically penalty kicks, which stink.