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1 posted on 02/27/2025 8:52:11 AM PST by Red Badger
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Bring back ties. If you don’t win in regulation, you don’t deserve full credit for winning in overtime.


2 posted on 02/27/2025 8:53:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger; Impy

What’s wrong with the college football OT rules?

Much better than the NFL OT rules.


3 posted on 02/27/2025 8:54:01 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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“The chain crew will still be there as backup”

LOL...yeah, that chain crew will still be there just to make people think it is the “old football.”


5 posted on 02/27/2025 8:55:20 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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If they keep overtime, I suggest going to a points system.

3 points for winning in regulation
2 points for winning in overtime
1 point for losing in overtime
0 points for losing in regulation


6 posted on 02/27/2025 8:55:49 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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“He added there wasn’t much conversation around a fourth-and-long option to keep possession, though those discussions could occur next month.”

Possibility: Option to keep possession if they make a 20+ yard play from a designated yard line instead of kicking off after score.


8 posted on 02/27/2025 8:59:20 AM PST by TexasGator
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I always thought the overtime rule as is, is ok.

Because assuming the first team that gets the ball deep in their territory, if they fail to get a first down then has to kick the ball away, most likely the other team only has to be maybe 20-30 yards to kick the winning FG, whereas the team that got the ball first has to score a touchdown to win. So it seems like a fair tradeoff.


9 posted on 02/27/2025 9:00:34 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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"It's time to rethink the overtime rule," league executive Troy Vincent

How about rethinking all the flags? It's unwatchable.

14 posted on 02/27/2025 9:09:28 AM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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So the NFL screwed up the overtime period, now proposes to fix it.

Here’s an idea. 15 minute MAX overtime. Both teams have a shot at the ball regardless if the receiving team scores a touchdown on their first possession.

Example: Team A receives and scores a touchdown. Kickoff to Team B who scores a touchdown. Kickoff to Team A who is forced to punt, Team B kicks a field goal, game over. Each team had 2 possessions so they’re even.

Onside kick rules: Throw these stupid rules out and go back to the old way of doing things. As it is, they want the old percentages back without going back to the old rules.


20 posted on 02/27/2025 9:19:55 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
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The optimal tracking system notifies officiating instantly if a first down was gained after the ball is spotted by hand.

Optimal? Maybe they mean optical.

22 posted on 02/27/2025 9:22:32 AM PST by KarlInOhio (“Forget it, Jake. It's California.”)
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Two hr nap time to help older viewers?


25 posted on 02/27/2025 9:24:31 AM PST by Zathras
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The best alternative to overtime is “criteria”.

The game is never tied. The team with criteria is always winning.

Criteria:

Highest score - If you have the highest score, you are winning
Most TDs - If it is tied 17-17 but one team has 2 TDs, 2 XPs and a FG and the other has 1 TD, 1- 2PConv, 3 FGs, the one with 2 TDs is winning
Last to score - If it is 17-17, the last one to score is winning.

Before you knock it....You should watch a competition that uses it. International wrestling uses it. It creates a constant sense of urgency. One team (or wrestler) is always doing everything they can to get the criteria. You never see wrestlers waiting out the clock so that they can get to OT.

It’s a way better system.


26 posted on 02/27/2025 9:25:19 AM PST by nitzy (I don’t trust good looking country singers or fat doctors.)
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I think the opening kickoff and the third quarter kickoff should be a RUBGY SCRUM with the five offensive lineman.


29 posted on 02/27/2025 9:30:05 AM PST by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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Free throws. Maybe penalty shots.


32 posted on 02/27/2025 9:33:19 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Thank you, Trump, Musk, Leavitt....)
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"Well I’ll tell you this; I’m enough of a sports fan that I suggest I have some rules changes I would like to suggest. I think they are some changes we could make in certain sports that would make them more exciting you know? Like in football, I would let all forty-five guys play at the same time. You know, what’s this s**t standing around watching the game? Get in there, put a helmet on and hurt somebody for C****sakes, will you? You’re not getting paid to watch and never mind lining up, just grab the ball and run like a m**********r you know? Another thing I would do in football, I would leave the injured on the field. Well they’re always talking about how it’s a big war going on out there. Fine, let the Red Cross come around and pick these a**holes up."
33 posted on 02/27/2025 9:33:30 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Whichever team kneels longer with more players wins.



36 posted on 02/27/2025 9:35:00 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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Quit screwing around with what used to be an exciting game


40 posted on 02/27/2025 9:40:25 AM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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I suggest using the position of the ball at the end of the game to determine which team gets the ball in the over time. Which ever team’s goal the ball is closest to would receive in overtime. The coin toss would only be used if the ball is on the 50 yard line at the end of the game.


44 posted on 02/27/2025 9:49:51 AM PST by Moss (truth is perished (Jeremiah 7:28))
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"It's time to rethink the overtime rule,"

Past time. The college overtime rules are both fair and fun.

45 posted on 02/27/2025 9:52:38 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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Just play a full quarter like it’s another 4th quarter (complete with 2 minute warning). If still tied, just leave it a tie. It’s not difficult, but these leagues insist on implementing Mickey Mouse rules.


46 posted on 02/27/2025 9:56:23 AM PST by Mozzafiato
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Receiving teams won 56.8% of games in overtime from 2017 to 2024, up from 55.4% from 2001 to 2011.

There were 16 overtime games in 2024. That means 9 times the receiving team won, and 7 times the other team won. In such a small sample, that is parity.

51 posted on 02/27/2025 10:02:33 AM PST by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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