As much as I was hoping the Bills would win, I couldn't help but think it was the same thing that happened to KC back in the 2018 playoffs. Kansas City and New England were tied after a crazy 4th quarter. NE won the toss in OT, and I knew the Chiefs would never get the ball.
I happen to have been in attendance at the famous six quarter game in Kansas City in ‘71 on Christmas Day. Also a divisional playoff and it lasted six quarters. Just playing quarter is not the answer, but I agree, the sudden death aspect places too much on the coin toss and not enough on the teams performance capabilities at the point of exhaustion.
I think we had a great weekend especially since outside of basketball, my lack-luster Jayhawks narrowly escaped defeat at the well playing K-State Wildcats showing the wonderful parity of the Big 12 BB programs once again.
I would agree with the argument of unnecessary exposure to injury if an entire period was required (even though that could happen).
The rule of “Sudden Death” at the outset of OT means that the winner is very likely to be decided by the coin toss.
The rule should be “Sudden Death” as soon as the SECOND team gets the ball. From that point, whoever is ahead after a given team is done wins. Simple. Both teams get the ball. Can be a very quick OT. It’s up to the teams, not an arbitrary clock at that point. Basically the sensible college rules.
I can’t believe how stupid the NFL OT rule is. If the Bills had won the toss, the Bills would be moving on in the playoffs and the Chiefs would be going home. Unbelievable.
I’ll be surprised if this doesn’t get changed before next season starts. There’s no way such a great game should have ended that way because of a stupid NFL rule.