Overtime, the never-ending debate
By Dave Reardon
I like college football’s system better than the NFL’s. Here’s a quick fix to make the NFL system more fair: Simply guarantee that both teams get the ball on offense at least once instead of using pure sudden-death. This also makes for tough decision-making for the team that gets the ball first regarding going for a field goal or TD, kicking an extra point or going for two — perhaps choosing to kickoff if you win the toss. Weigh in.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
I completely agree. Give both teams one shot. After that, first team to score wins. It would not extend overtime that much and would be a lot fairer. Coach Cowher made a great point on Sunday when he said the way it is now, whoever wins the coin toss pretty much wins the game.
Tough break for Davone Bess. What a terrible time for Chad Pennington to go Brett Favre on us. Maybe Bess should have a sit down with Parcells and show him Colt’s highlight tape. I can definitely see Colt lighting it up in Miami. “Brennan back . . . finds Bess . . . TOUCHDOWN!! . . . Dolphins win.”
January 5th, 2009 at 4:22 pm
Dave you get my vote…except only 2 pt. conversions after TD’s to compress the game.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
i like the college, rather they started at midfield though. the nfl system is ridiculous. 2 teams with incredible offenses and shitty D, its a given who will win. give each team a shot on offense.
January 5th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
i really like the shootout format of college football. more drama and excitement. i also think that the NFL way puts too much importance on a coin flip.
P.S. i mentioned Jason Rivers joining the Spokane Shock of the AF2 on the previous post. looks like Hercules Satele will be his new teammate:
http://www.spokaneshock.com/news/index.html?article_id=522
“Satele, 6-2 322, was signed by the Arizona Cardinals after he finished at the University of Hawaii in 2008. At left guard, Satele was a key component of the Warrior’s offensive line that finished first in the country scoring (46.2), second in passing (450.2), and third in total offense (529.2). His junior season, Satele was named first team all-WAC and a SI.com All-American.
“He’s one of the strongest linemen we have ever signed,” Shackleford explained. “But in addition to his size and strength he is very athletic. When he was with the Cardinals he played both left guard and center because of his athleticism.””
January 5th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
This seems like such a simple common sense fix. For whatever reason the NFL has decided to keep it the way it’s been. Maybe now they’ll change it since it’s affected one of the league’s darlings, Peyton Manning.
January 5th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
Happy New Year Dave-O. Good to see you back on the blog. Must of been a heck of a New Year’s Eve celebration, huh?
Overtime, I do like the college system. But I like the NFL system too. (I like most things, as I am a simpleton.) With the NFL, it’s kinda like you should of never let it get to a tie in regulation. If you can’t win it during the game, you take your chances in a (perhaps unfair) overtime.
Sudden Death, baby. I like it.
January 5th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I agree with others that the college version is superior to the pro. I think it was ridiculous when commentators said the pro version should stay essentially because if the team that starts on D can’t stop a field goal, they deserve to lose. It’s sometimes incredible how thick-headed & reactionary some of them are. Unfortunately it’s not going to be put up for a popular vote. I hope Dave’s right about them re-considering because of Manning.
January 6th, 2009 at 11:12 am
I might be the only one who likes sudden death overtime. There are some amazing defenses in the league. If a team looses the coin toss, then may their defense come up and make a stop.
BIK
January 7th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Coin toss or College rules? Being born and raised in the islands I kinda like the NFL but do any of these teams really mean that much to locals. The only pride we can say we really have is in our UH football team and will they ever be able to compete on a national level, with the USC’s, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Notre Dame, etc.? Probably not. We are the 50th State, one of the #1 vacation spots in the United States. Could you imagine what kind of money the state could pump in if we had our own NFL team? And a team that could someday compete and maybe someday go to the Super Bowl? Anything is possible. This would help Hawaii Sports in every possible way. I guess though it will never happen cause the politicians have there own agenda. It’s all about control, kinda reminds me of the electric company. I’ll keep pushing for this dream while the NFL keeps trudging on with the East coast,West coast and everything in between and another Super Bowl will be played and a Mainland team will win but it’s not Hawaii. To answer the question, college rules from the 50.