how about that Rams/Panthers game
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megawill
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 Posted: 01/11/04 - 15:24 Post subject:
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To gretreiver - as far as overtime, I like the way they are now for both the colleges and the pros. The 25 yard line start and equal opportunity to match scores fits the colleges and their players well. At the same time for the professional players I think sudden death using the entire field is appropriate. I wouldn't want to see the NFL go to the college system or vice versa. |
I agree that, the college version of deciding a tie works well for the college game but not sure how well it would translate to the pro game....maybe if you pushed it out to the 50 yd line it might be interesting...
The thing I don't like about the professional version of sudden death is that if you lose the coin flip and the other team scores on their first possession you don't get a chance to counter (although this situation didn't happen in this game)...this seems especially cruel in a playoff situation...
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Posted: 01/11/04 - 15:32 Post subject:
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The thing I don't like about the professional version of sudden death is that if you lose the coin flip and the other team scores on their first possession you don't get a chance to counter (although this situation didn't happen in this game)...this seems especially cruel in a playoff situation...
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It is a bit skewed, but isn't that still "fairer" for lack of a better word, than just continuing on with the game as if it's another quarter, i.e. the play passes to whoever's turn it is after the last down? That to me would seem even more skewed--at least this way it's 50/50 chance your team is going to have first dibs at possession and scoring, no? I don't see any other way of keeping with the current "first team wins" system and adding any element of fairness, do you?
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Posted: 01/11/04 - 16:08 Post subject:
| genie wrote: | | megawill wrote: |
The thing I don't like about the professional version of sudden death is that if you lose the coin flip and the other team scores on their first possession you don't get a chance to counter (although this situation didn't happen in this game)...this seems especially cruel in a playoff situation...
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It is a bit skewed, but isn't that still "fairer" for lack of a better word, than just continuing on with the game as if it's another quarter, i.e. the play passes to whoever's turn it is after the last down? That to me would seem even more skewed--at least this way it's 50/50 chance your team is going to have first dibs at possession and scoring, no? I don't see any other way of keeping with the current "first team wins" system and adding any element of fairness, do you? |
Here's how to do it: equal number of possessions. Example: your team wins the overtime coin toss. You elect to receive. You take the kickoff down the field and score points - FG or TD - and for the sake of this argument, you score a FG.The other team gets one possession (and one possession only) to score. They go down the field and score a TD. Game over. If they kick a field goal, they'll have to kick off to you. Repeat process. If they fail to score? Game over. At least they had a chance to score.
If you'd prefer, it could be done as in college only make the start of possessions on the far side of the fifty yardline - the forty, maybe? Unless there are gale-force winds, a field goal attempt from there would be out of the question. (Gee, what would that be...about a 77-yarder?!?)
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