PhillyGirl
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Saw a post on reddit about this, but I've been thinking about this since last night:
Super Bowl LI is the perfect example of why CFB OT is better than NFL OT. ā¢ /r/CFB
Long story short: the Pats won by scoring a touchdown. They got the ball first because they won the coin toss. Atlanta never got a chance to answer because that's the NFL rule. Some sort of ass backward notion of sudden death.
That's a complete sham. And I'd feel the same way if events had occurred the other way around. If the Falcons had won the coin toss and scored a TD, the quite likely greatest QB in NFL history would've lost the Super Bowl without ever touching the ball in OT despite his Herculean record-setting comeback to get there. Had that been the case the outcry would be massive.
CFB OT isn't perfect (I'd prefer kickoffs and punts over getting the ball at the 25) but at least both teams get an equal shot. Both squads have to play offense and defense.
And there's still a sudden death aspect to CFB OT: if you end an equal number of possessions with an unequal number of points, the game's over no matter how much time has elapsed. There's no working the clock or hoping you get 'em next time. It's do or die. And it's fair.
No championship should be influenced by luck to that degree. No World Series would end after the top of the 10th. It's about time the NFL took a page from CFB's playbook and re-examined its overtime rules.
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What do you guys think?
I love the CFB OT rules personally. A part of me still roots for Penn State a bit, and I remember the Michigan-PSU game that went to 4OT. It was one of the most exciting games I'd seen in years.
Super Bowl LI is the perfect example of why CFB OT is better than NFL OT. ā¢ /r/CFB
Long story short: the Pats won by scoring a touchdown. They got the ball first because they won the coin toss. Atlanta never got a chance to answer because that's the NFL rule. Some sort of ass backward notion of sudden death.
That's a complete sham. And I'd feel the same way if events had occurred the other way around. If the Falcons had won the coin toss and scored a TD, the quite likely greatest QB in NFL history would've lost the Super Bowl without ever touching the ball in OT despite his Herculean record-setting comeback to get there. Had that been the case the outcry would be massive.
CFB OT isn't perfect (I'd prefer kickoffs and punts over getting the ball at the 25) but at least both teams get an equal shot. Both squads have to play offense and defense.
And there's still a sudden death aspect to CFB OT: if you end an equal number of possessions with an unequal number of points, the game's over no matter how much time has elapsed. There's no working the clock or hoping you get 'em next time. It's do or die. And it's fair.
No championship should be influenced by luck to that degree. No World Series would end after the top of the 10th. It's about time the NFL took a page from CFB's playbook and re-examined its overtime rules.
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What do you guys think?
I love the CFB OT rules personally. A part of me still roots for Penn State a bit, and I remember the Michigan-PSU game that went to 4OT. It was one of the most exciting games I'd seen in years.
