Changes to Overtime Rules in 2021

[RussianOffense]

Let’s just go back to tie games.

A tie seems preferable to deciding the outcome of an entire game on one 2-pt play. The outcome doesn't really reflect who deserved to win.

 

[The Champ]

Anything that limits placekicking will benefit a Geoff Collins team

 

[coit]

Fitting that this quote came from Bear. 90% of Alabama fans can literally relate.

Except that they like kissing their sister.

 

[RoanokeJacket]

We have no shortage of math nerds, so one of y'all check me. I think if the first team makes theirs the second team has to have a stretch somewhere of 3 out of 4 good outcomes, which seems uneven. If the first team misses then the second team only needs one good outcome, which also seems more uneven.

I guess that is the same thing as having drives is now but one play each seems more random, especially the very first play.

 

[18in32]

If they're going to change something about OT games, it should be that OT-period scoring and stats don't count. Lotta inflated scores and stats due to OT games. The final score should just be +1 to the winning team.

 

[ramblinwise1]

Why don't they do something really stupid? Like have a player tee up the ball on the 20 yard line, put one defender between him and the goal and make him have to kick it under the cross bar and inside the uprights? Give each team 5 tries and the team making the most wins.

 

[RussianOffense]

If they're going to change something about OT games, it should be that OT-period scoring and stats don't count. Lotta inflated scores and stats due to OT games. The final score should just be +1 to the winning team.

WF 1 - VT 0 https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400547828

 

[JJacket]

WF 1 - VT 0 https://www.espn.com/college-football/game/_/gameId/400547828

One of the most anxiety causing games I have ever watched.

 

[BigDanT]

One of the most anxiety causing games I have ever watched.

Waiting for that meteor to strike must have been awful.

 

[athensjacket]

Or just eliminate the kicking game from overtime entirely, that way there's no strategic edge to winning the coin toss.

There shouldn't be a strategic edge to winning a coin toss.

 

[athensjacket]

Let’s just go back to tie games.

That would be preferable to the current college overtime, but optimally I favor the pro overtime.

 

[gtfan088]

There shouldn't be a strategic edge to winning a coin toss.

That's sort of the point. I'm not sure why you prefer the pro overtime then, though, since it even more heavily favors the team that wins the coin toss.

 

[BigDanT]

One of the most anxiety causing games I have ever watched.

Ga tech vs Tennessee or vs georgia in 2014

 

[gtfan088]

Ga tech vs Tennessee or vs georgia in 2014

We had no business losing that game to Tennessee, but the stakes were just so much higher in the 2014 UGA game. Both were definitely roller coasters, though.

 

[athensjacket]

That's sort of the point. I'm not sure why you prefer the pro overtime then, though, since it even more heavily favors the team that wins the coin toss.

Not according to this:

First call: Would NFL be better off going with college overtime rules? | TribLIVE.com

"In the NFL, 52.7 percent of teams winning the overtime coin toss (and receiving) win the game at some point in overtime, according to Ross Tucker of SiriusXM NFL Radio. In college football, the team that wins the coin toss (and defers) wins 54.9 percent of the time."

 

[RamblinWreck09]

Overtime should be replaced by a 5 vs 5 game of dodge ball.

 

[BigDanT]

Overtime should be replaced by a 5 vs 5 game of dodge ball.

Thunderdome. Two freshman enter, one freshman leaves.

 

[RamblinWreck09]

Thunderdome. Two freshman enter, one freshman leaves.

Forget my idea. This one is better.

 

[gtfan088]

Not according to this:

First call: Would NFL be better off going with college overtime rules? | TribLIVE.com

"In the NFL, 52.7 percent of teams winning the overtime coin toss (and receiving) win the game at some point in overtime, according to Ross Tucker of SiriusXM NFL Radio. In college football, the team that wins the coin toss (and defers) wins 54.9 percent of the time."

Got me there. Nonetheless, an NFL team isn't even guaranteed a possession, which is just silly, especially as the league trends toward offensive-friendly rules.

 

[Walton]

I like the idea of no FGs or extra points in OT. As others pointed out, the current rules give the 1st defense team a huge advantage.

I’m fine with calling a game a tie if it is still tied after 2 OTs.