After seeing it in practice, it's so much better. I think the rare tie is preferable to the pinball game that College overtime has become. In a conference or BCS title game (when a tie would be unacceptable), if the OT clock runs out with a tie score, just play another 15 minutes.
OT in CFB is that it isn't actually overtime, it's a tiebreaker round. My problem with college "overtime" is that the announcers always explain the rules as if the game they are calling is the first tie game of the decade. If I was the supreme ruler of CFB there would be three changes I would make to break ties. First we would stop caling it overtime, tiebreaker round is what it is so we'll call it that. Next I would move he starting spot back to the 35 yard line. My final change would be to eliminate he coin toss. The team that scored last to force the tie would start on offense and which end of the field would be picked by the come from behind team.
I'm just happy we have overtime at all. I can't stand ties. However, starting from the 35-yard-line would be better.
Overtime ain't football when you essentially start in field goal range. We should back them up to the other 25 yard line and make them go the length of the field.
I think NFL should adopt CFB overtime. I like it actually. OT football in College is always exciting. I like the fact you have at least a FG (Assuming you make it) causes a go back and forth environment. I love College OT. I will watch OT in CFB whenever it happens. No matter who is playing.
A football game should never, ever end in a tie. This isn't soccer. A tie does nothing but blur the final rankings, and could be particularly troublesome if a teamm with a tie is in contention for the NCG at the end of the year.
There are pros and cons to it, but overall, I like it. That said, I wouldn't be opposed to backing them up 10 yards and making them start from the 35.
I just think the college overtime takes a hard-fought 60-minute football game and turns it into an insane free-for-all where each team is just given the ball in makeable FG range(*). I think what the NFL has done introduces a lot more strategy. *I do agree with a poster above that college OT is really exciting, especially if you don't care about either team.
Agreed. If the team doesn't score, are they punting? I've heard some discuss in detail adopting something like soccer with extra minutes for two semi-quarters and then going to the 35 yard line with alternating possessions. Honestly, I couldn't find any fault in the idea.
