Great NFL OT...

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by 1st_Saturday_in_May

Sniper you may deserve to lose, but you also should deserve the opportunity to win. No sporting event should be decided on the flip of a coin. 30% of the time the team that wins the toss takes the ball down the field and scores. Thats sad, it really is. You put these guys on a field for 60 minutes, they leave all they've got there, and you 3 out of 10 times you decide the outcome on a coin flip? Why not give each team the ball on the 30 - with 70 yards ahead of them - and go from there. Play until one team scores and the other doesnt. The current rules just dont make any sense. No other sport ends like this, not one, and theres a reason for that.

So 30% of the time they take the ball down and score. If you force 3 and out you only need one or two first downs to kick the field goal and win. I'm sure that happens at close to a 30% clip as well.

I like your idea of giving the teams the ball at their own 30 better than the college system but I actually prefer the current system to both.

[Pointg5]

I think it's a dumb rule...

I wouldn't get too upset 1st, the Bengals got hosed last week, it happens...

I don't think the Steelers are out of it, the Ravens look like they are in panic mode by firing their O Coordinator and even though the Bengals won today, they are still not clicking...

[timmgirvan]

It's a long season, and parity is RAMPANT

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

It's a long season, and parity is RAMPANT

I never liked the sudden death rule either, perhaps the best thing would be to play one extra quarter, if still tied then it goes down as a tie. That would keep it like the rest of the game!