New OT rule for 2019
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D-Woww
Old Man Dan
what? worst suggestion ever. there should be no ties in sports.
Well, some of the most memorable games of yesteryear in CFB are ties.
Soccer the most popular sport in the world has ties all the time. Liverpool will probably lose the Premier league because they had 7 draws...so it is an element of strategy in how the tie plays into the season overall record works for playoffs and seeding, etc.
And the human element of stupidity in not understanding a tie is enormous.
Frank Reich decided a tie was the same as a loss and with 30 seconds left in OT missed a 4th down from his own 44 and the Colts lost a game to Houston this season. If they hadn't lost that game they would have won the division and hosted a home game in the playoffs. Colts win that division and the may have avoided having to go on the road to a KC team playing on a cold snowy, wet track....huge, huge implications all based on a one ignorant decision.
I don‘t see what‘s wrong with ties. Aren‘t they more reflective of what happened in a game than a win in a game that requires multiple overtimes to end? It gets to the point where it seems unfair and deceptive to call a team a winner and the other a loser
D-Woww
Old Man Dan
why? it would e fair to reward the team that eventually scores, no matter how long it takes.
M.W.
Parties like it's 1979
Why?
M.W.
Parties like it's 1979
M.W.
Parties like it's 1979
You talking about 1966?
Obviously be one of them. Several others too...
cubsker
Used to be "Fun Cub"
That's ok. Better we went for it and missed instead of taking the tie.
M.W.
Parties like it's 1979
I disagree. Screw Miami.
bull
Coattailing Cheerleader
Brings me back to late 60s. It was Harvard vs Yale, both undefeated. Most memorable game I ever saw. Harvard scored 16 points in the last 42 seconds to tie at 29-29. No time left on clock when last score was made. Harvard’s second string QB was in for those last two touchdowns. Yale’s star running back was Calvin Hill.
I am a strong proponent of ties. They can be very useful breaking ties in the standings at season ends. Finally, being a dog lover, I will usually have a winning bet when game ends in a tie.
With you all the way, mr M.W.
M.W.
Parties like it's 1979
I recall going to two games that ended in ties. First was Duke-Clemson 1976. I don't know how Clemson got to 18, but Clemson led 18-15 with a couple seconds left. Duke's PK Vinnie Fusco (who had already kicked five FG's) lined up for a 57-yarder. Clemson put Stan Rome (a 6-5 receiver who also played on the hoops team) in the back of the end zone as if he were there to goaltend. I was about 30 feet behind the goal posts. Fusco kicked it and sure enough it hit the cross bar and bounced over to tie the game. Rome just watched it go over his head. It took 40 years before I was able to determine that it would have been illegal for Rome to block it at the bar (leaving me to wonder why he was there in the first place). That was much more dramatic than an overtime decision.
The other tie was in Baltimore in 1986. Clemson 17, Maryland 17, and it was absolutely freezing. Not many in that crowd would have preferred overtime to a tie in that weather.
The other tie was in Baltimore in 1986. Clemson 17, Maryland 17, and it was absolutely freezing. Not many in that crowd would have preferred overtime to a tie in that weather.
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