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[Jonathan Hodges]

Note that the NFL's new OT rule (that if the team that receives the kickoff
scores a FG on its opening drive, the opponent will get a possession to
either try for the FG to tie & go into further sudden death OT or a TD to
win) is only applicable in the playoffs and has never been used (it started
last season; two seasons ago, in the 2010 playoffs, the Saints got the ball
in OT vs the Vikings in the NFC Championship and kicked game-winning FG in
the opening possession, which eventually led to the rule change).

The talking heads (especially those dedicated to the NFL) love to bash the
college OT rules as "not real football" but I much prefer them to the NFL's
rules.  If you wanted to actually be fair, you should probably extend the
game by 15 minutes (and then continue to do so if it remains tied) but I
realize due to the physical nature of the sport that isn't really
feasible.  Given that, I think the equal possessions afforded in the
college game make it more fair (though I could see the argument behind
moving the ball back further than the 25 yard line).

Jonathan

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On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:

> > All of the other BCS stuff aside, I think that this was a very enjoyable
> > football post season.  NU and UM were the only games where I had a dog
> in the
> > hunt, but many of other games were just good football - more so than in
> > recent memory.  The BCS game was a dud, but it usually is.  If we can
> use the
> > quality of play on the field as any gauge of how the system is working,
> > IMHO the system worked well this year.
>
> The bowl matchups we got were a mixed bag, Penn State and Boise State
> deserved better opponents, Northwestern deserved a lesser one.
> (But I think 4 bowl games in a row, even if we lost all 4, is having
> a positive impact on recruiting.)
>
> There were fewer blowouts than I was expecting, which is a good thing,
> especially for the advertisers.
>
> The NC game was OK if you like to watch drives stall out, understand
> what motivates field goal kickers or enjoy hearing Brent Mushmouth try
> to turn the game into something it wasn't.
>
> The Iowa game will probably be remembered more for the crash of
> the Sky-Cam than the outcome of the game.   (BTW, the absence
> of an explanation for why it crashed is intriguing.)
>
> The high scoring games were for the most part more interesting than the low
> scoring ones, even if Washington did fire its defensive coordinator
> after theirs.
>
> I so prefer the NCAA's overtime rules to the NFL's, the overtime bowl
> games were exciting and dramatic.  The best thing that can be said about
> Sunday's OT game is that it was over quickly.
>
> The NFL's newest OT rule still hasn't gotten tested (at least when it
> counts,
> I think it MAY have been used in a pre-season game once.)
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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