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Ghoulish Delight · 01-24-2010, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Theme for this year's playoffs: Missed Field Goals

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Originally Posted by Alex

I thought it was "If you behave we'll give you one interesting quarter in any given weekend. Ask not for more."

Saints and Vikings didn't get either of our theme memos.

Moonliner · 01-24-2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Saints and Vikings didn't get either of our theme memos.

But I'm still dead on.

You can pay pal $10 for my Super Bowl pick.

Alex · 01-24-2010, 08:22 PM

Fortunately I'm on the record on this so it can't be labeled sour grapes.

But I do hate the NFL's overtime. Fun game to watch, though. The Viking offense really didn't deserve to be there anyway.

blueerica · 01-24-2010, 08:27 PM

Moonie... blargh...

Alex... yes... hate the NFL's overtime rules. Unless a team is a complete F up, it's basically decided by the toss. Hate it!

Scrooge McSam · 01-24-2010, 08:30 PM

Thank you, Moonie

Jazzman · 01-24-2010, 08:55 PM

Sudden death sucks. Hate it. Give them a full period to slug it out.

Favre has now choked two NFC championships. My God that was painful. Blah.

Go Colts!

alphabassettgrrl · 01-24-2010, 09:03 PM

Yeah, the OT rules aren't pretty. Sudden death works in something like hockey, where possession changes enough to give the other team a chance, but not in football.

Saints should never have had the chance to win the OT coin toss.

Alex · 01-24-2010, 09:09 PM

If they're going to keep sudden death I think they need to eliminate the field goal, but would prefer they just keep playing until a quarter ends without a tie.

Moonliner · 01-24-2010, 09:18 PM

How about the idea I've seen in a few places, keep the overtime rules pretty much as is but drop the coin toss. In it's place, if you were on offense at the end of the 4th Quarter then you start overtime on defense.

Alex · 01-24-2010, 09:34 PM

And when the game ends on a missed field goal? The missing team is rewarded by getting the ball back or are they still considered to have been on offense even though possession flipped as soon as they missed it? And it seems to me that this would discourage teams even more from trying to win at the end of the game since if they go for it and come up just short they'll be automatically penalized whereas if they run the clock down taking knees to 1 second and then turn the ball over on downs they immediately get it back in overtime.

Though I'm not sure how that solves anything about the one-possession overtime being perceived as not particularly fair. But maybe I'm overlooking a benefit.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Fortunately I'm on the record on this so it can't be labeled sour grapes. But I do hate the NFL's overtime. Fun game to watch, though. The Viking offense really didn't deserve to be there anyway.
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blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Moonie... blargh... Alex... yes... hate the NFL's overtime rules. Unless a team is a complete F up, it's basically decided by the toss. Hate it! __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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Jazzman Sax God Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Portland's Tijuana Posts: 510	Sudden death sucks. Hate it. Give them a full period to slug it out. Favre has now choked two NFC championships. My God that was painful. Blah. Go Colts!
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Yeah, the OT rules aren't pretty. Sudden death works in something like hockey, where possession changes enough to give the other team a chance, but not in football. Saints should never have had the chance to win the OT coin toss. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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01-24-2010, 09:09 PM	#78
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	If they're going to keep sudden death I think they need to eliminate the field goal, but would prefer they just keep playing until a quarter ends without a tie.
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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	How about the idea I've seen in a few places, keep the overtime rules pretty much as is but drop the coin toss. In it's place, if you were on offense at the end of the 4th Quarter then you start overtime on defense. __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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01-24-2010, 09:34 PM	#80
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	And when the game ends on a missed field goal? The missing team is rewarded by getting the ball back or are they still considered to have been on offense even though possession flipped as soon as they missed it? And it seems to me that this would discourage teams even more from trying to win at the end of the game since if they go for it and come up just short they'll be automatically penalized whereas if they run the clock down taking knees to 1 second and then turn the ball over on downs they immediately get it back in overtime. Though I'm not sure how that solves anything about the one-possession overtime being perceived as not particularly fair. But maybe I'm overlooking a benefit.
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