Super Bowl OT Rules- Your Take?

What would you change about the OT rule

  • Leave as is

    Votes: 8 14.3%

  • i don't give a flip, I DON'T CARE!

    Votes: 12 21.4%

  • Both teams should have the same opportunity

    Votes: 31 55.4%

  • Eliminate OT, a tie is good enough

    Votes: 5 8.9%
  • Total voters
    56
Did anyone think Putin was really going to let Atlanta win..???

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kayoh190 said:
Nobody got suckered. Millions of people got together to eat and drink and have a good time, and were rewarded with a game that was a thousand times more entertaining than the entirety of your favorite 'sport' where a bunch of dudes run around a field and fall over in mock pain anytime anyone looks at them funny. I mean holy hell, your hero Messi doesn't even look like an athlete - he looks more like the dork that gets beat up in high school on a daily basis. :p :p :p
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Simmer down there fella. I would be upset like yourself if I had to sit through three hours of commercials to watch a bunch of guys run around in tights for fifteen minutes:D

And don't worry about messi, he's only making $800K a week.
 
Actually, it was like watching the Rose Bowl all over for me.
 
Play the National Anthem and the first team that has a player that takes a knee loses. ;)
 
SoonerAviator said:
Sure it's a chance, but not exactly an equal chance, is it? That's like saying I get a gun and you get a knife, you have a "chance" as long as I don't kill you first, lol. The NCAA rules are fair, keep the game moving, and keep forcing the teams to try for more points with each successive OT round.
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Nah, the college rules are cheesy. Start with 1st down and 20 yards to score? The NFL players are professionals, they should be able to score from much further out than that. Both teams have an equal chance with the coin toss, then make their defense earn a chance for them to score.

Next thing you know, one snowflake or another will say that everyone on both teams should get a Super Bowl ring, and that all teams in the League should get a trophy every year . . .
 
Hank S said:
Next thing you know, one snowflake or another will say that everyone on both teams should get a Super Bowl ring, and that all teams in the League should get a trophy every year . . .
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Well, no trophy but each Falcon player got $53K for playing in the SB, Patriot players got $107K plus a $36K SB ring for winning. Not bad for a few hours work.
 
tlglenn said:
Overtime? Resolve it with dodgeball.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I have been to the Great Wall of China, I have seen the Pyramids of Egypt, I've even witnessed a grown man satisfy a camel. But never in all my years as a sportscaster have I witnessed something as improbable, as impossible, as what we've witnessed here today!
 
Hank S said:
Nah, the college rules are cheesy. Start with 1st down and 20 yards to score? The NFL players are professionals, they should be able to score from much further out than that. Both teams have an equal chance with the coin toss, then make their defense earn a chance for them to score.

Next thing you know, one snowflake or another will say that everyone on both teams should get a Super Bowl ring, and that all teams in the League should get a trophy every year . . .
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I don't care where you start them from. Start them from the 50yd line. The point is that each offense and each defense should get an equal chance. Then, if each offense scores a FG, the next OT forces them to go for a TD. If both teams score TD's, the next OT forces them to go for 2-pt conversions. Eventually someone falters, and it's usually before you get to forced 2-pt conversions.
 
mscard88 said:
Well, no trophy but each Falcon player got $53K for playing in the SB, Patriot players got $107K plus a $36K SB ring for winning. Not bad for a few hours work.
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If you think the game was all the work they put in to earn that, well, I'm speechless. I'm no Brady fan, but at 40 he has no off season.
 
Overtime in the regular season should be a full quarter. Coin toss for the kickoff, two timeouts per team. If the score is tied at the end of that quarter the game goes down as a tie. In the playoffs additional quarters would be played until one does not end in a tie.
 
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I know there are people in the league and player's union that want to keep any OT as short as possible. Player protection and all that.

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How about a soccer/hockey style shootout? Keep kicking 35 yard field goals (just a long snapper, holder, and kicker) until a miss? :cool:
 
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roncachamp said:
Overtime in the regular season should be a full quarter. Coin toss for the kickoff, two timeouts per team. If the score is tied at the end of that quarter the game goes down as a tie. In the playoffs additional quarters would be played until one does not end in a tie.
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The game is long enough as it is. No need for a full extra quarter of play. Sure multiple OT's can end up taking the same amount of time, but it doesn't enforce any sense of urgency.
 
Matthew said:
I know there are people in the league and player's union that want to keep any OT as short as possible. Player protection and all that.

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How about a soccer/hockey style shootout? Keep kicking 35 yard field goals (just a long snapper, holder, and kicker) until a miss? :cool:
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No freakin' way! Although the game is called football, the kicking game is the least exciting and least interesting part of the game. I am a fan of the passing game and prefer to see that aspect of the game on display. It's the only reason I watch the game. I hate to see any game decided by someone's foot.
 
Tiddlywinks at mid field between the Special Teams Coaches using manhole covers and small above ground pools.

Cheers
 
Could just call it a tie as a penalty for not freaking winning and call it good. Why Overtime at all?
 
EppyGA said:
We watched the game with chapter members in the hangar at the airport. Driving home after the game it was like rush hour in Atlanta. The number of cars on the road after the game was absolutely amazing.
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It was worse in Houston and we had a police escort!!
 
I think it was a conspiracy to suck more money out of the viewing public. Gooddel and the two teams conspired to lengthen the game to sell more swag, run more commercials, and draw more interest. After a month of hype, they realized they were losing the millenials to facebook, tweeter, and youtube.
And if it wasn't for the day long coverage of the "first blizzard in two years" (a damned snowstorm that would be shamed by those of my youth), the game and the win would still be the lead off story. Like there was no other story in New England.
I said it a week ago. NE fans are poor losers and even worse winners.
 
silver-eagle said:
I think it was a conspiracy to suck more money out of the viewing public. Gooddel and the two teams conspired to lengthen the game to sell more swag, run more commercials, and draw more interest. After a month of hype, they realized they were losing the millenials to facebook, tweeter, and youtube.
[snowstorm reference snipped[
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Then they goofed. I know several people who went to bed at the end of the 3rd quarter believing it was over. You gotta keep it closer if you want people to stay up.

John
 
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