On 1/12/2024 1:35 PM, JE Corbett wrote:

If I ruled the world (and I think I should) overtime in both pro and college would
use the same format. However, I would eliminate the coin toss. There is too much of an advantage to the team that wins the toss. In the pros, the team winning the toss can end the game by scoring a TD on their first possession. In the postseason, both teams are assured a possession, but the team that wins the toss will get the third possession and the chance to win the game with a FG.

In college, going on defense first is huge advantage because that team knows whether it needs a TD or can play for the FG. In essence, it tells them whether
they have 3 downs or 4 downs to get a first down.

I would like to see both pro and college go to a true sudden death format. First team to score wins. However, instead of the first possession decided
by the luck of the coin toss, just continue the game from where the fourth quarter ended. Change ends of the field just like is done between the
third and fourth quarter and continue playing with the same down and distance. If a team tied the game on the last play of regulation, that team kicks off to start the overtime. First possession would still be a big advantage, but that advantage would be dictated by the flow of the game,
not the luck of the coin toss.

I'm old enough to remember watching the very first sudden death overtime game, the 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and
the New York Giants. Johnny Unitas drove the Colts the length of the field
to set up the game tying FG on the last play of regulation. The Colts won
the overtime toss, took possession and again drove the length of the field and score on a plunge by Alan Ameche. Had my proposal been in effect
back then, the Giants would have received to start overtime. Would it have changed the outcome? We'll never know. I had just turned 7 years old a
month earlier and it was the first game I ever remember watching and still one of the best.

Not a bad idea.
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:35:37 -0800 (PST), JE Corbett <jecorbett4@gmail.com> wrote:

If I ruled the world (and I think I should) overtime in both pro and college would
use the same format. However, I would eliminate the coin toss. There is too >much of an advantage to the team that wins the toss. In the pros, the team >winning the toss can end the game by scoring a TD on their first possession. >In the postseason, both teams are assured a possession, but the team that >wins the toss will get the third possession and the chance to win the game >with a FG.

In college, going on defense first is huge advantage because that team knows >whether it needs a TD or can play for the FG. In essence, it tells them whether
they have 3 downs or 4 downs to get a first down.

I would like to see both pro and college go to a true sudden death format. >First team to score wins. However, instead of the first possession decided
by the luck of the coin toss, just continue the game from where the fourth >quarter ended. Change ends of the field just like is done between the
third and fourth quarter and continue playing with the same down and >distance. If a team tied the game on the last play of regulation, that team >kicks off to start the overtime. First possession would still be a big >advantage, but that advantage would be dictated by the flow of the game,
not the luck of the coin toss.

I'm old enough to remember watching the very first sudden death overtime >game, the 1958 NFL championship game between the Baltimore Colts and
the New York Giants. Johnny Unitas drove the Colts the length of the field
to set up the game tying FG on the last play of regulation. The Colts won
the overtime toss, took possession and again drove the length of the field >and score on a plunge by Alan Ameche. Had my proposal been in effect
back then, the Giants would have received to start overtime. Would it have >changed the outcome? We'll never know. I had just turned 7 years old a
month earlier and it was the first game I ever remember watching and still >one of the best.

I saw that game too, I was watching it with my dad and was about the same age.
I became a Unitas fan on the spot.Many years later I was in the Melbourne (FL) airport
waiting for my wife to come off the plane, and lo and behold, Johnny Unitas was coming
off the plane. I stopped him and told him I was a fan. We chatted for a few minutes
and shook hands, very pleasant guy, and I was excited to have met him and talked to him.
The NFL could do with more players with his class and honesty. Too bad those attributes hurt him
financially.

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