Comments on: A laboratory of overtimes http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/12/22/a-laboratory-of-overtimes/ Thoughts from The Oklahoman Sports Columnist Berry Tramel | NewsOK.com Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Banjo Jones http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/12/22/a-laboratory-of-overtimes/comment-page-1/#comment-5759 Banjo Jones Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:33:22 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/12/22/a-laboratory-of-overtimes/#comment-5759 you get a new mugshot? you get a new mugshot?

]]> By: Randall http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/12/22/a-laboratory-of-overtimes/comment-page-1/#comment-5757 Randall Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:45:28 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/12/22/a-laboratory-of-overtimes/#comment-5757 Good points! I don't like much about the NFL, but I've got to admit--their overtime system is MUCH better than what the NCAA uses. The big argument I always hear in favor of the college system is that both teams have an equal chance. Well, strangely enough, the team that wins the coin toss wins a higher percentage of the time in college OT than in the NFL version. Good points! I don’t like much about the NFL, but I’ve got to admit–their overtime system is MUCH better than what the NCAA uses.

The big argument I always hear in favor of the college system is that both teams have an equal chance. Well, strangely enough, the team that wins the coin toss wins a higher percentage of the time in college OT than in the NFL version.

]]> By: David http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/12/22/a-laboratory-of-overtimes/comment-page-1/#comment-5756 David Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:11:20 +0000 http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2008/12/22/a-laboratory-of-overtimes/#comment-5756 The trouble with college overtime is that it doesn't need to exist at all. As long as the two-point conversion has been around, college teams have had the option of playing for the win that way. Tie games were a rarity. For years, overtime for the NFL made sense because they didn't have the two-pointers as an option. They had a lot more tie games. When the NCAA instituted overtime, they were fixing a wheel that wasn't broken, and -- by and large -- hurting the product they already had. Which had the better ending: the 7-overtime marathon that Ole Miss and Arkansas once played, or the Nebraska-Miami Orange Bowl after the 1983 season? The trouble with college overtime is that it doesn’t need to exist at all. As long as the two-point conversion has been around, college teams have had the option of playing for the win that way. Tie games were a rarity. For years, overtime for the NFL made sense because they didn’t have the two-pointers as an option. They had a lot more tie games. When the NCAA instituted overtime, they were fixing a wheel that wasn’t broken, and — by and large — hurting the product they already had. Which had the better ending: the 7-overtime marathon that Ole Miss and Arkansas once played, or the Nebraska-Miami Orange Bowl after the 1983 season?

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