Re: Is a tie in a major event a good thing or a bad thing?

"Paul G. Wenthold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Bob Bobby wrote:
> > "Paul G. Wenthold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >>Rob Coffey wrote:
> >>
> >>>Dale Hicks wrote:
> >>>
> >>>The college football OT is as bad as a soccer shootout.  Its
> >>>a different game all of a sudden.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Excuse me?  When did "my offense against your defense" become equivalent
> >>to "my best player against your goalie"?  And I'll admit, there are some
> >>differences in focus in overtime, but I also gotta say, I prefer "my
> >>offense against your defense" to "flukey punt/kickoff return" any day of
> >>the week.
> >>
> >>College OT is a lot more like the baseball setup, where the defense
> >>stops the offense but (usually) the offense has to score to win.
> >>
> >>College OT is an emphasis of real fundamentals, pushing away the minor
> >>details.  Offense, defense, and a passable kicking game, with a premium
> >>on a lack of mistakes (penalties are costly, turnovers are deadly).
> >>
> >>paul
> >>
> >
> >
> > How can you justify throwing out special teams?? For many teams, they
are a
> > huge part of their success, or failure. (See Derek Abney)
> >
> >
>
> It's not a total part of throwing out special teams, but it does include
> throwing out punting/kickoffs.  How to justify it?  Considering that a
> football game is about 150 plays, and punting and kickoffs constitute,
> what 15 - 20 of them, it is safe to say that offense/defense is more
> than 80% of the game.  That's how you justify it.
>
> paul
>

And then you effectively eliminate the field postion game...ask any coach
how important that is.

Here's what I believe for BOTH college and NFL. Go to an ot period, like the
NFL, but instead of true sudden death make it sudden death AFTER each team
as at least 1 possession.