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

Gary S. Simon wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  Regina Litman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>    Current college football rules provide for unlimited overtimes.  Each 
> team gets one possession, starting on the opponent's 25 yard-line, in 
> each overtime (analogous to extra innings in baseball, except the teams 
> take turns "batting" first).  Play continues until an overtime ends with 
> something other than a tied score.  [I believe that, starting with the 
> third overtime, a team which scores a touchdown must attempt a two-point 
> conversaion.]
>
>    FWLIW, I hate the overtime rule.  I believe that ties are, and should 
> be, part of college football (and also hockey).

Thanks for the reply, although it started more of an off-topic 
discussion than any of us probably anticipated here.

No one has yet answered my request for an explanation of what happened 
concerning Jack Nicklaus and its significance regarding ties. I realize 
that any such answer has the possibility of generating yet another 
lively but off-topic discussion, but I've still got my curiosity piqued 
as to what that golf-world happening was. Thanks in advance to anyone 
who can answer this.

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