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I like the way we used to do it. Your team is one point behind. You either chicken out and go for The one point kick after TD to tie or you put all your marbles on the table and go for two points to win. Game over. None of this overtime bullshyt. If game ends in a tie it ends in a tie. Then everybody is pissed. So what? If you win on the two point conversion then the party starts early.
I remember Pat Dye of Auburn chickened out and kicked the extra point to tie. I can’t remember which game this was. I don’t think it was against UF. He received hundreds of neckties from fans around the country as a joke. One thing you learn is which coaches play to win and which play not to lose.
I remember two of the most exciting plays in Florida football history which were two point conversions to win the game. One was the 1960 win over Georgia Tech 18 -17 at Florida Field. The other was at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville with an 11-10 win over Georgia. Don Gaffney was the quarterback and completed a pass to make the two point conversion so I I’m thinking this was 1973.
AAU guidelines require games to be played with a 30-minute running clock on 40-yard fields, plus an additional 10 yards for the end zone. All possessions start at the 40-yard line, no matter where the defense stops the offense.
“I look at it as a teaching tool,” Carter said. “Some coaches don’t look at it that way, but you can slow things down and it’s great for the kids and the program.”
No running plays are allowed and the quarterback has four seconds to release the ball or the play is blown dead. Touchdowns are six points each, while each series gets only one first down — when the offense reaches the 20 within four downs.
There is no tackling allowed, with one or two-hand contact stopping the play.
The “California Tiebreaker” Is the Insane Overtime Format the NFL Doesn’t Realize It Needs
Anybody ever seen a game played with this form of overtime? Sounds pretty interesting to me.
Basically, each team gets 4 alternating plays. The ball starts at the 50 yard line. Team A runs a play. The ball is spotted at the end of the play, then team B runs a play in the opposite direction. After each team runs 4 plays, the winner is the team that has pushed the ball farthest toward the other team's goal.
Seems like there would be a zillion different ways this could play out, but all of them end pretty quickly after 8 total plays, thus ensuring the game is short and each team gets an equal number of plays.
I'll just start the discussion by predicting some of the more obvious immediate responses:
"Sounds perfect for the idiots in Kalifornia."
"When we switch to socialism they'll make it so each team gets the same number of plays during regulation too."
"Sounds like it was invented by the same floppers who wrote the rules for soccer"
ETC.
Personally I've never seen this done but I've heard that in places where it was used that it was a pretty exciting way to finish.
PS...I guess they have a version of this for baseball extra innings too, which involves all extra innings starting with a runner on second base rather than bases empty.