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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.
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.