Ties? (1 Viewer)

[Phenix]

Whats the best way to make sure todays SF and STL game does not happen again.

Whats the best overtime rules?

 

[Quibbler]

What's the problem with ties?

 

[Buffaloes]

nothing needs to be done

 

[duaneok66]

stop overreacting.

 

[whitem0nkey]

no more FGs

 

[CataclysmicThunder]

A tie is strangely more annoying to me than a loss.

 

[duaneok66]

new rule - if the score is tied after regulation, then flip a coin to determine the winner.

problem solved.

 

[Sea Duck]

The NFL should eliminate ties and just let teams play until there is a winner.

 

[Craig_MiamiFL]

Nothing.

Neither team deserved to win that game.

/thread

 

[Kleck]

nothing needs to be done

/thread

 

[CataclysmicThunder]

The NFL should eliminate ties and just let teams play until there is a winner.

 

[Sinn Fein]

put the ball on the 50, line the teams up at each end line. Who ever gets the ball wins.

 

[Mentos]

There are not enough ties anymore.

 

[lod01]

Both coaches fight to the death.

 

[renesauz]

Nothing. Can't play a regular season game indefinately.

 

[knowledge dropper]

That game would have lasted tomorrow morning.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I like ties.

 

[trader jake]

What would Donovan McNabb do?

 

[steveski]

I only wear ties 4-5 times a year so I don't mind them too much.

 

[joffer]

Penalty kicks

 

[captain_amazing]

Spelling bee

 

[Sinn Fein]

What would Donovan McNabb do?

puke?

 

[Bruce Hammond]

Both coaches fight to the death.

Head Coach MMA cage match.Didn't the Jets - Pats game go into OT? Man, seeing Bill and Rex at it would be awesome. Poor Bill.

 

[Kleck]

I only wear ties 4-5 times a year so I don't mind them too much.

Same here, but I'd be OK if the NFL went casual Sundays. I like the look of a sport coat, jeans and no tie.

 

[Insein]

put the ball on the 50, line the teams up at each end line. Who ever gets the ball wins.

Only if there are no fair catches though. And we get Jesse Ventura to announce.

 

[Assani Fisher]

I'm a big fan of ties. If anything, I think OT should be shortened and/or there should be other rules implemented to create more ties.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Nothing better than a team that is 9-6-1 at the end of the season.

 

[Insein]

Nothing better than a team that is 9-6-1 at the end of the season.

That's a team championship game calibur right there.

 

[Proteus]

Stick fight at the 50 yard line. Yeah, stick fight.

 

[two_dollars]

A game of Red Rover?

 

[CurlyDumps]

Merril Hodge suggested no punting. I kinda like that idea.

 

[Lord Fantasy]

First to conquer Mount Midoriyama wins.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Quick game of war at the 50 yard line.

 

[JoeSteeler]

Punt, pass and kick competition at the end of regulation?

 

[azgroover]

FG kicking game of H.O.R.S.E.

 

[PatsFanCT]

Nothing.Neither team deserved to win that game./thread

This is the correct answer.

 

[sdp1226]

11 vs 11 flip cup competition

 

[Statcruncher]

Any team whose game ends in a tie is immediately suspended from the NFL for the remainder of the season. 49'ers and Rams are on byes until 2013.

 

[Quibbler]

Make it so that overtime losses are treated the same way as ties in terms of the standings (i.e. the Dolphins would be 4-3-2 instead of 4-5). That way there'd be no incentive for coaches to play conservatively in overtime.

Also, I'd personally make overtime wins count for less than regular wins (i.e. make # of overtime wins the first tiebreaker). That way teams would be less likely to just play for overtime rather than trying to win the game in regulation.

 

[Bronco Nation]

Don't flag a team for delay of game when the ball is snapped a quarter second after the clock hits zero. Especially if you've wasted 1:12 of clock time yourselves.

 

[butcher boy]

Don't flag a team for delay of game when the ball is snapped a quarter second after the clock hits zero. Especially if you've wasted 1:12 of clock time yourselves.

 

[steveski]

Make it so that overtime losses are treated the same way as ties in terms of the standings (i.e. the Dolphins would be 4-3-2 instead of 4-5). That way there'd be no incentive for coaches to play conservatively in overtime. Also, I'd personally make overtime wins count for less than regular wins (i.e. make # of overtime wins the first tiebreaker). That way teams would be less likely to just play for overtime rather than trying to win the game in regulation.

I'm very thankful that you aren't the commissioner.

 

[killrobotkill]

We've had ties in the NFL for the past 90 years or so, and the league seems to be doing okay.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I'm a big fan of ties. If anything, I think OT should be shortened and/or there should be other rules implemented to create more ties.

The ironic thing is that it actually creates less ties when it comes to having to use playoff tiebreakers.

 

[butcher boy]

Both teams' starting QBs stand on the 50 yardline handcuffed to each other and blindfolded.

One defensive player from each team starts from their end zone and rushes the opposing team's QB.

Repeat as necessary. First team to have their QB show concussion symptoms loses.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

I'm a big fan of ties. If anything, I think OT should be shortened and/or there should be other rules implemented to create more ties.

The ironic thing is that it actually creates less ties when it comes to having to use playoff tiebreakers.

Oddly people were clamoring for new overtime rules. Anyone remember that?The new OT rules could only serve to:1. Increase the likelihood of ties, because once a team has a FG on the first drive the game would not be over but rather the other team would have a chance to tie with their own FG; and2. Prolong games.Even though this SF/StL game was not caused by the new rules nonetheless fans are complaining about a tie when the new rules could only lead to more ties, not reduce them. Why did we ask for new OT rules again?

 

[butcher boy]

Ties suck because so much goes into each NFL game and each game is worth a lot, moreso than in other sports. They're only once a week and fewer games are played each season. They're ok in hockey because they play more games and ties are worth points in the standings. In an NFL game, it just seems like a huge effort goes in for ultimately no result for either team. Soccer has ties too but that's because nobody ever scores in soccer so its expected, and even in soccer they have ways to avoid ties.

 

[footballnerd]

Fg shootout. Both kickers set up at opposing fg's. Let em rip, first to miss is out

 

[duaneok66]

this thread is hilarious! (last one that was really funny was sweetness's thread about drafting with guppies).

 

[Kool-Aid Larry]

What would Donovan McNabb do?

he'd play another o/t.