They call the Georgia-Georgia Tech competition Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate and it appears lastly on Friday everybody discovered something to hate together: the absurdity of college football’s existing overtime guidelines.
The huge story from the videogame is that Georgia eliminated a 17-0 deficit after halftime and dominated, 44-42, after 8 overtime durations to reinforce the Bulldogs’ College Football Playoff resume ahead of the SEC Championship Game.
The subplot is simply how drawn out the overtime procedure was (to state little of some doubtful refereeing that got the videogame to overtime).
No one is arguing the overtimes weren’t thrilling, however they might’ve taken much less time to total.
The existing overtime system in college football starts with each group rotating tries to rating from their challenger’s 25-yard line. If neither group ratings, or the videogame stays connected following the duration, it moves to a 2nd overtime, throughout which any group that ratings is needed to go for 2. If there is still no winner, the groups complete in dueling two-point conversions efforts. Think of it like an shootout in hockey at that point.
The issue is simply how much time was expiring inbetween each play. As the overtimes dragged on, play was stopped after each overtime to switch sides of the field. Then there would undoubtedly another timeout for a group to usage it’s one time out of the overtime.
It was all a bit much.
Whoever stated that the coaches oughtto get a brand-new timeout every overtime needto be sentout to Rikers
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) November 30, 2024
2 guideline modification ideas for college overtime:
1. stop walking up and down the field to modification sides
2. stop offering them brand-new timeouts before each 2-pt shot OT
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFoot