Should the NFL adopt college football OT?
363468
NO WAY.\n\nWhat people fail to understand is that the NFL is the standard for football, not the college game.  Sudden Death overtime is a great innovation that continues to nod towards the ramped up difficulty of the pro game.\n\nThe thing that could change is the WAY the team is chosen who gets to get the ball first.  Some feel a coin flip is too arbitrary.  How about this: take one thing from the otherwise terrible XFL...take the way they did the coin toss, called a "scramble."  Basically, they had two roughnecks to line up side-by-side 15 yards away from a ball placed at midfield.  They raced each other to the ball and whomever gained possession of it first, won possession for his team.\n\nPerhaps change the 15 to 10 and do it this way, or 5 and do it head-to-head.  Like an NFL version of a jump ball.  But other than that, KEEP SUDDEN DEATH!!!
917794
Without a doubt! Many deserving teams will get shut out. For example, Wisconsin, who is currently 8th in the BCS cannot play in a BCS game because a conference can only bring a max of 2 teams. What a shame. Also, with so much league inparity, the thought of Lousiville or Rutgers going to the "championship game" base solely on record and a computer score is scary. Let them play it out!!!
169343
I like the shootout, and the new rules in general, but they didn't go far enough.  If they really wanted to put some teeth in it, they should...\n\n1. Get rid of that extraneous 5-minute 4 on 4 sudden death OT.  With the shootout looming, it seems like those who like the shootouts agonize through that 5-minute period hoping it will still end in a tie.\n\n2.  Then, while you're at it, eliminate that wimpy "each team gets a point" for regulation-time ties.  It should be like baseball...no ties.  You win or you lose.  1 point or none.  Deal with it.  At least then, the 5-minute OT means something.
1124894
I think baseball is fine the way that it is.  Football needs replay because it is played at a much greater speed, so you could miss calls.  In baseball the action is slower and easier to follow.
1021290
College football is a whole lot better.  You get to see well practiced men fight for victory without all of them being in it for the money.  The professionals seem to showboat and only rarely will there be an interesting play.
1095407
I am sure that college and pro football is not fixed in any way.  Think about it - there are way too many people in control of the game in order to throw one.  And if a mistake is made the official will have it reviewed by the league office and they will lose their job.  Each week every referee gets a DVD burned with all their calls for the week to review.  Each and every play is reviewed at the league offices in New York.  Much much too difficult to have a conspiracy going in this day and age of the internet.  I have no idea about baseball - that is why I stick with this newsgroup.
803317
Future of College Football Teams is college football games.
828678
I am for a playoff system. I think it hurts the sport when their is a tie for the national championship. There should be a way to show at the end of the season who is truly the best.There have been many match ups like Michigan/Nebraska and many more that never took place and have left speculation as the only answers that we will ever get.  I don't think it should be like March Madness, but it would be something special if the top ten schools were in a playoff.
823541
no, because a team's final record should not be the only determining factor in playing for the national championship.\n\nif that were the case, you would see teams schedule their non-conference opponents as division 2 teams to better their records.  that's just not right....
1139270
no it shouldn't be because unlike tennis and american football, football is 90 minutes nearly non-stop.  if they were to introduce instant replay, they would have to stop the game and make the game at least half an hour longer than it is now.  things aren't perfect, and if you lose because of a ref's mistake, take it.  chances are it's happened to the team you just played before too
952057
the NFL game is far too quick for any college team to compete against even the lowest of the NFL
1121873
Oh, it's going to happen. This will be a slow process as you will see a game here or a game there broadcast on the NFL network (such as one of the Thanksgiving Day games this year). As each season goes by, more and more games going to the NFL network. Eventually, the big contract in the sky comes due and the major networks will not be able to match the money the league will be able to net sending all games to their own network. Maybe 7 to 10 years. The NBA is making moves that are similar as well.
900835
I'd agree, except in the case where both teams were trying to break the tie with equal effort.\n\nI like overtime.  I like the extra pressure when everyone's dog tired, the herculean effort it takes to make it happen under those conditions.\n\nI see what you're saying about the extra pressure, but worry about that instance where the effort really is equal on both sides -- all out -- and both teams wind up getting penalized.\n\nIt's interesting to think about, though.\n\nI think my perspective is skewed as a player.  In terms of spectating, it makes a certain sense.\n\nA lot of it depends on how much dramatic value you feel the shootout has, I suppose.
141971
No, NFL Europe is a great exposure tool for the league to to showcase the game to a new market.\n\nBesides, there already is a developmental league in the US ... it's called Division I college football and it doesn't cost the league a dime.
1009178
Video replay definitely needs to be a part of 2010, not for every little incident but merely for 'did the ball cross the line'. The stakes are so huge in football nowdays that it is vital to make the right decisions, refs are only human, i dont think the standard has dropped its just that the pressures on them have become too great. It would literally take seconds to decide whether the ball had crossed the line and how often is the decision going to have to be made, not very often. Technology is there, let it be used.
402802
I don't know if this is a question anyone can provide a comprehensive answer to. I can only speak to the state of rugby union in the United States, where the game has become associated with the irresponsible excesses of the "frat" culture on college campuses.\n\nFortunately, there are is reason for hope. The rules of the game, for one... the referee's judgement is rarely questioned, and there is a showboating rule. Rugby is very much a team game, and the institution of the post-match social is not so far gone that it cannot be redeemed. Suggestions: sportcoats, better beer, and a little bit of ceremony.
865133
I completely agree!  College football is just filled with passion and desire.  Once they get to the NFL it seems like the heart is gone.  I would enjoy a separate college area.