Overtime Rules Being Adjusted

[Mavric]

Panel members approved a tweak to the overtime rules. If a game reaches a fifth overtime, teams will run alternating two-point plays, instead of starting another drive at the opponent’s 25-yard line. This rules change was made to limit the number of plays from scrimmage and to bring the game to a conclusion.

Additionally, there will be a two-minute rest period after the second and fourth overtimes. The rules for the first four overtimes remain unchanged.

NCAA.com

 

[Thanks_Tom RR]

Thank goodness that controversy is finally settled.

 

[ZRod]

This seems like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and a total whiff on the actual complaints.

 

[cheekygeek]

 

[brophog]

This seems like a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, and a total whiff on the actual complaints.

Bingo.

An average of 6 games per year go past two overtimes, which is the point where 2 point conversions are required. This change has an almost zero effect on the grand scale.

 

[JJ Husker]

I’m just glad they fixed this huge problem and kicked the wildly disparate and usually unfair applications of the targeting rule down the road to a later date.

 

[Toe]

As long as we ain't switching to anything like the NFL's retarculous sudden death OT rules, I'm OK with it.

 

[BigRedBuster]

I’m fine with the change even if it rarely happens. 

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

Following the LSU-ATM game on social media was one of the highlights of the season.  What wasn't broke doesn't need fixing.

 

[husker_fan_from_sweden]

"Let's change a rule to prevent more games like the most exciting one of the 2018-2019 season (likely because some sour LSU fans couldn't let it go)".

 

[Gage County]

I bet this rule change has more to do with the broadcast companies not wanting an overtime running well into the 2nd quarter of the following game. 

 

[Frostberg]

The guys calling the games get pissed when it goes into OT because they can miss their fights back home. Can't remember how I know this, Real Sports maybe.

 

[BigRedBuster]

If it hardly ever happens, why are fans upset about the rule change?

 

[teachercd]

I am upset when the game goes to OT if I bet the unders...

 

[Mavric]

If it hardly ever happens, why are fans upset about the rule change?

Kind of like a shot clock in high school basketball.