26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 1:51 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Again, why give both teams an at-bat in baseball if this is the logic? Expand Football isn't baseball.
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 1:52 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: Football isn't baseball. Expand Except teams take turns on offense. 1
26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 1:53 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Except teams take turns on offense. Expand Football isn't baseball.
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) On 12/10/2018 at 1:54 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: Football isn't baseball. Expand Why are hockey teams allowed an equal number of shootouts? After all, the goalie could score, right? Isn't that the logic you're applying to football? Edited December 10, 2018 by PromoTheRobot
CommonCents Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 Just change the time from 10 to 15 and fine with it. That would fix some of the problems with teams just milking the clock on the first drive.
26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 1:56 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Why are hockey teams allowed an equal number of shootouts? After all, the goalie could score, right? That makes it equal. Isn't that the logic applied to football? Expand Football isn't hockey.
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 1:57 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: Football isn't hockey. Expand You're right. Football overtime is inherently unfair. Unlike other sports. 1
26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 1:58 PM, PromoTheRobot said: You're right. Football overtime is inherently unfair. Unlike other sports. Expand Stop the other team from scoring a TD and you get to go on offense. The rules are fine as is. Teams are forced to punt and/or kick FGs all game long. The same thing can and does happen in OT. Too much crying and whining by fans!
row_33 Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 4:14 AM, 26CornerBlitz said: Play defense and they get another at bat. The other team can even score points and you still get another chance. Too much crying in fandom. Expand whiners will cry and wail and whine and pee their pants moaning and demanding a recount or another crack at the ball or make it best-of-nine instead of best-of-seven ***** all of them
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 2:01 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: Stop the other team from scoring a TD and you get to go on offense. The rules are fine as is. Teams are forced to punt and/or kick FGs all game long. The same thing can and does happen in OT. Too much crying and whining by fans! Expand Just admit it's uneven. Because it is. The only sport where a coin flip can decide a game. Ridiculous. 1 1
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 3:54 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Just admit it's uneven. Because it is. The only sport where a coin flip can decide a game. Ridiculous. Expand To be clear, I'm not laughing at your point, I agree with it. I'm laughing at the futility of the situation you're in in this thread. 1
26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 3:54 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Just admit it's uneven. Because it is. The only sport where a coin flip can decide a game. Ridiculous. Expand The players on the field decide the game after the coin flip occurs. The rules are fine.
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 3:55 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: The players on the field decide the game after the coin flip occurs. The rules are fine. Expand Except only one team is playing offense.
26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 3:58 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Except only one team is playing offense. Expand Except when the defense forces a FG or punt as it often occurs. Waaaahhhh!
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) On 12/10/2018 at 3:59 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: Except when the defense forces a FG or punt as it often occurs. Waaaahhhh! Expand Except when the team that wins the flip scores, then it's game over. Every other sport gives each team equal odds of winning overtime, except pro football. And when pro football decided to make it a little more fair with the FG rule, they even screwed that up. Edited December 10, 2018 by PromoTheRobot
dave mcbride Posted December 10, 2018 Author Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 3:58 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Except only one team is playing offense. Expand This will make you feel better: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200209080buf.htm.
26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 4:00 PM, PromoTheRobot said: Except when the team that wins the flip scores, then it's game over. Every other sport gives each team equal odds of winning overtime, except football. Expand Oh well, in those instances they were good enough to stop the other team and they deserve to lose. On to the next week. Play on!
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 4:01 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: Oh well, in those instances they were good enough to stop the other team and they deserve to lose. On to the next week. Play on! Expand So why let baseball teams get their ups when the first team up gets 3 runs? They couldn't stop em so they lost, right? Why not give a hockey shootout win to the first team that scores?
26CornerBlitz Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/10/2018 at 4:03 PM, PromoTheRobot said: So why let baseball teams get their ups when the first team up gets 3 runs? They couldn't stop em so they lost, right? Why not give a hockey shootout win to the first team that scores? Expand This isn't baseball or hockey.
PromoTheRobot Posted December 10, 2018 Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) On 12/10/2018 at 4:04 PM, 26CornerBlitz said: This isn't baseball or hockey. Expand Right. It's pro football. The sport that can't figure out overtime. Edited December 10, 2018 by PromoTheRobot 1
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