Best College Football Rule Changes

[thejumper5]

I was a little bored today, so I watched a bunch of college football highlights on YouTube. One I watched was the 1994 FSU-Florida game AKA "The Choke at the Doak." Florida was up 31-3 with 13 minutes to play before Florida State made a monumental comeback and tied the game at 31 with just under two minutes left. Each team got the ball for one drive and a chance to win. Florida punted; FSU drove to midfield and time expired, ending the game in a 31-31 tie. All that work for a tie.

College football had ties for generations, and I cannot even fathom why overtime rules weren't implemented earlier. Whether or not you like the way overtime is conducted in college, this has to be the best rule change in the last fifteen years or so, right? What rule change would you say is better?

 

[thejumper5]

Side note: I like that college football has overtime, but I wish each drive, instead of starting in scoring range at the 25, started with the defensive team doing a free kick as if a safety had just occurred. That way the offensive team would actually have to conduct a full drive to score.

 

[bud2380]

Side note: I like that college football has overtime, but I wish each drive, instead of starting in scoring range at the 25, started with the defensive team doing a free kick as if a safety had just occurred. That way the offensive team would actually have to conduct a full drive to score.

Agreed the overtime rule is the best rule maybe ever in college football. And your idea is intriguing to me in terms of the free kick. I like it. I would maybe add a clause that states if the defense scores the game is automatically over (saving us from the other team having to field a punt and kneel 4 times).

 

[DwayneTwill]

I liked when games could end in ties.

 

[HawkeyeShane]

They should move the starting LOS back for overtime...maybe to the 50 or the offensive team's 40...make someone earn it.

 

[tm3308]

The forward pass.

/thread

 

[NewMexHawk]

I don't mind the rules as they are because the overtime is exciting with the potential of quicker and more scoring. Scoring is what people like and this form of overtime provides that. By changing the rules, the potential is there for teams taking much more time to score and slowing up the game. I think this method is fine because the game is typically decided after a couple of possessions.

This overtime is much better than the pros method, where the team winning is usually dependent of a flip of the coin.

 

[SDK46]

OT rules blow.

They take away any special teams (other than FG), and turns the game into a soccer/hockey-like shootout dud....huh? You have to go for 2 after the 3rd OT? Huh? Punch it in from the 25 (a short field)...huh? The team getting the ball second has a bazillion x's better chance to win.....huh? And a coin flip determines that? huh?

I like the kick offs were moved back and the FB posts narroed.

Play an extra quarter. If still tied, so be it.

 

[MelroseHawkins]

Side note: I like that college football has overtime, but I wish each drive, instead of starting in scoring range at the 25, started with the defensive team doing a free kick as if a safety had just occurred. That way the offensive team would actually have to conduct a full drive to score.

This would also bring special teams into play. Some teams are really good on special teams & some aren't some yrs.

 

[ICHawk24]

I like the NFL overtime rules. Its real football. Two teams were given 60 minutes to prove they were the better team, and at the end of this period, the teams are tied. Neither team has proven to be better. Sudden death overtime begins, with a kickoff so its "real" football.

True, it is possible for a team to score on the first possession, depriving the other team of a chance. Well, the other team had 60 minutes to win, and didn't.

To me, it is fair.

 

[tm3308]

OT rules blow.

They take away any special teams (other than FG), and turns the game into a soccer/hockey-like shootout dud....huh? You have to go for 2 after the 3rd OT? Huh? Punch it in from the 25 (a short field)...huh? The team getting the ball second has a bazillion x's better chance to win.....huh? And a coin flip determines that? huh?

I like the kick offs were moved back and the FB posts narroed.

Play an extra quarter. If still tied, so be it.

The team that plays defense first doesn't have any better chance to win than the team starting on offense. They just know what they have to do in order to win, whereas the team on offense doesn't.

 

[tm3308]

I like the NFL overtime rules. Its real football. Two teams were given 60 minutes to prove they were the better team, and at the end of this period, the teams are tied. Neither team has proven to be better. Sudden death overtime begins, with a kickoff so its "real" football.

True, it is possible for a team to score on the first possession, depriving the other team of a chance. Well, the other team had 60 minutes to win, and didn't.

To me, it is fair.

I can't stand sudden death. If you want to play an extra quarter, and see if someone rises to the top that way, fine. If no one scores, THEN go to sudden death/current college style. Similar to hockey. The NHL does sudden death, but if no one scores then they go to a shootout.

 

[woodyk1]

I can't stand sudden death. If you want to play an extra quarter, and see if someone rises to the top that way, fine. If no one scores, THEN go to sudden death/current college style. Similar to hockey. The NHL does sudden death, but if no one scores then they go to a shootout.

Unitl they reach the playoffs (for hockey).

 

[kicker22]

I for one don't care what type of way they determine a winner. I'm a big fan of the way it is now in college football as opposed to the way the NFL does overtime. That said, I would truly hate to see the college game revert back to allowing games to end in ties.

 

[ICHawk24]

I can't stand sudden death. If you want to play an extra quarter, and see if someone rises to the top that way, fine. If no one scores, THEN go to sudden death/current college style. Similar to hockey. The NHL does sudden death, but if no one scores then they go to a shootout.

Playing a 5th quarter rather than sudden death is probably better. Going to college style after a 5th quarter is a nice solution.

 

[bud2380]

The NFL rules are stupid.

Also there will never be ties in college again. I truly doubt they will ever change the current format, but if they do it certainly will still allow both sides an opportunity to score.

 

[Scotttyd]

The forward pass.

/thread

This was hilarious, and nobody made a comment!!

 

[kicker22]

This was hilarious, and nobody made a comment!!

I have to admit I got a good laugh out of it, but couldn't come up with anything worthy of commenting. Somethings are best left unsaid.

 

[stevoskin]

I think for overtime just mix it up a bit. How bout a little 7 on 7. Just throw out some athletes and see what happens. Or one on ones, running back vs linebacker within a ten yard space who ever wins gets a point. Each team gets 5 tries.