sullim4 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 NFL OT rules: still better than NCAA. Oh, and BTW, the Vikings could have, you know, made a play on defense. Novel thought. They did, but the zebras saw otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrojanitor Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 An absolute hose job on all three calls. How they could call that a catch is beyond me. word. that PI call was insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 An absolute hose job on all three calls. How they could call that a catch is beyond me. Yeah, it wasn't catch from what I saw. Bobbled, touch ground and scooped up into a body laying on the turf. Tough break for the Vikings, they have a team that could win it all. Happy for the New Orleans community for getting to the big game for their first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 NFL OT rules: still better than NCAA. Oh, and BTW, the Vikings could have, you know, made a play on defense. Novel thought. NCAA: each team has a roughly equal chance. NFL: each doesn't have a roughly equal chance. Please reply with an argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefan66 Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 BS it didn't hit the ground. It bounced up. Sorry about your failing eyesight. I just went back and looked at it. Really, really close. Funny thing is none of the Viking players tried to wave it off as a catch, and their were three of them right in front of the catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Are you blind? Of course it hit the freaking ground. And I didn't have a dog in this fight. The whole OT system in the NFL is so ridiculous -- it's no better than hockey shootouts (another joke). Dude, I'm watcing the replay now. Meachem's arm is UNDER the fuggen ball. Hard for it to hit the ground with an arm under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Lights Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 You can complain about the refs or the OT rules all you want but the Vikes have no one to blame but themselves. Huge turnovers in scoring opportunities and poor game management at the end of the 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 NCAA: each team has a roughly equal chance. NFL: each doesn't have a roughly equal chance. Please reply with an argument. No argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 NCAA: each team has a roughly equal chance. NFL: each doesn't have a roughly equal chance. Please reply with an argument. The actual winning percentages between the two teams in overtime are 50-50. Winning the toss doesn't give you a statistically better chance to win the game. EDIT: It's actually 52% for the winner of the toss. I just looked it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 If the current OT rules are so fair and balanced why does every team that wins the coin toss take the ball? PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepthefaith Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Dude, I'm watcing the replay now. Meachem's arm is UNDER the fuggen ball. Hard for it to hit the ground with an arm under it. Look again and take off the "I can't stand Favre" blinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 NCAA: each team has a roughly equal chance. NFL: each doesn't have a roughly equal chance. Please reply with an argument. The NCAA system is a joke. Equal shots from the 30 yard line? It ceases to be football and becomes SOCCER. That's why you have 5OT games in the NCAA. Please reply with something resembling a coherent thought, McBride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Dude, I'm watcing the replay now. Meachem's arm is UNDER the fuggen ball. Hard for it to hit the ground with an arm under it. Seriously, I wasn't rooting for the Vikes, but saying that was a catch is saying that Sid Luckett made the right call. Or that the tuck rule is valid. That said, the Saints had another down to make a play, and they may well have. But that was in no way a catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 He should've made a play at the end of regulation. Exactly. Farve blows the game in regulation, not even giving them a chance at a FG - when with a minute left they were all set to have a 40-45 FG try to win the game. But now, for some reason, he deserves a chance to win it in OT? I don't get it. Favre and the Vikings blew the game to send it to OT, how does that translate to them deserving a chance in OT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 The NCAA system is a joke. Equal shots from the 30 yard line? It ceases to be football and becomes SOCCER. That's why you have 5OT games in the NCAA. Please reply with something resembling a coherent thought, McBride. And one team scoring, and the game being immediately over is somehow a purer form of football? It's a logicaly equivalent bastardization in my mind. At least the NCAA version tests BOTH offense and defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 If NO plays like they did today in the SB Indy will destroy them. No way Indy turns over the ball like Minny did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Exactly. Farve blows the game in regulation, not even giving them a chance at a FG - when with a minute left they were all set to have a 40-45 FG try to win the game. But now, for some reason, he deserves a chance to win it in OT? I don't get it. Favre and the Vikings blew the game to send it to OT, how does that translate to them deserving a chance in OT? No, it's about the Colts losing in OT in the playoffs last year because of a coin toss -- it's unfair. The system is a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Look again and take off the "I can't stand Favre" blinders. I just watched it for the third time and SAW HIS ARM UNDER THE BALL. Does the ball move? Yes. But it does not conclusively hit the ground, therefore it is a CATCH. And BTW, I can only see what I see. I have it freeze-framed and the arm is UNDER THE FUGGEN BALL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 If the current OT rules are so fair and balanced why does every team that wins the coin toss take the ball? PTR If it's so unbalanced why is it that only 5 of 13 OT games this season resulted in a win on the first drive (according to the graphis they put up at the start of OT)? Yes, you want the ball first, but that does not ensure a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullim4 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Exactly. Farve blows the game in regulation, not even giving them a chance at a FG - when with a minute left they were all set to have a 40-45 FG try to win the game. But now, for some reason, he deserves a chance to win it in OT? I don't get it. Favre and the Vikings blew the game to send it to OT, how does that translate to them deserving a chance in OT? Why does Brees deserve the chance any more than Favre? Because he won a coin toss? He had the ball last, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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