Based on history, overtime games could be about 49 seconds of game time shorter on average and it looks like this could triple the number of expected tie games each year.
Originally Posted by Spott:
Seems a little odd to cut it down to 10 minutes and still keep the rule of allowing the team that kicks off a chance to score if they give up a FG. I can see a team taking 7 minutes off the clock and kicking a FG, and the other team having just enough time to manage a game tying drive instead of going for the TD.
I can't wait for the first tie where a player in the post-game press conference says, "We gave 100 percent for all 4.66 with a bar over it quarters, but we couldn't pull off the win." [Reply]
OK so we are back to the coin flip potentially deciding games. If you lose the flip, the other team could conceivable burn through 7 minutes of clock settling for a FG and leave the team that lost the flip with only 3 minutes to score.
