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You can win a Super Bowl Game without the other team getting a chance to answer. That's absurd. Winning a coin toss. Then scoring a TD, wins you the game ???
In the CFL. In a playoff game. Or the Grey Cup Game ( The Championship game of the CFL ). You scrimmage from the other team's 35 yd line. With the goalposts being on the goal line. That's automatically just a 42 FG attempt. So, you are starting already in FG range.
The first team gets the ball. They score as many points as they can.
A rouge ( A single point that can be scored in the CFL ), a FG, or a TD. But, if you do get a TD. You HAVE to attempt a 2 pt convert.
Staying at the same end of the field. The other team gets the same chance to answer. They keep going until one team scores more points, with an equal number of tries.
There is a coin toss. And the winner of that obviously chooses to take the ball second. The rationale being...When it's your turn. You know exactly how many points you need to score to win. Or to keep it tied. First team scores a FG. You know a FG keeps it tied. A TD wins.
If after one possession each. The teams are still tied. They move to the other end of the field. And do it again, with the order reversed. The team that went second in the first possession. Goes first this time.
If it's still tied they move back to the other end of the field. And reverse the order again. Changing the ends of the field is done to make it as fair as possible ( Weather conditions are the reason... Go into the wind one time. Have the wind at your back the second time, or vice versa ). Even if the game is played in a dome.
Simple, right ?
Having the ball first. Is obviously a disadvantage. On 3rd down ( 3 downs in CFL, not 4 ). A team won't gamble to try to get a 1st down. If you gamble, and fail. The other takes over the ball. Where you failed. As mentioned. You already start in FG range. Assuming the first team moved the ball at all. You're even closer than a 42 yd FG attempt. So, the team with the ball first, will settle for a FG. Instead of gambling to get a first down.
That's the only advantage gained by winning the coin toss. And, it is only an advantage in the very first OT possession. The loser of that coin toss. Gets to pick which end of the field the first possession will take place in.
The only way it ends immediately, is with a pick six. Or a fumble recovery returned for a TD. Obviously, the team that had the ball first, scored 0 points. While you scored 6. Game over.
If you are the team that went first. And scored any points at all. Getting an interception, or fumble recovery obviously ends the game as well. You scored. The other team didn't. Game over.
It couldn't possibly be any fairer, than the CFL OT rules.
This NFL shit is ridiculous.
That's like an Olympic Gold Medal Game of hockey, or soccer ending with penalty shots/kicks. That's no way to end a game of such importance.
In NHL hockey play-offs. They play til somebody scores...Period. I've seen NHL playoff games where it was tied after 3 periods. And the game was still tied after playing 3 more complete periods. That's two complete games. But, they play til a team scores.
I'm fuckin amazed.
And this World Champion, shit. WTF is that ? A game played only in the US. By teams only in the US.
Ummmm... National Champions... Super Bowl Champions. NFL Champions...
Not World Champions. What lame shit is that ? Arrogance on an unbelievable scale.
There's not an NHL hockey fan in either Canada, or the US. That would say the team that wins the Stanley Cup is a " World Champion ". But, they'd have WAY more right to than an Super Bowl Champion.
I do think some asshole American media have used the World Champion thing. But, the fans, and Canadian media would never use that lame shit.
Amazing.
You can win a Super Bowl Game without the other team getting a chance to answer. That's absurd. Winning a coin toss. Then scoring a TD, wins you the game ???
In the CFL. In a playoff game. Or the Grey Cup Game ( The Championship game of the CFL ). You scrimmage from the other team's 35 yd line. With the goalposts being on the goal line. That's automatically just a 42 FG attempt. So, you are starting already in FG range.
The first team gets the ball. They score as many points as they can.
A rouge ( A single point that can be scored in the CFL ), a FG, or a TD. But, if you do get a TD. You HAVE to attempt a 2 pt convert.
Staying at the same end of the field. The other team gets the same chance to answer. They keep going until one team scores more points, with an equal number of tries.
There is a coin toss. And the winner of that obviously chooses to take the ball second. The rationale being...When it's your turn. You know exactly how many points you need to score to win. Or to keep it tied. First team scores a FG. You know a FG keeps it tied. A TD wins.
If after one possession each. The teams are still tied. They move to the other end of the field. And do it again, with the order reversed. The team that went second in the first possession. Goes first this time.
If it's still tied they move back to the other end of the field. And reverse the order again. Changing the ends of the field is done to make it as fair as possible ( Weather conditions are the reason... Go into the wind one time. Have the wind at your back the second time, or vice versa ). Even if the game is played in a dome.
Simple, right ?
Having the ball first. Is obviously a disadvantage. On 3rd down ( 3 downs in CFL, not 4 ). A team won't gamble to try to get a 1st down. If you gamble, and fail. The other takes over the ball. Where you failed. As mentioned. You already start in FG range. Assuming the first team moved the ball at all. You're even closer than a 42 yd FG attempt. So, the team with the ball first, will settle for a FG. Instead of gambling to get a first down.
That's the only advantage gained by winning the coin toss. And, it is only an advantage in the very first OT possession. The loser of that coin toss. Gets to pick which end of the field the first possession will take place in.
The only way it ends immediately, is with a pick six. Or a fumble recovery returned for a TD. Obviously, the team that had the ball first, scored 0 points. While you scored 6. Game over.
If you are the team that went first. And scored any points at all. Getting an interception, or fumble recovery obviously ends the game as well. You scored. The other team didn't. Game over.
It couldn't possibly be any fairer, than the CFL OT rules.
This NFL shit is ridiculous.
That's like an Olympic Gold Medal Game of hockey, or soccer ending with penalty shots/kicks. That's no way to end a game of such importance.
In NHL hockey play-offs. They play til somebody scores...Period. I've seen NHL playoff games where it was tied after 3 periods. And the game was still tied after playing 3 more complete periods. That's two complete games. But, they play til a team scores.
I'm fuckin amazed.
And this World Champion, shit. WTF is that ? A game played only in the US. By teams only in the US.
Ummmm... National Champions... Super Bowl Champions. NFL Champions...
Not World Champions. What lame shit is that ? Arrogance on an unbelievable scale.
There's not an NHL hockey fan in either Canada, or the US. That would say the team that wins the Stanley Cup is a " World Champion ". But, they'd have WAY more right to than an Super Bowl Champion.
I do think some asshole American media have used the World Champion thing. But, the fans, and Canadian media would never use that lame shit.
Amazing.
