The NFL overtime procedure is just wrong.
If it’s fair, why does the coin-flip winner ALWAYS take the ball?
(Because the coin flip winner wins two out of three times, that’s why.)
And though I wanted the Saints to win, last night’s overtime was awful.
In a finale that will be talked about for years, the New Orleans Saints won the coin flip to start overtime in the N.F.C. championship game against the Minnesota Vikings. The Saints’ offense moved the ball 39 yards, 17 of them through penalties, to get into field position for a game-winning field goal.
Above from The Fifth Down Blog, which has a discussion of overtime and some alternatives.
I think the NFL’s procedure has a lot more to do with keeping their TV schedule (by keeping the tie-breaker short) than it does finding a satisfactory and fair resolution to the contest.
My biggest complaint about that game was the Head Linesman’s blown call when Bush scored a touchdown.
I think you would have had to been silly to pick the Vikings over the Saints. Although, the Vikings played the better game, the Saints had the magic and sometimes you just can’t beat the magic.
Farve, who doesn’t know how to pronounce his own name, is one hell of a tough hombre. He, and others such as Lance Armstrong, is dispelling those old age related performance beliefs. Today’s forty is yesterday’s 30.
We have a guy on our cycling team who is 65, and he is one of the strongest on the team. It makes me feel sorry for the people whose only form of exercise is walking around Costco.