In tied football games, the team that wins the coin toss often wins the game. Are there better ways to decide overtime games?

Dueling Kickoffs: To begin overtimes, each team will kick off to each other on consecutive plays. The team that advances the ball furthest will have possession at the point on the field where the ball was advanced. Sudden death is preserved.

This entry was published on February 04, 2008 at 05:27 pm.

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