re: Saban on his soapbox again...

So what he is saying is that if he couldn't score and lost 12 yards in 3 plays after starting at the 25 then he would have a better chance having to go the distance of the field. Time to change the medication coach cause it ain't working.

I think Saban just says crazy shite sometimes to test how far he can go and still have Bama fans defend him

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FWIW i agree that NFL overtime is better than CFB.

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So you like sudden death? I'm sorry but I think very few people agree with that.

As someone said...move cfb back to the 40 or something. But for god's sake don't go to a sudden death format because that basically let's the coin toss decide.

I would be willing to bet there is like a .70 correlation between teams who win the toss and teams who win NFL OT.

Bottom line is NFL overtime gives a BLATANT advantage to the winner of the coin toss and it absolutely boggles my mind that anyone who is a fan of sport at any level can "prefer" that.

Unfortunately for Saban, his team had substantial trouble getting within field goal range regardless of where they started. Bama's offense was smothered in the second half.

This is typical nick. he bitched about open dates now he's bitching about o.t.. every year it's something new that he feels can benefity him.

It is really about him selling publicly that he's a n.f.l. guy, come play for me because i know and prepare players for the n.f.l., i used to coach with bill b. maybe you know him? like no other coach has coached, developed players for the n.f.l. , or have contacts in the n.f.l.

seems a little desperate of ole nick. seems like he feels he's losing some of his favor.

maybe people are figuring out he doesn't have a monoply on getting players to the n.f.l.

not sure how o.t. can be any more fair. both parties get the ball at the same yard line. both parties get a shot to do something with it. Hey nick, recruit a kicker instead of having walk on try outs. maybe it's not the rules, maybe you screwed up by not believing kicking is a important phase of the game.

I just want to hear from some of these people that are saying NFL overtime is better how they can back up a system that gives a proven statistical advantage to the winner of the coin toss what a fricking joke

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If there was NFL (regular season) style OT in CFB and if you were Les Miles do you kick or receive to start OT against bama last week?

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I think you receive, unless you have a very high degree of confidence the kickoff will be a touchback (and probably even if that's the case). The team on offense first has the opportunity to score and end the game, or to give the other team a long field against a good defense if they can get close to midfield on the first possession.

Am I the only one who really likes the college system but thinks they should start at about the 40 instead of the 25?

Maybe start on the 35 for college and 45 for the NFL to make it less of a gimme for field goals.

Unless you get your shite pushed in backwards for 10 yards and miss that is..

in the NFL the winner of the flip wins about 57% of the time in CFB the winner of flip wins about 52% of the time.

I just think starting teams on the 25 is a ridiculous notion.