OT: UFR

I don't get why this hasn't happened yet. Teams score more nowadays. Just let each team have a chance if the first team scores. 2nd team always gets a chance no matter the outcome of the first drive. It's not complicated. First team scores TD? Second team needs a TD or game over. First team scores FG? 2nd team needs FG to continue OT or TD to win or turnover is a loss. First team doesn't score? Next score wins. Second team ties game after FG or TD from first team? Now sudden death. And college should adopt it since I hate the weirdly artificial rules of college OT.

Yes.  They should do this.  Great idea.

I really love the current approach of alternating possessions from the +25. But this is the only idea I've seen that I think might actually be better. 

I've never heard of this idea before, and it's so elegantly simple and awesome.  Basically, play continues if tied at the end of 4, and becomes sudden death at that point.  Simple enough to describe in one sentence!

I like the idea of continuation. That solves most of the quirky aspects of all the OT rules tried so far in college and the NFL.

But I'd make it a short OT and then end it, even if still concludes in a tie. It seems to me that, despite the thirst to have a definite winner & loser, adding ties to the equation acknowledges the innate unfairness of all team sports and the innate uncertainty and/or bias of referees. 

Part of the function of sports and crime stories is to provide the emotional satisfaction of certainty in an uncertain world. But in both sports and crime stories, certainty is a fiction. 

I really liked the idea, until I played through scenarios. This gives a big boost to whichever team is holding the ball at the end of regulation. If the visiting team ties the game up with 1:15 left, the home team does not even need to run a hurry-up offense -- they just run regular offense.

Game tied, 20-seconds left, in-bounds completion into the red zone? No need to run up to the line of scrimmage -- we'll just kick the FG in OT. 

IMO, anything that takes the clock aspect out of the game reduces tension, which makes it worse.  

This is essentially the playground rules for breaking a tie when one Mom calls her three boys in for dinner and the game is about to blow up.  Next Score Wins.

I have to say I like the idea, but I'm also sure there would be some bizarre unintended consequences when we stop the end of a half of football from having any meaning.

It's no different than the NFL version in which first with the ball (still has the ball) has a significantly better chance to win.  I would rather have games end in ties.

Start OT1 35 yards from the end zone.  Both teams get the ball.  If you go nowhere, it's a 52-yard attempt. #collegekickers.

Start OT2 20 yards from the end zone.

Start OT3 5 yards from the end zone.

Other than defenses being exhausted, the present college OT is far superior to the pros.

I like the idea of continuation, too. But I think both teams need to touch the ball on offense in OT. So. . . running with your concept, play until one team scores, then the other team has the ball, from kickoff for four downs until they score OR until they fail to gain a first down on third or fourth. That way games can continue, but in a more satisfying way that's still within the context of college football.

To me, this doesn't preserve 'fairness,' but can preserve the advantages of the better team. It's common enough that flukes see the better team in a tie toward the end of the game. If the less accomplished team gets the ball first and scores. . . that's not satisfying, to my mind. Nor it be if the less accomplished team continued downfield and scored when your OT fifth period commences.

I don't have a problem (to conclude) with games being in OT, per se--that should be fun. It's the really dumb starting from the twenty that I dislike. Keep the length of the field, short or long, constant. Keep playing the game of football. Give the other team one chance to score--moving all the way down the field--after the first team does

OSU hates this idea. It would take their last drive into the OT and after the commercial break Notre Dame would realize you can have 11 men on the field. 

Those are the regular season OT rules in the NFL. I’m referring to the NFL OT playoff rules which are different.

I would propose a circle jerk at midfield.  The team that comes first wins.   I can see teams devoting a ton of practice time to improve their OT chances.