NFL Overtime Rules

There are a lot of great NFL endings, Immaculate Reception, Joe Namath in the Super Bowl, Jim Mora yelling at people; but please, tell me a great NFL ending in overtime?? I can't think of one. Oh but any NFL fan or broadcaster will proudly boast about how you have to man up if you lose the coin toss, less overtimes prevents injuries, and hey an occasionally tie isn't too bad.

REALLY? Which one of those scenarios is cool? How many countless college games, or games in any other college OR professional sport can you point to that went into overtime or extra innings, that are considered and instant classic? If you have ever watched a 2-5 overtime game in college and not sat on the edge of your seat, you have no passion for sports. How about the Bulls/Celtics this year? Syracuse/Uconn in the the Big East Tourney? WVU vs Louisville in '05? Kansas vs Memphis in the bball championship game??? I may hate the Red Sox, but lets reminisce on the two extra innings games they played in their seven game set against the Yanks on the way to their first WS since 1918? One of the best series in my memory.We are talking about games that were talked about in the national media for weeks, and these are in the past couple years, and I am sure I am missing quite a few.

Common themes here? No ties, no worries about how the game is extending too long . . . it damn ends when it ends, and certainly by no means is a coin toss going to significantly impact the outcome. Before you get into a controlling your own destiny hoopla, remember that 2/3 of the time, the team that wins the coin toss wins the overtime and as Nick Bakay would say, the numbers never lie.

I am sorry NFL homers, the NFL overtime rules are crap, and I bet Chad Ocho Cinco would agree.