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So watching the Ohio U. and Pitt game last night had one of my long time OT questions answered.

I always wondered what would happen in a "top of the inning" type situation of the defending team returned a ball for a t.d. I wondered if the "home team" (Ohio U. n this case) would have to go out and down the ball four times. It kind of makes sense that they would have to, giving the other defense (Pitt) an opportunity to make a play or cause a fumble or a bad snap or whatever. This rings true in a game where all the points were either ST or defensivescores.

But, I guess it would be odd to have to go out and down it or whatever. Just a thought on OT though.

Hmmm, Good point DD. Wouldn't it be correct to allow Pitt the chance of creating a turnover as well? They didn't get their chance to score on defensive.

Actually, I was wondering if returning it would count. I thought maybe it was like an XP in the NFL. If you turn the ball over, it is dead and we start over with the other team getting the ball.

Wouldn't OU have just taken a knee four times in that situation?

I thought of that, too. If the rules were strictly fair, Ohio should have had to go out and down it.

But realistically, the game was over. The rules are probably best as they are written.

They wouldn't need to play the four downs because OT is put in a situation for the offense to score not the defense. Plus if the ball was somehow recovered by the defense they would need to score on that play or else the game is over. OT works out as possesion game as one team gets the ball then the other team gets the ball after the drive. So the answer is no, OU would not need to play the four downs.

Nope. In OT the first team to score is the winner, irregardless who's on offense.

BGDrew wrote:Nope. In OT the first team to score is the winner, irregardless who's on offense.

How much college football have you watched? :coo-coo:

Re-reading that, it came across that I claimed it was NFL style. I know teams take turns, but the first team to score with the offense/defense switch wins.

BGDrew wrote:I know teams take turns, but the first team to score with the offense/defense switch wins.

Unless the first team with the ball scores on offense, then the other team gets their set of downs. Of course.

Of course.

Yo Schadenfreude, you seemed to mistake your rules for college football. Both teams get at least a chance to score. Not first team to score wins. No sudden death in college football and to give you an example of overtime look back and remember the 2003 Fiesta Bowl Ohio St. vs. Miami (FL).

jerzyboy247 wrote:and to give you an example of overtime look back and remember the 2003 Fiesta Bowl Ohio St. vs. Miami (FL).

I'll prefer a different example of overtime in CFB, thank you.

http://bgsufalcons.collegesports.com/sp ... 02aaa.html

Schadenfreude wrote:

BGDrew wrote:Nope. In OT the first team to score is the winner, irregardless who's on offense.

How much college football have you watched? :coo-coo:

And how much time have you spent in college? "Irregardless" is not a word. (Though "irrespective" and "regardless" both are.)