i hate college football OT. it reminds me of a shootout in soccer. i'd rather deal with a coin flip. don't wanna lose? stop the other team.
They should get rid of the coin flip for the start of games and overtimes except for the Superbowl. Give it to the home team.
I don't think it's fair that after 60 minutes of football (I'm sure the defense is really fresh), you either stop them from going essentially 40 yards or so (assuming average starting field position) and losing the game without your offense even having a chance. They should either do it like college where both teams have equal chances or play an entire quarter.
I tell you, on my list of the most devastating moments in Houston sports history, this probably ranks as high up as #42.
no kidding; i mean, it sucked at the time, and yeah, that vy of all people scored the winning TD was (an initial) the opposite of a cherry on top, but in the grand scheme of things... it ranks even with the buffalo loss a week earlier. big deal. if we didn't have cockbags in here reminding us every hour that it happened, i would have already forgotten about it.
The problem of course is that outside of the opening game, the panoply of memorable moments, people, places or things of any kind in the bland history of the Texans is thin.
That reminds me I forgot to bring my cockbag with me today even though it might rain. Now my weiner is going to get wet.
while i tend to think sudden death isn't a good idea and like college OT, the winner of the coin flip wins more often in college than in the pros. i think it was something like 55% in the nfl and something a little above 60% in college. that's of course b/c the team winning the coin flip always chooses defense and then always knows what they have to do on offense. meaning you'll never kick a fg when they've scored a TD (and you'll use all 4 downs to score your TD if you have to) and you won't force a TD if you shut the other team out. playing an extra quarter would probably work close to the best, and even if the percentage didn't change much from 55%, it would at least give both teams a chance w/o just shooting it out from the 25. if they went to a 2nd OT, then just go sudden death.
The NFL coin flip win % is a little misleading. In the early days when kickers sucked you didn't have as many "1 and done' overtimes. If you run the numbers since 1980 (or some later date thereabouts) - they tilt more heavily in favor of the coin flip winner.
Exactly. The 2006 Titans loss is really just another one of MANY losses and doesn't really mean anything in the grand scheme of things. Glad we agree.
its funny to see some people always say they've moved on from vy, yet they're always in that vy battle.
Yes, the loss doesn't mean much, because the Texans don't mean much. It's too bad because the fans of the city of Houston deserve better. Glad we agree.
Along with the ho-hum non-eventful Texans history, its "VinceFan" always stirring things up. Vince backers always get their talks in. They all act like they saw the light and the path to paradise in him from the very beginning. And will take any oppurtunity to come in with "I knew it, i TOLD YOU he would.." Acting like his marketing team, as though he needed their voice and backing to advance to each level everytime. If he didnt prove it on the field so much and give them something to root for it'd be more annoying than what it is. But to his credit he does it. Just that Jay Cutler or Matt Leinart if they were on the Titans doing it would have generated 1/5 of the response.
lol. so true. they get ONE pick right (which really still remains to be seen) and think they know all there is to know about running an NFL franchise. i'm not even saying the Texans can do no wrong. i truly believe they do everything they think is best for the team in the long run. and as bad as those decisions seem to be recently, i stick with them. when it's starts going good, it'll feel that much better.
