NFL OT Rules Question
ComicBookGuy
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I checked the NFL site which had numerous scenarios but I couldn't find this one.
Lets say todays Pitt/Buff game goes to OT. Pitt kicks a FG on its opening possession. When Buff gets the ball the QB throws an interception that is run back. Is the final score a Pitt win by 3 or 9.
Lets say todays Pitt/Buff game goes to OT. Pitt kicks a FG on its opening possession. When Buff gets the ball the QB throws an interception that is run back. Is the final score a Pitt win by 3 or 9.
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I believe that rule was changed after the USC game. when they won by 13. but then again as I stated above that's college.
Pitt by 3. Once Buff loses it's possession game over. It's similiar to an NFL team attempting a 2pt conversion and the defense intercepts the pass. Ball dead .......game over. That ASU/USC debacle years ago was ad libbed by the officials and and later NCAA clarified it.
OT, asking the bookmaker's staff is the right idea, but they know much less than the player. When a difficult situation arises, they usually grade it a loser and the burden of proof is on the player. Brush up on your Spanish.
So if the NFL player intercepts the ball on the second possession the game is just blown dead by the officials?
That's what I believe and was told. The above scenario would be true if game was NOT Tied.
OT, asking the bookmaker's staff is the right idea, but they know much less than the player. When a difficult situation arises, they usually grade it a loser and the burden of proof is on the player. Brush up on your Spanish.
Actually the guy gave me the right answer whatever the NFL official score is that's how it will be graded. I have a couple of emails to newspaper sport writers that I speak to from time to time This question had to come up when discussing changing the OT rules.
Brush up on your Spanish. Classic
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d827ee2c0/article/nfl-overtime-rules
(I really don't care, but u never know, it could happen)
My reading of the rules is the same as Ronbets; once the other team has possession after the INT, the play should be blown dead, and any player who doesn't know to fall down is an idiot. However, the 9 point win can still happen with a fumble recovery in the end zone, and I can't see how they couldn't count the points there. Obviously the fumble recovery in the end zone is a lot more likely in the NFL than in college.