woodbuck27
11-26-2013, 09:43 AM
Comment woodbuck27:
There's *** a debate going on in another thread. Whether or not Packer HC Mike McCarthy made the correct move going for 2-point conversion after an Eddie Lacy rushing TD made the score Vikings 23 - Packers 13.
The outcome of MM's decision:
A 2 point conversion attempt that failed.
*** Thread: Things that annoyed me about the Packers vs Queens game...
I'll post this as it's own thread to help keep Packerrats informed.
http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/for_the_record/posts/24021
An argument in favor of tie games
By: Bryan Armen Graham
" Americans hate ties and football is our favorite sport.
None of the other American sports have allowed ties since the NHL adopted shootouts in 2005. Even the MLS uses penalty kicks to settle non-elimination matches, deviating from international rules.
On the field, a tie is simply a euphemism for a mercy kill: No two competent teams should be able to play 15 minutes of sudden-death overtime without scoring -- and no fans should be held hostage on the premises any longer if they can't.
No one ever plays for a tie in the NFL. A tie is always a mistake.
In other words, stalemates are football's most unenviable result. But the teams who tie get what they deserve."
Some facts and ties in the NFL since 1978.
** No truly great team has played in a tie game in the 30 seasons since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978.
** Just 14 games have ended in a tie over that span.
** Of the 28 teams who finished with a tie on their record, only nine ended up making the playoffs.
** Five of those nine made the postseason by winning uncompetitive divisions, with none winning more than 10 games.
** Most tellingly, only two of those nine teams made it past the divisional round.
" Since tie games happen so infrequently -- and so seldom involve teams with any stake in the championship picture -- I see no reason to get rid of them. Instead, the NFL should keep them in the rules for those afternoons,... when neither team rightfully deserves the satisfaction of a victory."
Comment woodbuck27:
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=331124009
November 24, 2013
A tie game in OT at Lambeau Field.
The score Green Bay Packers 26 - Minnesota Vikings 26
" The Packers scored 16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 23 and force overtime. Both teams scored a field goal in the overtime period, resulting in a final score of 26-26. First tied game in which both teams converted field goal attempts. "
The Minnesota Vikings won't make the playoffs this season.
If we turn to history and ties in the NFL circa 1978 what does this tie lend to any prediction of the Green Bay Packers securing a playoff spot and going deep in the playoff?
Wasn't that tie 'a poison pill'?
PACKERS !
There's *** a debate going on in another thread. Whether or not Packer HC Mike McCarthy made the correct move going for 2-point conversion after an Eddie Lacy rushing TD made the score Vikings 23 - Packers 13.
The outcome of MM's decision:
A 2 point conversion attempt that failed.
*** Thread: Things that annoyed me about the Packers vs Queens game...
I'll post this as it's own thread to help keep Packerrats informed.
http://www.fannation.com/si_blogs/for_the_record/posts/24021
An argument in favor of tie games
By: Bryan Armen Graham
" Americans hate ties and football is our favorite sport.
None of the other American sports have allowed ties since the NHL adopted shootouts in 2005. Even the MLS uses penalty kicks to settle non-elimination matches, deviating from international rules.
On the field, a tie is simply a euphemism for a mercy kill: No two competent teams should be able to play 15 minutes of sudden-death overtime without scoring -- and no fans should be held hostage on the premises any longer if they can't.
No one ever plays for a tie in the NFL. A tie is always a mistake.
In other words, stalemates are football's most unenviable result. But the teams who tie get what they deserve."
Some facts and ties in the NFL since 1978.
** No truly great team has played in a tie game in the 30 seasons since the NFL expanded to a 16-game schedule in 1978.
** Just 14 games have ended in a tie over that span.
** Of the 28 teams who finished with a tie on their record, only nine ended up making the playoffs.
** Five of those nine made the postseason by winning uncompetitive divisions, with none winning more than 10 games.
** Most tellingly, only two of those nine teams made it past the divisional round.
" Since tie games happen so infrequently -- and so seldom involve teams with any stake in the championship picture -- I see no reason to get rid of them. Instead, the NFL should keep them in the rules for those afternoons,... when neither team rightfully deserves the satisfaction of a victory."
Comment woodbuck27:
http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=331124009
November 24, 2013
A tie game in OT at Lambeau Field.
The score Green Bay Packers 26 - Minnesota Vikings 26
" The Packers scored 16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 23 and force overtime. Both teams scored a field goal in the overtime period, resulting in a final score of 26-26. First tied game in which both teams converted field goal attempts. "
The Minnesota Vikings won't make the playoffs this season.
If we turn to history and ties in the NFL circa 1978 what does this tie lend to any prediction of the Green Bay Packers securing a playoff spot and going deep in the playoff?
Wasn't that tie 'a poison pill'?
PACKERS !