Word: extraness
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...virtually every other sport, whether it's extra innings in baseball, overtime in basketball or a playoff in golf, both teams or players competing get an equal opportunity to win. But the format for overtime in the NFL is different, and inherently unfair. If the game is tied after four quarters, the teams play a 15-minute, sudden death overtime period in which the first team to score wins. Which means that whichever team wins a totally random coin toss to determine who gets the first possession has a better shot at winning the game. In fact...
...other teams like it, a chance to score too? Even a couple of NFL coaches this season have decided the the random nature of overtime can be too risky; twice so far, teams which scored a last second touchdown and could send the game into sudden-death with an extra point have opted instead to go for the win with a two-point conversion (one team, the Kansas City Chiefs, lost its gamble, while another, the Denver Broncos, won the game...
...Pizzotti hits Nikolai Schwartzkopf for the two-yard touchdown pass. Long's extra point is good. 5 plays for 67 yards, 1:50 time of possession. HARVARD 24, PENN...
...That was some of the worst defense I've ever seen. Garton maneuvers through the line for a 63-yard touchdown run. According to the SID here, that was the longest play of the year for Penn. Extra point is good. 2 plays for 63 yards, 0:18 time of possession. This game is close. HARVARD 17, PENN...
...Hand off to DiMaggio for a 1-yard touchdown run. Andrew Samson's extra point is good. 12 plays for 74 yards, 6:05 time of possession. HARVARD 17, PENN...