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    Fans React to College Football Overtime Rules After Eight-Overtime Georgia-Georgia Tech Battle

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    Georgia needed eight overtimes Surviving a harrowing fear Take on Georgia Tech and keep their College Football Playoff chances alive. As the tension builds at Sanford Stadium great cinemahe also questioned college football’s overtime rules.

    In the first overtime period, each team collects the ball at the opponent’s 25-yard line. If the match remains tied, another period is played with the same parameters. However, if the match is still tied after two overtimes, we have a “2-point conversion” option where both teams alternate 2-point conversion attempts to determine the winner.

    The process is certainly fun, but probably not the best way to end a football match. The end of the Georgia Marathon’s 44-42 victory over Georgia Tech brought the validity of college football’s overtime rules to the fore:

    JJ Watt chimed in:

    And many others have thoughts on whether the rule should change or how the current format could be improved:

    The Bulldogs have secured a berth in the SEC Championship game on December 7 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Georgia prepares to fight the winner Saturday’s matchup between Texas and Texas A&M. The heartbreaking loss dropped the Yellow Jackets to 7-5, and they now wait to see where they go in the bowl game.

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