College overtime is insulting. I click away and refuse to watch. Often I don't bother to check the outcome. I certainly didn't watch one play of that LSU/Texas A&M disgrace from a couple of months ago.
That college overtime is equivalent to soccer games switching from overtime to penalty kicks. Fans may like the cheap excitement variable but it doesn't resemble the actual game at all when the offense is already in field goal range or ability to throw a mid ranged ball into the end zone. It would be like starting a golf overtime on the putting green or nearby. At least the old NASL rule forced the offensive player to dribble beginning at midfield, like the NHL shootout rule. That gives the goalie numerous options instead of just standing there on the end line and (supposedly) not allowed to move until the ball is struck.
The college overtime likewise should begin at midfield, if they are going to maintain the farce of alternating possessions. Force the offense to do something.
Overtime rules are contrived. That is the common denominator. I don't mind ties at all. For one thing, very few regular season football games would end in ties if there were no overtime. Some of the greatest games in Canes history came down to 2 point conversion attempts prior to the introduction of overtime -- 1983 championship game vs. Nebraska, 1987 at Florida State, 1988 at Notre Dame. All three times the team trying to win the game via 2 point conversion failed in the final seconds, and lost.
I have no idea how anyone can argue that both teams are entitled to the football. You have already played 60 minutes. That was your opportunity. It was a lifetime of chance. IMO, it is a bar stool argument to demand both teams with the football. The old NFL overtime rule was superior to the current one, which is the definition of contrived.
Why is the team that gets the ball first punished for having a great quarterback and/or great field goal kicker? Why is the team that goes on defense first rewarded with a second chance if it has a lousy defense?