BBQ vs. Sourdough: Super Bowl LVIII thread

it just goes to a new quarter and they switch sides.

 

I think the rule is they have what amounts to a half of football to match or beat the score. The clock was just to space out when the field flips as well as the quarter timeout. If they turned the ball over having failed to score, then the game is over. Or, as we saw, if they score a TD, the game is over. Field goal gets us to sudden death.

 

Again, this is the time when the second team has the result of the game in their control. If the options are one play from the three-yard-line or putting your likely gassed defense out there for a sixth quarter, the two-point conversion just seems like the much more obvious play.

 

Still makes no sense, though. At some point the game has to end. Is it addressed somewhere in the rule book? I'm thinking this is yet another thing the NFL didn't think through thoroughly when they made the rule.

 

LOL

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It is more or less just the start of a new quarter, no different than going from the first quarter to the second quarter. I think it is dumb, because other than changing directions on the field, it really shows the clock is pointless. Who knows how often it would happen, but it would add an element of strategy, and excitement, that you have to score to tie or take the lead with your first possession before the clock ran out.

 

I really should have figured this out a lot sooner than 10 minutes ago, but when Patrick says, "You've got to firmly grasp it," he knows of which he speaks. He's voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, aka Dobber from Coach. Not exactly a ton of range.

 

We turned it there on occassion, especially for my 12-year-old sports fan's entertainment. It was fun but it was too much for me. Especially for the Super Bowl. For a regular season mean nothing game it certainly adds a level of entertainment, and cool to check out for the Super Bowl, but I couldn't watch that for a whole meaningful game.

 

I think the problem is you can't count on human failure. You have to assume they execute the plays. If they execute the plays, what puts you in the best position to respond and win? Now there is also "what if we get a stop?" or "what if they do something stupid?" but you have to plan for the what if that doesn't happen. If the Niners stop Mahomes from running up the gut on fourth down, it's all moot. If they don't play soft coverage on 2nd and 14, it's all moot. But Shanahan has to think about what is the worst case scenario and what helps them best to overcome it. He thought worst case is Niners get a TD and KC matches and they win on a field goal. That went out the window when they didn't get the touchdown and had to settle for 3.

And, yes, KC was the better team. There is a ton of second guessing that always goes into a loss. In close games, it's always this is the one thing that messed it up. Reality is, it wasn't one thing. Should Shanahan have run the ball more in the third quarter especially after the interception? Yes, but they still had a chance to win. Should they have called timeouts at the end of the first half to get a chance to match points? Yes, but they still had a chance to win. Would Moody's PAT have changed the calculus at the end of the fourth quarter? Yes and given how the defense was doing, they might keep KC out of the end zone. I also think Reid was playing it safe knowing he had OT as a safeguard. But the Niners still had a chance to win. CMC fumbles the first drive. They still went up 10-0 and led 10-3 at the half. If McCloud falls on the muffed punt, KC doesn't get a short TD. But they still had a chance to win. There's all these little things and Shanahan is getting the blame because a) he's the coach and b) he's got a history but his errors weren't as egregious as they were in Super Bowl 54. KC played their assess off when they needed it the most. I'm 100 percent giving them the credit. That doesn't absolve Shanahan completely, but dammit, I have to tip my hat to a team that has one of the top 3 quarterbacks of all time.

 

I blame Tebow.

 

I think they honestly wanted to make absolutely sure both teams have a legitimate chance to score and decide the game on something other than Team A wins the coin flip and drives to the 30 to win or Team B has the ball but doesn't get a fair chance to match because one period went by. I'm curious what the rule is if Team A scores as the quarter expires and Team B sees the clock expire on the second OT quarter. But my guess is it won't ever get to that point. The quarter clock was just to have a built in timeout in the playoffs.

 

It's really not that complicated. As the referee explained during the OT coin toss, it's just like starting a new game -- quarters, 2-minute warning, halftime, etc. -- except the game ends when either one team has the lead after both have had a full possession, or one team scores after both teams have had a full possession.