On Monday, February 12, 2024 at 5:23:11 PM UTC-5, xyzzy wrote:
> xyzzy <
xyzzy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The NOTBCS Guy <
don.p.de...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Speaking of the Super Bowl, what's your take on one of the talking heads
> >> (was it Romo?) who thought the 49ers should have kicked off to start the OT?
> >>
> >> Here's how I see it: at first, I agreed - but then, I realized, if the
> >> Chiefs get the ball first, score, and then the 49ers match it, the Chiefs
> >> now get the ball in a "first team that scores wins" situation. Especially
> >> with the way both teams' kickers were playing, getting the ball first was the play.
> >>
> >
> > I thought they did that because they thought the Chiefs defense was gassed
> > and they wanted to take advantage of that, plus rest their own defense.
> >
> Turns out they didn’t know the rules.
>
>
https://www.theringer.com/nfl/2024/2/12/24070402/san-francisco-49ers-receive-kick-overtime-decision-kyle-shanahan-super-bowl
For all this hubbub about the 49ers not knowing the rules, this game might as well have been under the old rules. FG first, other team gets possession, they scored TD, win. The only thing that really caught me off guard was that the time wasn't going to matter. TD was scored in the 1st OT quarter anyway, but had the clock hit 0:00, KC would still have had the ball until their possession was completed.