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September 3, 2008
It's official: SCC adds overtime
Yes, indeed it has finally happened. After 15 long years, "The Wall" has come down and progress will now bloom across the SCC.
We have overtime.
Pause for applause (Cheers! Hip-hip, Hooray! Whoo hoo! Unbelievable! Incredible! Amazing! FINALLY! Whoopie! God bless their wittle hearts!)
Although I disagree his use of the word "utilize," I'm lazy, so I'm publishing commish Al Carbone's press release from this afternoon verbatim. Hey, it's complete with an official league quote!
For those who don't know (or don't typically read New Haven Register stories about the SCC, in which he always seems to get a quote), Al Carbone is the king of high school publicity.
When he's not speaking about Parakeets on behalf of United Illuminating (his day job), Al's always pumping up his league. Nobody understands the media's role or communicates with them better than Big Al. In fact, here's a vote to get him into that PR mess we call the CIAC.
Anyway, in lieu of a YouTube clip featuring Big Al on an SCC podium outside of Brazzi's in New Haven, here he is with the big news:
SCC Football to Utilize Tiebreaker in Regular Season Games
Unanimous Vote By Athletic Directors Installs Kansas City Tiebreaker
(By the way: Isn't it Kansas-style tiebreaker? I've heard it both ways, but I believe Kansas City is incorrect. Discuss. -spb)
NEW HAVEN, CT – For the first time in the league’s 15-year existence, there
will be a tiebreaker in regular-season football contests in the Southern
Connecticut Conference.
This morning, the league’s athletic directors voted unanimously (20-0) to
adopt a tie-breaker, upholding last week’s decision by the football
coaches. The decision to implement the tiebreaker aligns the SCC with the
same overtime policy currently used in the postseason by the CIAC.
“Every football game should be decided on the field,” explained SCC
Commissioner Al Carbone. “This is a positive move because it puts the SCC
in alignment with the CIAC’s overtime policy. More importantly, it adds
more excitement to arguably the most competitive football league in the
state.”
In regular-season games involving SCC teams, and when tied after regulation
play, the Kansas City tiebreaker will be utilized in which each team starts
overtime from the opponents’ 10-yard line.
Since the league’s inception in 1994, there have been 29 games involving
SCC teams that have ended in ties, including a league-record five in 2001.
Last season, there were three deadlocked games in the SCC.
Posted by SPB on September 3, 2008 1:58 PM
Comments
Both of you are wrong. It is called a "Kansas Playoff" due to its origins for high school football in that state, not the city. Similar rules are obviously in college football and the Canadian Football League which starts possession at the 35-yard line.
Now what wasn't mentioned in the release but would be interesting to know are some of the rules that are going to be applied. For example, can the defense score if it gains possession? Football in Texas and Mass allow it while other states do not. Does each team get an extra timeout in overtime?
Finally, isn't it a segregation of duties issue if the person who writes the article quotes himself?
Posted by: An Interested Fan at September 4, 2008 2:03 PM
I applaud them for finally doing away with tie games. It was long overdue.
I do have a problem with the style of overtime to be used. I am not picking on the SCC either. I know the 10 yd KC tiebreaker is the same format the NVL uses, and others.
This is just a cheap way to decide a game between two teams who have just played each other tough for 4 quarters. Ten yards is way too short.
The ball should start at the 20. At least force the offense to get a first down or break a big play.
Posted by: Rob at September 4, 2008 3:07 PM
I said it was Kansas. So, according to you I'm right. I was asking if "City" was included and, apparently it is not.
As for Al quoting himself: It's a press release, not an article. He's the commish and the press releaser, so he's allowed.
And, according to the CIAC handbook, defenses MAY NOT score points. The ball is dead in the event of a turnover.
Also, the maximum amount of state championship game overtimes. If a tie remains after three OTs, co-champions are declared.
Posted by: SPB at September 4, 2008 7:51 PM
