Oh yeah, I remember it well.

One year, Penn State did the same thing against Pitt in that once annual rivalry game. The game ended 24–24 because Joe Paterno got the ball inside the Pitt 20 yard-line very late in the game down three and basically knelt on it a few times before kicking a game-tying field goal. He didn't want to risk an interception or a fumble so late in the game. It was very controversial in Pennsylvania at that time but really it was a bad rule more than anything else.

I feel the same way about Pat Dye's decision against Syracuse. He could have gone for the win and maybe he should have. However, like Paterno against Pitt, at the end of the day I don't blame either for settling for the sure tie.

The rule was the problem and needed to be corrected. Finally, after many years of similarly controversial decisions, college football changed a very bad rule. Now, I think you could argue that overtime is still not exactly right but it's way better than what existed beforehand.

However, isn't that how college football always works. We are seeing it with the playoffs right now. We've known for 30 years that they needed a playoff but they needed to kind of inch towards it. They will eventually end up at an 8-team or maybe even a 16-team playoff, but it will be a half-century too late.

I think stopping the clock after every first down is the current rule that is the most ridiculous. Nearly everyone today is playing tempo football. They do it because they know that it puts the defense at a severe disadvantage. We also have an issue where everyone's brains are being regularly concussed. We have to figure out a way to reduce the number of opportunities for brain trauma to occur and reducing them by 20–25 snaps of per game (250-300 over the course of the season) is a good first step.

They will do it eventually but it will take something tragic to happen first.