NFL
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OT: UFL makes football fun
“The most intriguing rule change is the ban of the tush push, a play that was voted to stay in the NFL. With the UFL trying to stay different from the big league, it is experimenting with changing the most controversial play in the sport.”
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Staff picks: Super Bowl LX
“Here is who The Collegian sports section thinks will win the Lombardi Trophy and MVP on Feb. 8.”
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OT: Instant replay still needs improvement
“Expedited replay reviews help to achieve this goal, as does full transparency of why a call is being made a certain way. It is of the utmost importance that the good in replay is continued to be built upon in order for players, coaches and fans alike to enjoy the games they love dearly.”
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OT: The NFL has a leverage problem
”’I think the two that weren’t called are more of a penalty than the two that were called.’”
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OT: Everything wrong with the “Tush Push”
“‘It puts a lot of players at risk for a head-on head collision.’”
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OT: Punishments should follow coaches, too
“The integrity of the game has to be kept, and you can’t just let people get away with it because they’re going to go to a different league.”
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OT: Blaming referees is a weak argument
“Fans, clubs and players resort to the victim mentality since it is easier to scapegoat the referees than to own up to a team’s mistakes.”
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OT: No, Cover 2 defense is not ruining football
Cover 2 has been a staple in NFL defenses since the 1970s. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. DAVID JACOBS | ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | drjacobs@butler.edu Overtime, or “OT,” is an opinion column series where the Collegian takes national sports headlines or polarizing topics and gives them a Butler-centric angle. When the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers terrorized offenses…
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OT: The biggest blunder to date by “The Mistake on the Lake”
“‘I will always be a Browns fan until the day I die, but I will never be a Deshaun Watson fan’”