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[lewdogg11]

OK, folks.  Trivia question for you:

Which of these scores is impossible in a completed NCAA college football game?

A) 6-1
B) 3-1
C) 2-2
D) All of the Above
E) None of the Above

A and B

C could be done if a game were called without a winner.(due to weather, lighting, etc etc)

[Frank Rossi]

OK, folks.  Trivia question for you:

Which of these scores is impossible in a completed NCAA college football game?

A) 6-1
B) 3-1
C) 2-2
D) All of the Above
E) None of the Above

A and B

C could be done if a game were called without a winner.(due to weather, lighting, etc etc)

There's only one correct answer there LD.  So, you're not right yet.

[theoriginalupstate]

C

A game can't end in a tie and a team can be awarded one point on a special circumstance involving a safety on an extra point conversion...

[Frank Rossi]

C

Nope.

[lewdogg11]

Then I suppose the answer is D all of the above.  But you'll need to explain the 1 point?   Fumble on extra point attempt, run back and drop kicked through the goal posts?

[theoriginalupstate]

Here's the explanation of a team being awarded 1 point...

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6590924/

[Frank Rossi]

Then I suppose the answer is D all of the above.  But you'll need to explain the 1 point?   Fumble on extra point attempt, run back and drop kicked through the goal posts?

It's not D.  You and Upstate should merge your thoughts, though, and I think you'll figure it out.

[theoriginalupstate]

So an NCAA game can end in a tie then?

[Frank Rossi]

Here's the explanation of a team being awarded 1 point...

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/6590924/

Not to red herring the question, but the Texas/Texas A&M one-point safety was awarded to the scoring team -- so it doesn't technically apply to this question.  However, you're thinking in the right direction.

[Frank Rossi]

So an NCAA game can end in a tie then?

LD seems to think so (see below/above, depending on your sorting order).

[lewdogg11]

I see the rules, but I still hold that there COULD be a tie.  If there is an unforeseen injury, death, etc etc, and the coaches agree to end the game.  It COULD happen.  Maybe they'd call it a 'draw' or something and it doesn't count.  I don't know.  3-1 and 6-1 can't happen because only the kicking team can score the 1 point 'safety'.  Meaning it would have been on an extra point try, making it 7-0 not 6-1.

[Frank Rossi]

I see the rules, but I still hold that there COULD be a tie.  If there is an unforeseen injury, death, etc etc, and the coaches agree to end the game.  3-1 and 6-1 can't happen because only the kicking team can score the 1 point 'safety'.  Meaning it would have been on an extra point try, making it 7-0 not 6-1.

I'm not saying your tie logic is right or wrong.  However, I will say, to move you forward, that your issues with A and B aren't spot on yet.

[theoriginalupstate]

Eh, I'm putting as much fight into this as Ithaca does vs SJF...

I give up...

[Doid23]

Did anyone hear Steve Young break it down the other day?  He basically said the major reason for all of these concussions and injuries this year is because, simply put, the quarterbacks suck and hang their receivers out to dry.

How many receivers had Manning and Brady lost this year?  Welker got his bell rung pretty bad once, which is normal for him since he tends to go into danger a lot.  Otherwise, both tend to protect their receivers.  you have JV QB's hanging their receivers out to dry.  Favre is the worst at this actually, but he has been his entire career.

They basically worry more about arm strength than accuracy.  Montana had a mediocre arm but pin point accuracy.  I think I am tasting Steve Young's kool-aid on this one.

I heard that as well, I thought it was a great point. I forget who, but someone (maybe Gruden) also made the point that receivers also were at fault, since they were not recognizing man vs. zone coverages, that rather than sitting in an open spot in a zone, they were running man routes and running right into to zone defenders. Good take by both.

[Frank Rossi]

Eh, I'm putting as much fight into this as Ithaca does vs SJF...

I give up...

You were on the right track.  Just was pointing out that the X-1 scores were not directly analogous to the 2004 Texas/Texas A&M game scenario.  At the same time, I'm not saying they're impossible because of that.