re: What Happened To Ties in College Football?

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There were teams that used to played for the tie and kicked a FG in that situation

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National Champs baby!!!!!!



Tie it up...

And then run out the clock.

At least Tom Osborne went for the win when he would have easily won the MNC if he had tied Miami as the #1 ranked team.

Teams in higher ranked positions usually played it safe...because ties did not hurt them. They could play for a tie and not lose poll ground but their opponent could not play for a tie.

It really rewarded teams higher ranked. A tie was no harm, no foul. It didn't gain them ground, but they never lost ground. Have a bad day? Tie. Still stay #1.