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Should a safety be worth more than 2 points?

Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:32 pm
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:32 pm
Yes or no. Make your case.


Regards,
jim
Posted by diddlydawg7
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Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:32 pm to
Yes. It should be worth 4.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
149265 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:34 pm to
frick it, make it worth 5. why not
Posted by gizmoflak
Member since May 2007
11829 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:34 pm to
It would be wild if a safety equaled a TD. Kinda like an own goal.
Posted by Master of Sinanju
Member since Feb 2012
11847 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:34 pm to
Yeah, it should be more than a FG. 4 + the ball seems better.
Posted by TypoKnig
Member since Aug 2011
8928 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:35 pm to
3.50 is the obvious answer.
Posted by sugar71
NOLA
Member since Jun 2012
9967 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:36 pm to
quote:

Should a safety be worth more than 2 points?
Certainly worth as much as some boring chip shot FG. At least 3 points.


This post was edited on 10/30/20 at 3:40 pm
Posted by HogX
Madison, WI
Member since Dec 2012
5522 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:38 pm to
Absolutely. I'd be fine if it counted as 6 and was just considered a defensive touchdown.

It would also be really interesting to see how it changed the strategy of the game. I'd assume it would make good punters MUCH more valuable and coaches that would typically go for it on 4th might try pinning the other team deep instead to get that 6 points.

shite, now that I think about it....I kinda like it.
This post was edited on 10/30/20 at 3:53 pm
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
53417 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:40 pm to
It's one of the hardest plays to make
You do get the ball in pretty good field position as the other team has to kickoff
Do you change that too?

I think adopting the XP attempt needs to model after the NFL too as well as overtime rules.
This post was edited on 10/30/20 at 3:42 pm
Posted by lsufan1215
Member since May 2011
1044 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:42 pm to
quote:

Do you change that too?


I think so. Make it 6 and then the team that just scored kicks off like they just scored a TD.
Posted by TheRouxGuru
Member since Nov 2019
13223 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:44 pm to
quote:

3.50 is the obvious answer.


Why is it obvious?
Posted by PeteRose
Hall of Fame
Member since Aug 2014
17773 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:44 pm to
More than 2. They are hard to come by.
Posted by V Bainbridge
Member since Jul 2020
7997 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:48 pm to
quote:

I think adopting the XP attempt needs to model after the NFL

Agree

quote:

as well as overtime rules.

No way. College OT is awesome and should never change. I think it's one of the best parts of the sport.

To answer OP's question I think two and the ball is good. I could see it being worth more but the team keeping possession.
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
19727 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 3:57 pm to
quote:

frick it, make it worth 5. why not

I kind of like 9
Posted by JohnnyRebel
Colorado
Member since Sep 2014
8120 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 4:02 pm to
I would say 5. More than a field goal, less than a TD. I would say more than 5, but the fact that the team who gets the safety, also gets the ball back, and can take an even larger advantage is why I’d say it shouldn’t be worth as much as a TD.
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
61592 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 4:04 pm to
quote:

Should a safety be worth more than 2 points?



2 seems right given you also get the ball in prime field position.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
35427 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 4:05 pm to
quote:

I think adopting the XP attempt needs to model after the NFL too


College kicking as a whole is not good enough for that.
Posted by Master of Sinanju
Member since Feb 2012
11847 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 4:11 pm to
quote:

College kicking as a whole is not good enough for that.


I agree. I would, however, like to see the pros kick from wider hashmarks and more extreme angles like the collegiates do.
Posted by SG_Geaux
Beautiful St George, LA
Member since Aug 2004
80133 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 4:22 pm to
Should be an instant W really.
This post was edited on 10/30/20 at 4:23 pm
Posted by beaverfever
Arkansas
Member since Jan 2008
35298 posts
Posted on 10/30/20 at 4:29 pm to
If a touchdown is 6 then it seems like a safety should be 6 the other way. The least logical rule in football though is the NFL’s pass interference rule. A defensive PI gives the offensive team credit for having caught the ball at the spot of the foul but the reverse is not the case. Why doesn’t the defense get possession of the ball at the spot of foul on an offensive pass interference? It’s completely nonsensical.
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