I don’t think that there ever were original college rules. If neither team had the lead at the end of the game, it was just declared a tie. The NFL rule is actually superior because it only allows for a specific amount of extra time for teams to play, unlike the college rules, which theoretically could cause games to go on forever. That’s what leads to additional injuries, which often come when human beings are exhausted. I was actually kinda relieved tonight when Redding missed that extra point. This was the case because had he hit it, making Utah only down by 7 instead of 8, I had a feeling that they would have tried to take the lead with a stupid two-point conversion attempt after the potentially game-tying touchdown. I’ve watched too many teams lose games when they didn’t need to doing that. Once he missed the first PAT, said scenario was eliminated because Utah was then forced to have to score a touchdown and get the 2-point conversion just to tie the game (an instance when teams should go for two to the lay person).
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