This game breaks all records!
In college football in the USA, the game between Illinois and Penn State turned into a real extra time!
In total, both teams went into an astonishing nine overtimes, making college football history!
With a 10:10 tie, the game went into the first overtime, an actually dreary game. There, the teams each shot a field goal, so that it went into the next extra time. In the second stoppage time both teams scored with a field goal.
Then the new extension rule in college football kicked in and the madness began. Instead of starting from your own 25 line, it went straight to the end zone. There, Illinois and Penn State had the opportunity to start with a 2-point conversion.
Usually this is an attempt to score two points from two yards after a touchdown. In extra time, however, it was not about the touchdown, but only about the two points.
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Couldn’t believe their luck: the Illinois playersPhoto: Barry Reeger/AP
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The rule was actually introduced to speed up the game. With fewer moves, the game should end faster. What the rule-makers failed to consider was the ineptitude of the teams.
Because: Both Illinois and Penn State failed attempts in the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh extension phases. Then both met in the eighth extra time. So it went into the new …
Dorte ended Illinois with a successful attempt the game (20-18). Penn State had the option to add, but couldn’t. With that result, the game ended with the most overtimes in history.
The old record was “only” seven extensions (2019).
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