Ncaa Approves Bowl Ot

Thu., May 18, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

The NCAA’s special events committee, acting on a recommendation by the football rules committee, decided this week to require all bowls to use the overtime tiebreaker system, which lower divisions already use in NCAA playoff games.

In an overtime period, each team gets four downs from the opponent’s 25. The team with more points after each has had a possession wins the game; if the score remains tied, the process is repeated.

“It makes the last 2 minutes of the game more exciting if you have a chance to tie,” said Vanderbilt coach Rod Dowhower. “That’s what it’s all about. People come to see excitement, be a part of it and that will certainly enhance it.”

The football rules committee decided in February to let the tiebreaker be optional for bowls. The higher-ranking special events committee took it a step further and made it mandatory. The NCAA staff, deciding the rule change does not involve image, finances or safety concerns, let the decision become official without passing it up the chain as it normally would.

Brigham Young University football players James Heggins, Greg Steele, James Humes, Horace Tisdale and Tony Hickshave have been expelled from the Provo, Utah, school for disciplinary reasons.

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