I have heard officials say things about avoiding overtime but they were only kidding. There are some veterans who like to walk into the locker room after overtime of a JV game and say things like, "Who was the referee for this game? It's the refs fault if the game went OT!" This is just a running joke and I have never heard anyone say it seriously.
I love the intensity and focus of a game that goes to the wire. I had a game that ended after two overtimes earlier this year and all three of us mentioned in the locker room afterwards that we wished it could have gone a couple more overtimes.
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