Ties in HS championship game?

[Bob M.]

REPLY: NJ uses the NCAA procedure to break ties at the varsity level. Maximum of three OT periods during regular season. No maximum number of periods in the playoffs. You keep going till the cows come home.

[sj]

What is the reasoning why some states don't allow the overtimes to be played in championship games. They have to use OT in all the other playoff games so they know who moves on. Why not the championship games? Also how does a tiebreaker system work.

[Bob M.]

Originally Posted by PWL

...I read in the thread Texas doesn't use FED rules. Are a max of three OT periods the FED rule?

REPLY: No...three max is not a Fed rule...nor is it an NCAA rule. It's just how the state of NJ has decided to use the NCAA procedure during regular season contests.

[Texas Aggie]

In the old days of Texas football ties in the playoffs were decided by penetrations.

It wasn't just playoffs. Penetrations (and the rest as you described) were used to decide district champs. Until 1981, only 1 team from each of the 32 districts in each class made the playoffs. If I'm not mistaken, a team in Texas went 2 years without losing yet only won one playoff game. The first year, they tied another team for the district title, but would have lost due to penetrations. However, the other team eventually lost during district play, so the first team went 2 rounds in the playoffs, only to tie the eventual state runner up -- again, losing on penetrations.

The next year in district, the original team again tied the same district rival as the year before, losing on penetrations, but this time, the district rival went on to the playoffs and eventually won state. Something like 20-0-3 in two years and one second round playoff finish to show for it!

[Ref inSoCA]

In the old days out ties were decided by First Downs.

We'd put a piece of tape on each leg and write them down. That was in the days of the white sweat sox over the black sox.

[Tom.OH]

Ohio uses an overtime procedure for all varsity games including the state championship. This year the division 1 (biggest schools) championship went 2 overtimes. The winning points were on a 2 pt try, coach said he was either gonna win or lose on that one play. Great game.