From a fan's perspective, it's a travesty that Allen never got to touch the ball. Two conference championship games and a Super Bowl have also ended like this. It's easy to just say don't give up a touchdown, but it's not that easy in today's NFL and there's no reason one team shouldn't have a possession. I would favor college rules in that regard, but the teams would actually play normal football starting with a kickoff instead of at the +25. In the playoffs, teams would just play until one team outscores another with equal possessions (unlike college, the same team would always be on defense first since it's pretty taxing to ask a team to play defense on two consecutive full drives especially in OT). It's not feasible for a game to go on forever in the regular season for a couple of reasons - TV windows and teams shouldn't play a marathon game with a game for certain the following week. Therefore, I would keep the 10 minutes currently in place but play until either one team outscores another with equal possessions or the clock runs out, so it's still an advantage to get the ball first as you could have one more possession. I just don't see how the current system is fair, and it's a shame an all-time classic game was decided this way.
What say you?
What say you?