I went to the Bears game and was watching the end of the 49ers/Rams game on my buddy's cell phone (he has Sunday NFL Ticket on his phone). Instead of watching the end of what was expected to be an easy win over an inferior opponent, I actually had to root for a tie as Bradford had the ball with less than two minutes in overtime.
Fortunately (I guess), the Niners didn't lose the game. But they didn't win it either. A tie? A tie?
Yes, a mother f'in tie.
Ties of any sort, of any kind, totally suck.
Want proof? Guys take ties off at weddings once they don't have to wear them anymore. They're restricting. Sure, your girl likes them, but they suck.
Need sports proof? College football outlawed ties when they instituted their overtime system almost 20 years ago. Likewise, hockey realized that people don't want to see ties, so in the regular season, if there is no score in the 5-minute overtime, there is a shootout.
Surprisingly, the NFL is the last sport that counts in America (sorry all other sports not named baseball, football, basketball and hockey) that has a possibility (albeit a very minute one) of there being no victor at the end of the day.
How do soccer fans do it in Europe? 1-1 draw. Scoreless draw? Even worse. (Any soccer fans here, I don't need a lecture on how I should appreciate the sport - it's boring.)
In my first competitive fantasy football money league, I was in a league where there were no fractions of points, so there were chances of getting ties in games, as opposed to the decimal system which makes it very difficult. In that rough season, I started the year with 10 straight non-winning weeks, including two (Yes, TWO) ties. When you tie and your team sucks, you might as well have lost the game.
When your team is good and it ties, you still have that "ehh" feeling.
No one should want a tie or root for one. If I ever tie in this league, I may bust out a few dozen F-bombs.
