Kenny Rogers Gambling Blog
Welcome back to my blog.
Hope everyone had a great weekend of football.
What
a great call by Oakland Raiders coach Jack Del Rio to go for the two
point conversion instead of going for the PAT.
Oakland
wins 35-34!
Today coaches have no guts. They rather play safe instead of High Risk Plays. High risk equals high reward.
The two-point conversion has been used in college football since 1958, and was used on a professional level in the old American Football League during its 10 seasons from 1960-1969. When the NFL merged with the AFL, however, the rule was discarded. It wasn’t until 1994 that the NFL finally adopted the rule and the game has never been the same since. The way plays are called has changed dramatically.
The success of the rule, which calls for play
to begin at the 2-yard line instead of the 3-yard line in college,
seems to have helped the two-point conversion become just another
common part of the NFL game.
The rule has been well received because it has several positive implications, including making games more exciting. One recent example of such excitement was during a game between the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos in 2008. Down by a point with 24 seconds left in the game, Broncos coach Mike Shanahan called for his team to go for two and the win instead of kicking the extra point and going to overtime. The Broncos converted, providing quite the finish.
Notably, Texas Longhorns coach Darrell Royal successfully used this strategy to defeat Arkansas in 1969's Game of the Century. 15-14
Various sources estimate the success rate of a two-point conversion to be between 40% and 55%, significantly lower than that of the extra point
The rule has been well received because it has several positive implications, including making games more exciting. One recent example of such excitement was during a game between the San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos in 2008. Down by a point with 24 seconds left in the game, Broncos coach Mike Shanahan called for his team to go for two and the win instead of kicking the extra point and going to overtime. The Broncos converted, providing quite the finish.
Notably, Texas Longhorns coach Darrell Royal successfully used this strategy to defeat Arkansas in 1969's Game of the Century. 15-14
Various sources estimate the success rate of a two-point conversion to be between 40% and 55%, significantly lower than that of the extra point
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