What the NFL can learn from the NCAA:
-The coin toss in overtime doesn't have to play a huge hand in determining the game's winner. In the NCAA, the team who wins the coin toss and chooses to start on defense wins about 52 percent of the time. Compare that to the fact that the winner of the overtime coin toss wins roughly 65 percent of the time in the NFL.
-Put a white stripe on the ball! It's easier for the ball to be seen on TV, not to mention for the players on the field.
-Allow possession to be established after getting one foot inbounds, not two. This would create more excitement and encourage offense, while possibly speeding up the game by reducing the number of instant replay challenges.
What the NCAA can learn from the NFL:
-Introduce the two-minute warning at the end of the second and fourth quarter. It gives fans a moment or two to hold their breath and get their last minute Hail Mary prayers before the end of the half or game.
-You're not down until someone puts you down. Enable the down by contact rule and stop blowing the whistle when the ball carrier's knee hits the ground.
-And of course, PLAYOFFS. If the NFL had the BCS system, the New York Giants would have been nowhere near the national championship game. The only way to crown a true champion is through a playoff system.
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