ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, February 16, 1996 TAG: 9602160037
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
Overtime will be part of major-college football in the fall.
The NCAA football rules committee voted Thursday to require a tie-breaker in all NCAA games.
``The committee was particularly sensitive to the overwhelming mandate of the Division I-A coaches because the tie-breaker was already being used in other divisions,'' said Vince Dooley, the rules committee chairman and Georgia's athletic director.
The decision by the rules committee came during its annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo., and followed a vote of support for the tie-breaker at a meeting of Division I-A football coaches Feb.11, the organization announced.
The decision does not require further approval and takes effect with the 1996 season.
The system was used in Division I-A bowl games this past year and is the same procedure used in lower-division NCAA football championships and regular-season league games in the Big Sky, Ohio Valley, Yankee and Mid-Eastern Athletic conferences. It gives each team a chance to score after regulation.
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