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Tennessee football gets new advantage with NCAA OT rule change

Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel walks across the field during Tennessee Vol spring football practice, Thursday, April 1, 2021. Volfootball0401 0553

Questions surround Tennessee football, but Josh Heupel’s success is about his offensive play-calling and quarterback play. We’ve written at length about how the quarterback play could become an advantage. Another NCAA ruling now gives his play-calling an advantage too.

The organization changed the overtime rules this week to that moves teams requiring to go for two on PATs to the second overtime instead of starting it in the third, as is tradition.