On a play-by-play basis, it's hard to beat the excitement of overtime in college football, which pits each team in an "anything-you-can-do-I-can-do-better" style. For the uninitiated, though, it can be confusing to understand what happens at the end of regulation and how the game changes with each successive overtime -- especially with the overtime rules evolving in recent years. Here's everything you need to know about how overtime works in college football.
When did college football overtime start?
Prior to the 1995 season, when a game was tied at the end of regulation, the game would simply result in a tie.