SEC title game’s Dr. Pepper tuition toss was settled with a tiebreaker rule, and fans were so upset

What good are rules when they aren’t good?

In competition, rules are important. They are implemented to serve as guidelines and keep things fair. But when the rules stink, it’s hard to be OK with the results that follow, which is exactly what happened during a break from Saturday’s SEC championship game.

Of course, we’re not talking about the actual football game itself. Rather, Dr. Pepper’s tuition toss that occurred during.

For those unfamiliar, the tuition competition is when two students take the field to compete for a chance to win college tuition money. They throw as many footballs as they can into a bin, and whoever has the most when the clock hits zero wins.

Saturday’s toss started off being fun but had an underwhelming conclusion.

The original football toss-off ended in a tie, thus leading to an overtime round where, again, a tie. But instead of going to another overtime, a strange and concise rule explanation left one student as the prize winner and the other empty-handed.

That’s it, Dr. Pepper? No further explanation? What even was the tiebreaker that was said to have taken place the day prior?

As you would imagine, the vague explanation and very rapid conclusion did not sit well with college football fans.

UPDATE: They both won!